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Get 1,000 Clubcard points (2,400 Avios) for £4.48 via blinkbox

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blinkbox is an online, downloadable, film and TV rental service – a clone of Netflix or the downloadable LoveFilm option.

Tesco bought blinkbox last year and now seem to be giving it a marketing push.  As such, they are offering 1,000 Tesco Clubcard points to the next 10,000 people to sign-up.

Here is the sign-up page you need.

The terms and conditions contain a sneaky clause, so watch out.  Here is a summary:

  • The deal started yesterday (14th January) and runs to January 28th or when 10,000 people have joined
  • You must download TWO films before January 28th to trigger the bonus.  Simply signing up is not enough.
  • You cannot get the bonus if you use an ipad or an Xbox to access blinkbox.  Unless you have a very modern TV, you will therefore need to download the two films to your PC.  (They can, presumably, be transferred to an ipad to watch later.)
  • You can download films to watch later (within 30 days) – indeed, unless you internet connection is fast enough, you have no choice!
  • One film must be at the full price of £3.49.  The second can be a 99p oldie if you want!
  • New customers only

So, a few rules, the iPad one being the most significant.  However, for £4.48 it is definitely a decent deal!

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Comments (21)

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  • Scott Nelson says:
    15 Jan15 January 08:17

    there’s a ‘tesco clubcard’ section under your account where you need to enter your clubcard number.

    Presumably if you don’t enter it here, you’ll get a chance at the payment stage.

  • Flashware says:
    15 Jan15 January 07:39

    I wonder whether you just have to actually rent (pay) for it, or watch it? Anyway, although you have 30 days to trigger watching, I believe once you download it you then only have a 48 hour period to actually watch it.

  • Nick says:
    15 Jan15 January 07:46

    Thanks I’ve just signed up. The 10,000 customers clause is a bit concerning though, there’s no way of us checking we’re below that number.

  • Nick says:
    15 Jan15 January 08:15

    Also, you don’t actually ‘download’ the movies but by renting them you can only stream them on the website, I just found out. Therefore you can’t transfer them to an ipad, etc.

    • Andy says:
      17 Jan17 January 09:29

      If you download the bling box app to your ipad you just sign in and your films will be there for you to watch

  • Jimmy says:
    15 Jan15 January 08:18

    Xbox and iPad are excluded for streaming the movie what about a PS3? Once you have triggered playback on each film I assume that’s enough to get the bonus, providing your under the 10,000. Don’t like the fact we are putting all our trust in the good faith of tesco!

    • World Traveller says:
      15 Jan15 January 10:31

      The promotion is not available for customers accessing the service via the Apple iPad app or Microsoft Xbox app. Using a browser on the iPad would probably be OK, dunno if Xbox has a browser as I’m not into gaming so don’t own one.

      • Raffles says:
        15 Jan15 January 11:03

        Not sure I’d risk it. Blinkbox would know that you were using a browser on an ipad (unless you use a third party browser like icab which lets you ‘fake’ the message sent to websites about what device is being used).

        • Darren says:
          15 Jan15 January 23:31

          To watch online you need Microsoft Silverlight, so I don’t think this option would work for anything other than a PC/laptop.

  • Motellgamzol says:
    15 Jan15 January 08:22

    Thank you!

  • lostintrepid says:
    15 Jan15 January 08:24

    Signed up – what a dismal collection of movies! No decent old films on there at all. Got myself ‘The Angels Share’ as a starter – highly recommended.

    Hopefully I’m in the first 10k… but given how many sites this must have popped up on I won’t be holding my breath.

    • World Traveller says:
      15 Jan15 January 10:35

      One of Blinkboxes USPs is “the best way to watch the latest movies online” so I’m guessing at this point they’re not paying much attention to older titles.

  • Bazzarelli says:
    15 Jan15 January 13:21

    Watch out if you start the movies with the intention of watching next week, as there is only a 48 hour window to watch, once you press play.

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