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A Tesco to Avios conversion bonus – but targeted

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Good news!  Tesco has launched a ‘Clubcard to Avios’ conversion bonus.  The bad news is that it is strictly targeted to a few people, seemingly people who have not converted to BA or avios.com before.

This is the deal:

Exchange £5 of Clubcard vouchers to BA or avios.com before 7th September

You will receive 6,000 Avios instead of the usual 1,200 Avios

Avios is promoting this as a ‘Part Pay With Avios’ opportunity.  They are NOT suggesting that you use the Avios for free flights – which is a good job, as 6000 won’t get you far.

This is the text:

For every £2.50 in Clubcard vouchers you exchange, you’ll usually receive 600 Avios. But as a specially selected Clubcard customer, if you exchange £5 in Clubcard vouchers by 7 September, we’ll top up your balance to 6,000 Avios. That’s enough for £40 off a pair or £20 off two British Airways flights to a European destination.

I doubt many HfP readers will have got this.  If you did get it on the account of a family member, you might want to do it and then create a Household Account with that person – or simply use their account to book a redemption or get the discount for yourself.

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 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

Get 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

30,000 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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 14th January 2025, the sign-up bonus on ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is increased to 30,000 Membership Rewards points. This converts into 30,000 Avios. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 14th January 2025, the sign-up bonus on The Platinum Card from American Express is increased to 80,000 Membership Rewards points. This converts into 80,000 Avios! The spend requirement is changed to £10,000 in six months for this offer. Click here to apply.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

Huge 80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large 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.

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Capital on Tap Pro Visa

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There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business

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

50,000 points when you sign-up 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.

Category

British Airways and Avios, Tesco Clubcard

Comments (51)

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  • linda phillips says:
    16 Aug16 August 12:38

    I have been with Airmiles/Avios since they started never converted any Tesco and I didn’t get any e-mails. Also been with Clubcard since they started, obviously loyalty didn’t count with me. Very dissapointed.

  • Sara says:
    16 Aug16 August 12:54

    Never converted before and no email for me 🙁

  • Caroline says:
    16 Aug16 August 12:56

    Similar to what Dominic above said, my Dad only just transferred but it said 600 per £2.50. This was his first Avios conversion. Any idea if he may have an argument to claim the extra? Thanks

  • Caroline says:
    16 Aug16 August 12:57

    Question, every so often people post links for extra clubcard points for certain purchases.How do you find out about these? Is there a site the collates all these offers? Thanks

  • Will says:
    16 Aug16 August 12:58

    This deal is not worth it anyway, for a mere 4800 bonus avios you compromise any future conversion bonus offers which have a 12 month without conversion clause.

    If even a 20% bonus pops up then for anyone with lots of clubcard points it’s not worth risking a future bonus for avios amounting to just £20 of clubcard vouchers at regular rates.

    • Garry says:
      16 Aug16 August 15:53

      It is very worth it – you only need to convert £5. How is it not worth it?

      • Bialynia says:
        17 Aug17 August 00:24

        Will explained how it is not worth it. As an example, I have £138.50 in Tesco vouchers at the moment. If I were to opt for £5 for 6,000 Avios deal then I would get 4,800 bonus Avios, right? But then, if a 50% conversion bonus came up in the next 12 months, I would be precluded from converting at the 50% bonus rate because I’d gone for this offer instead, thus losing out on 16,620 bonus points, so it really isn’t worth it, that’s assuming that a 50% bonus conversion rate does come up in the next 12 months, of course.

        • JQ says:
          17 Aug17 August 02:12

          Is it usual for conversion bonuses to be restricted to people who have not converted in the past 12 months? For example the current Virgin bonus has no restrictions on who qualifies.

        • What's the Point says:
          17 Aug17 August 13:18

          The conversion bonus to Avios is never going to happen! We have been waiting years, not even a sniff of one….
          I gave up and swapped £495 of Tesco CC vouchers for £1,485 Goldsmiths last week.

          • Garry says:
            17 Aug17 August 13:40

            Exactly. There is simply no point in waiting to see what might happen, just get on with what is happening.

  • Adam says:
    16 Aug16 August 13:13

    Avios on facebook have stated they know nothing of this promotion and to refer to Tesco clubcard?

  • Kris Schimmel says:
    16 Aug16 August 14:12

    I’ll take ’em!

  • Ian says:
    16 Aug16 August 18:54

    If you have converted Tesco Clubcard vouchers to BA before but have not converted them to avios.com before, would you get the bonus if you converted to avios.com?

    • Rob says:
      16 Aug16 August 20:26

      If you got the email, I imagine you would get it regardless. And if you didn’t get the email, you won’t be getting it from either.

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