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Craziest Tesco deal ever? 62 Avios for every 0.9p spent!

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This new Tesco grocery deal is, frankly, mad.  I’m not even sure if Tesco will honour it or not.  It is worth a go though.

Tesco is offering 25 bonus Clubcard points for every purchase of ‘world vegetables’ you make.

Before we go much further, you should check if the store which arranges your deliveries (and which could be real or ‘dark’) and which you cannot amend – is eligible for this offer.

Click on this page.  If you are not logged in, no special offer will show.  If you then log-in and the page is still blank, the store which delivers to your house does not sell these ‘exotic’ items.  Sorry.

Let’s look at the offers available for delivery to my house.  I actually laughed when I saw the price of the first few.  You earn 25 Clubcard points for every item.

The ‘bonkers’ deals:

Tesco Rocket Chillies – 1p each (actually 0.9p)

Tesco Okra – 5p each (pictured above)

Tesco Eddoes – 19p each

Some stores, but not mine, appear to have baby aubergines at 13p

The ‘normal’ deals:

Tesco White Flesh Sweet Potatoes – 62p each

Tesco Plantain – 71p each

Tesco Mooli – 71p each

Tesco Cassava – £1.13 each

Tesco Dudhi – £1.31 each

Tesco Yams – £5.38 each

The screenshot below confirms that, for 50 x 1p chillies, I would receive 1,250 Clubcard points:

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I know from the comments on the Tesco post yesterday that some people have already placed orders for 99 individual chillies which is the maximum allowed.  The 25 points per item DO show at checkout, so I am guessing that the points will post as long as the items are delivered.

This offer is theoretically also available in store, assuming your local store sells these.  Despite the posters being up, a couple of readers who tried yesterday did not get their points.It is not unusual for Tesco to have issues with new promotions – this one launched on Monday.

You can combine these items with the ‘1500 Clubcard points for a £60 grocery order’ that I reminded everyone about yesterday.

This offer runs until 22nd June – although it is hard to believe it will survive that long if they are effectively giving 62 Avios for every 1p you spend.

You could also convert your vouchers to another partner – theoretically you could spend £90 on chillies and Goldsmiths would give you a £7,500 Rolex …..  However, remember that Tesco is now capping Clubcard points at 30,000 per quarter.  If you earn more than this, it is likely (not guaranteed, but it definitely happens) that you will lose all of the points above 30,000.

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Comments (354)

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  • Costas says:
    4 Jun4 June 17:07

    my local Pinner branch had the rocket chilli packs costing 2 quid each, the sweet potatoes only qualified me for 25 cc points,

    have also tried the online shop with 860 cc estimate, but doubt that will be honoured, if I see on my online receipt I will only get 25cc, I will send all the vegetables back, Tesco are getitng themselves a right reputation

  • idrive says:
    4 Jun4 June 17:21

    hi, i can not read the full history of this thread, how can i do that?

    can someone resume the situation? is this still valid? i see it as available for delivery and i am going to place another order

    • Simon says:
      4 Jun4 June 17:50

      idrive there is a link below the last coment on this page called Older Comments, click on that.

      For deliveries people are only getting 25 points even if they order 99 items. In store not working, some people have had the points added manually though.

      • idrive says:
        4 Jun4 June 17:51

        thanks, i see that now you told me. so it makes no sense to get/accpet a delivery even if it is written the amount of CC on it!?

        • squills says:
          4 Jun4 June 18:01

          If you get a delivery note stating the big points on it, that’s fine, you’ll get the points.

        • Simon says:
          4 Jun4 June 18:03

          The points will appear on the email you get sent so if you bought 40 it would say 1000 points but when the delivery comes your receipt handed to you by the driver will only show 25 points by all accounts.

    • Rob says:
      5 Jun5 June 11:16

      I reckon, if you went via Customer Services with a screenshot of the original online order, it is 50/50 that they would add the points.

  • Oly says:
    4 Jun4 June 17:29

    none in my local tesco: baguley, manchester. they have some of the more expensive ones. £1.37 for 25 points

    • Danni says:
      4 Jun4 June 22:26

      Just had okra amongst a 60+ order.. got the 1500 bonus for the spend but not an okra wiff… manchester based.

  • Redwood says:
    4 Jun4 June 18:03

    Car parts should be fine as long as they are not sharp or you can’t injure someone with them. But ultimately it depends on the security staff at the airport. My advice would be to ask the security staff at the airport BEFORE you check in. Be prepared to check your parts in if the answer is no.

    • squills says:
      4 Jun4 June 19:19

      Cheers, that’s £40 though ;-(

      Cheaper to UPS it. I can’t get Bristol people to reply and I guess the clutch kit has ‘teeth’ ie sharp bits and the brake calipers would be great for knocking somebody out with lol

      From memory I can send about 10-12 kgs for not that much (Europe) so looks like parcel2go 😉

      • N says:
        4 Jun4 June 22:54

        I hand-carried an alternator from MAN to LHR no problem. They x-rayed it at the outsize baggage point at MAN, and then handed it back to me.

  • idrive says:
    4 Jun4 June 18:18

    please keep us posted you guys who are getting the deliveries tonight, thanks!

  • andy stock says:
    4 Jun4 June 19:09

    Purchased 99 Tesco Okra Loose at 5p for collection at my local tube station! 2484 club card points = 5961 avios points!

    • Neil says:
      4 Jun4 June 19:16

      Which tube station Andy if you don’t mind me asking? I’m also picking up from a tube station. Wondering if it’s the same one.

  • DC says:
    4 Jun4 June 19:14

    Thanks! local Tesco stocked chilled and eddoes (whatever they are!). 4.9k points for £19! (other items also there, 5k further points for £130 – perhaps I should have ordered them too)

  • Mark says:
    4 Jun4 June 19:14

    ” If you then log-in and the page is still blank, the store which delivers to your house does not sell these ‘exotic’ items. Sorry!”

    That’s not quite true Raffles. You CAN change your pick-up store, and see if the offer IS then available, and which veggies are available. Assuming you have a choice of collection / delivery stores of course. But I still didn’t find any individual chillies or okra 🙁 Plenty of eddoes at Braintree though….

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