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Tesco now giving 4,800 Avios / 5,000 Flying Club miles with Diablo III purchases

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Yesterday was one of those odd days.

On Friday night I wrote an article about pre-ordering video game Diablo III from Tesco Direct which was offering 1,000 bonus Clubcard points (2,400 Avios).

When I woke up on Saturday morning, with the post live, the bonus was down to 500 points and the deal didn’t make sense financially.  I was very grumpy (I can change the site but I can’t recall 1,200 emails).

Then, during the day, it went up again.  Not to 1,000, but to 1,500 Clubcard points.

And now, it is giving 2,000 bonus points per copy.

2,040 Clubcard points – over 5,000 Avios in total – is a great deal for a £40 video game which should resell for £30 on eBay with little trouble.

Do NOT order more than one per person as Tesco has, of late, been cancelling multiple orders.  Remember the Dan Brown book etc.

My original article is here.  The Tesco link is here


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.

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.

Comments (112)

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  • Will says:

    Managed 12 copies over 2 accounts. No cancellations yet. For reference I did over 40 copies of Grid 2 across 3 accounts when it was 700 points so tesco are far more flexible than many think….. Famous last words. Got another £300 quarter on 2 accounts now, just waiting for an avios bonus to cash in.

  • Jens Moller says:

    Wow, 2 times 2040 actually arrived on my account this morning! I’m a bit surprised that Tesco honours this deal:-)

    Have a sunny day everyone!
    Jens

  • squillion says:

    Cancellations can take time, I guess? Tesco has got a history of cancelling certain ‘too good to be true’ or obviously glitched generous pre-orders, though usually for multiple orders not singles.

    Anyway, mine are showing too, FWIW. Shaping up to be a good quarter.

  • Phil says:

    I can confirm 2040 points have posted to my clubcard account this morning.

    Thanks Raffles!

  • Will says:

    2040 points arrived this morning. in plenty of time for the august voucher cutoff. which i had ordered more than 1 copy. Thanks Raffles for the sunday update :o)

  • Boddingtons says:

    I ordered 1 xbox and 1 ps3 game and whilst the points for both had posted, they cancelled one of the orders. Same across every account.

    Bit naughty really as they were infact separate products.

    • Boddingtons says:

      And in doing so, removed one set of bonus points.

      Check your tesco direct account to see if any orders had cancelled

  • Rocky says:

    2040 points have arrived this morning as well lets hope they stay on

    • chris says:

      as long as you only order one should do, or at less for 1540 of them (since all those when it was 1000 points for the game and 500 points for orders of £35 or more and 40 at cost, ware not glitches)

      all the other orders based on the glitched 500 x 2 for the over £35 depend on if tescos flagged them for more than one order based on if diff accounts ware used / diff ips and clearing cookies diff address / card ect

  • How many Avios? - FlyerTalk Forums says:

    […] reserve your copy of diablo 3 to get your 4800 points https://headforpoints.com/2013/07…iii-purchases/ I preordered the PS3 and Xbox version – will put it back on ebay and am prepared to lose some cash […]

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