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Excellent Avios / Virgin and Tesco deal – act now for very cheap miles

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Tesco Direct has launched an exceptional new promotion on HP printer inks.

This is so generous that I cannot imagine it lasting long and may even be an error.

You receive 1,000 Tesco Clubcard points for every HP printer ink you buy.  Those points convert into 2,400 Avios or 2,500 Virgin Atlantic miles.

The cheapest ink in stock is £12.

Even if you throw the inks in the bin, you are only paying 0.5p per Avios point and a little less for the Virgin miles.  However, these inks sell perfectly well on eBay so you should be able to recoup much of your £12.

You can combine this offer with ‘money off’ discount codes, eg £10 off £75, which show on the individual ink pages online. Your miles will get even cheaper.

You even get FREE ‘click and collect’ delivery to your nearest Tesco store.

Remember that Tesco caps Clubcard accounts at 30,000 points per quarter.  They have also been known to remove points for ‘excessive’ buying, although as these inks are consumables they would be on sticky ground here.

I recommend ordering sooner rather than later.

The list of inks available is here on the Tesco site.

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2024)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

Huge 30,000 points bonus until 12th May 2024 Read our full review

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

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Comments (277)

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  • mike says:
    3 Jun3 June 22:09

    So if my maths are correct I need only buy 50 cartridges to provide enough avios for a Peak CW trip to New York for 2 people when using my BA241 – that seems like a good deal. Even if I factor in just a 50 % sale value for the cartridges on ebay and it would appear I have until the offer finishes on 28 Jun 17. Every little helps…

    • Suada says:
      3 Jun3 June 22:10

      Remember 30k cap

      • mike says:
        3 Jun3 June 22:13

        Thanks Suada – I will spread the purchases across a number of club card accounts.

        • James says:
          3 Jun3 June 22:30

          Remember they can’t be at the same address or tesco will look in to it.

          • Mycity says:
            4 Jun4 June 06:36

            If your keeping to 30,0000 CC points per card why would Tesco look into it?

          • Mycity says:
            4 Jun4 June 06:38

            Ops meant to say, if your keeping to 30,000 CC points per card, why would Tesco looking into it if you use two card from the same address?

          • Genghis says:
            4 Jun4 June 06:44

            It’s not one Tesco account per household.

          • Atol says:
            4 Jun4 June 06:51

            Genghis, do you mean it HAS to be one account per household. Or are you saying it doesn’t matter because the rules do not require .1 account per household?

          • Mycity says:
            4 Jun4 June 07:02

            Ah thanks Genghis, I thought it was 30,000 points per account, as its per household that explains it.

      • Mycity says:
        4 Jun4 June 07:51

        Thanks Genghis for the last post, brings clarity

  • Robert White says:
    3 Jun3 June 22:23

    any chance the £11 ones will come back into stock before the offer finishes?r

  • Alto says:
    3 Jun3 June 22:55

    When convertingTesco club card vouchers into Avios, what details need to match? The name or name, address, date of birth etc? Just want to make sur I set the accounts up properly to avoid any issues. Thanks!

  • Curious says:
    4 Jun4 June 00:01

    Anyone else noticed the huge increase in “taxes/charges” on BA long haul redemptions lately?

    • Alan says:
      4 Jun4 June 01:02

      Has seemed to be consistently around the £500-odd mark first a while for CW to USA AFAIK?

    • David says:
      4 Jun4 June 07:10

      Yes, Tokyo now around £1300 for two on a 2-4-1. 🙁

    • Scott says:
      4 Jun4 June 13:10

      North America still coming in around £1100 for two.

      • thomas says:
        4 Jun4 June 19:02

        500$ on a one way Virgin UC redemption from NY to London next week.

        • Alan says:
          4 Jun4 June 19:05

          Quite pricey for one way – came to £525 for the return for me

  • Choons says:
    4 Jun4 June 00:04

    Any one having problems with the Tesco website? I put one order through fine but every since, on a different account, I have got to the checkout page and I don’t have the option to scroll any further. That is with Chrome, Firefox and Safarai and Safari iOS. There is a small blue arrow on the right which I think is affecting things.

  • Mike says:
    4 Jun4 June 00:40

    Word of caution – We use a fair amount of cartridges (all genuine) and receycle them in batches of 4 / 6 at a time but only getting a 50% return rate.

  • MrM says:
    4 Jun4 June 06:17

    This is a superb spot – thank you. Missed out on the very cheapest but still a fantastic deal.

  • Atol says:
    4 Jun4 June 07:04

    When convertingTesco club card vouchers into Avios, what details need to match? The name or name, address, date of birth etc? Just want to make sur I set the accounts up properly to avoid any issues. Thanks!

    • John says:
      4 Jun4 June 07:16

      If you are converting to BAEC, then you just enter the BAEC number and it should work unless the detail sare completely different.

      If you are converting to avios.com, then it is a bit odd. If you don’t already have an account, just let Tesco open a new account for you. This may happen even if you do already have an account, then you have to get the live chat to merge them.

      • Genghis says:
        4 Jun4 June 07:24

        I thought you can now put in your avios.com number?

        • Brian W says:
          4 Jun4 June 08:40

          Yeah Genghis is right, you can definitely enter your Avios.com membership number now just as you do BAEC.

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