Tesco now imposing the 30,000 points per quarter cap on Clubcard points

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• Mr Bridge says:

  7 Aug7 August 10:08

  but of course the best option is to have a clubcard in your partners name, effectively giving you 60000 ccp

  • richie says:

    8 Aug8 August 17:53

    plus kids aswell

• Arabmoney says:

  7 Aug7 August 10:28

  30k points in a quarter? thats something like 400000 avios a year if you gather them up and convert them in bonus. i seriously doubt the people, who have time to collect that, travel more than a few times a year.

  i think if you legitimately go over 30k in a quarter through normal spend and promotions then there is no reason why you cant argue to get your points back. Personally i think tesco would credit back any points gone over in the next clubcard statement.

  • squillion says:

    7 Aug7 August 10:40

    Hmmm…mum, dad, 3 kids, 4 return flights a year to our place abroad = 300,000 Avios.

    We seem to get through that lot easily enough.

    And that’s with depriving me of my rightful place up front 😉

• Jeepers says:

  7 Aug7 August 17:58

  If you make a valid purchase, expect the product, the discount, the points – all of it, don’t settle for less. If the Clubcard points was a factor in your purchase – push for it to be rewarded – don’t accept a reasonable request been ignored. On the Diabalo3 orders, they made no advertising around exclusivity or one per person, etc. If you ordered 50 separately, you made a legitimate purchase. It is no different than walking in and out of your corner shop 50 times. They would not refuse your service, and Tesco should not either. If they made an error they should have corrected it on the spot and communicated that to you – not do so at a later date and leave you unaware of the change. If you have a bank product that results in points (e.g. Insurance via the Aviva or a Tesco Credit Card), you are entitled to make a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman – as the points may have been a determining factor in your use of the product. The 30k points limit might be in the T&C’s, but with so many GENUINE ways now to earn Clubcard points, from Mortgages to Groceries – Complain, Complain, Complain – especially if you’ve had it wiped out without any prior notice. If they don’t budge, take your business elsewhere – and still complain, complain, complain.

  To quote George B Shaw – The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

  Persist, complain, be a nuisance – for the time it takes for you to write an email – it takes the recipient many many hours to respond. In the end, they will adapt to retain your business.

  • Blenz101 says:

    7 Aug7 August 18:51

    You seem to have missed my point – I agree if you take a mortgage, a mobile phone contract and any other reasonable bonus points they should be awarded and I suspect they all would be even if this occurred in a single collection quarter.

    What is not reasonable is 50 separate purchases of Diablo – and the corner shop example doesn’t stack up, they don’t run such a scheme. Even if they did, any sensible corner shop owner running a promotion for the benefit/enticement of his entire customer base and had a single identifiable customer visit his store 50 times in a short period would equally likely withdraw the offer without notice – where is his incentive to use his promotional budget/run a loss leader on a single customer at the expense of all others?

    And Tesco don’t need to put disclaimers around every single voucher or promotion, the T&Cs of the scheme are quite clear in this scenario …. “Any participation in promotional offers above and beyond what could objectively be considered consumer behaviour or personal use may be considered as abuse of the scheme”.

    Tesco have clearly considered some individuals behaviour ‘unreasonable’ and enforced the rules of the scheme. If the audit process has not been evenhanded and an individual feels all spend was legitimate then they can of course complain – if these complaints result in CS adding back large amounts of points that were legitimately removed due to abuse then this would likely become Tescos next focus – no doubt hampering those with legitimate complaints as I can see a situation where all points additions over some arbitrary level will have to go to management rather than be dealt with by staff.

    We all know Tesco will adapt to keep its reasonable customers happy. Those defrauding the scheme I fail to see any incentive for Tesco to do anything other than cap and close accounts…

  • Mark says:

    8 Aug8 August 16:39

    I agree absolutely with this. Where there is clear abuse going on I’m not surprised that Tesco is enforcing the limit as a means of dissuading people from doing it in future. So far as I can see they are quite within their rights to do so.

    • Rob says:

      8 Aug8 August 18:22

      ‘Abuse’ is a tricky term, though. Let’s say you bought 60 ink cartridges to flog on ebay to get 30,000 bonus points. No rule saying you can’t buy multiple ink cartridges to get multiple bonus points. It’s therefore not clear where the abuse is. It might not be ‘in the spirit’ of the scheme but that is something different.

• squillion says:

  7 Aug7 August 19:08

  Raffles: it’s back, I guess you already saw

  Buy Avios before 19 September and we’ll give you a bonus, supersizing whatever you purchase by up to 30%.

  The more you buy, the bigger the bonus. If you haven’t collected any Avios already this year, you can purchase 24,000 – and get 7,200 bonus Avios.

  It’s the smart way to boost your balance and enjoy a great getaway sooner.

  You buy, we’ll boost

  • AndyGWP says:

    8 Aug8 August 13:20

    Thanks for the nod Squillion…

    • AndyGWP says:

      8 Aug8 August 13:29

      Ah, this is for straight forward cash purchases – I thought you meant it was a 30% bonus for Tesco club-card conversion thing…

• Stephen Franks says:

  7 Aug7 August 19:23

  I am new to Amex (have Gold Rewards Charge Card and going through 2k 3 months MR bonus) and Clubcard Credit card is in the post. Can anyone advise if it is a good idea to have clubcard preferences set to “convert to Avios” automatically. I realise there are double up bonuses every so often but I quite like not to have to worry about converting vouchers and like the idea of just using Amex & Clubcard CC and getting the points there and then…

  • Rob says:

    7 Aug7 August 19:41

    If that is your philosophy then, of course, yes its fine to do that. One less thing to worry about.

• squillion says:

  7 Aug7 August 19:46

  Boost!

  They’re in cahoots!

• Elena says:

  7 Aug7 August 23:47

  Hello Raffles
  I must say I just discovered your website and it is excellent. Thank you very much. I have a question which might be silly for all the points experts here.
  But does Tesco sends out the coupons every three months so I have to convert the points before this into Avios? What if they are not running any deals I assume it is still better than losing them into coupons?

  Thanks for your help

  • Rob says:

    8 Aug8 August 08:32

    The coupons have a 2 year validity. If you don’t need the Avios immediately, it makes more sense to keep the vouchers in a drawer in case a conversion bonus comes along at some point before they expire.

• squillion says:

  10 Aug10 August 19:40

  Can’t see why you wouldn’t get both if you satisfy the conditions.

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