Get 12,000 Avios or 12,500 Flying Club miles for £60 with Tesco’s Mortgage Cover policy

Back in August, I wrote about the latest offer on Tesco Life Insurance.

This is not a bad offer at all.  Take out Tesco Life Insurance or Critical Illness Cover (or, er, both) and you will receive 5,000 Tesco Clubcard points.  These are paid at the rate of 1,250 per quarter for a year.

The minimum spend is £5 per month, so you would be paying £60 for your 5,000 points.  This would convert into 12,000 Avios points.

This offer is still running – the closing date is 29th October.

However, Tesco has added a new product – Mortgage Cover.

Mortgage Cover is simply another product which pays out a sum of money if you die.  Unlike life assurance, though, you can choose to structure the policy so that it pays out less and less over the years, in line with the reducing balance of your mortgage.

As with Life Insurance, the minimum payment is £5 per month and the points arrive in four lumps of 1,250 over 12 months.

The key thing, though, is that there is no reason why you should not be able to get this deal even if you have already taken out the Life Insurance policy.  They are two separate products.

Cancelling, by the way, is very easy.  You can either write to them, or just cancel the direct debit.  After a couple of months they will write to say that your policy is now terminated.

As per my original post, remember that there is a risk that you will be asked to go for a medical before cover is granted.  If you declare any medical conditions then the risk is higher, but I assume they also select a small random number of ‘clean’ applicants as well.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 2023)

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:

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

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 9th January 2024, you will receive 30,000 Membership Rewards points (convertible to 30,000 Avios) with American Express Preferred Rewards Gold. You receive 25,000 points if you spend £3,000 in three months and a further 5,000 points if you hold the card for 15 months. You can apply here.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 9th January 2024, you will receive a huge 100,000 Membership Rewards points (convertible to 100,000 Avios) with The Platinum Card. You receive 75,000 points if you spend £10,000 in six months and a further 25,000 points if you hold the card for 15 months. You can apply here.

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.

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.

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.

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