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News in brief:

Competition for converting Clubcard points to Virgin Flying Club

Tesco Clubcard is NOT offering a conversion bonus to Virgin Flying Club this quarter, unfortunately.

Instead, there is a competition.  If you make a conversion to Virgin before September 15th you will be entered into a draw to win 12,000 Flying Club miles.  There will be 10 winners.

More details can be found on the Tesco / Virgin website here.

Earn 2,000 free Virgin Atlantic miles

You can also earn 2,000 Virgin Flying Club miles by setting your account to auto-convert future points earned in Clubcard.  The easiest way to do this is to use a dormant Clubcard account and set that, in the profile, to auto-convert to your Virgin account.

Based on my past experience, you will receive the bonus even though there are no points converting.  The deadline for setting this up is also September 15th and more details can be found here.

Get a 25% bonus for Shangri-La to Krisflyer conversions

Shangri-La Hotels is offering a 25% bonus when you convert your Golden Circle points to the Singapore Airlines Krisflyer scheme.

This is interesting because the minimum transfer has been reduced to 1,000 points.  If you still have 1,000 Shangri-La points unused from their 2013 promotion, this is a last chance of using them before they expire. 

If you do not already have a Krisflyer account, you get 500 miles for signing up if you use code KFGC.  The code and the transfer bonus expire on August 31st. 


best hotel loyalty promotions

Hotel offers update – December 2024:

Want to earn more hotel points?  Click here to see our complete list of promotions from the major hotel chains or use the ‘Hotel Offers’ link in the menu bar at the top of the page.

Want to buy hotel points?

  • Hilton Honors is offering an 80%-100% bonus when you buy points by 31st December 2024. Click here to buy.
  • IHG One Rewards is offering a 100% bonus when you buy points by 13th December 2024. Your annual purchase limit is increased to 300,000 points plus the bonus. Click here to buy.
  • Marriott Bonvoy is offering a 40%-45% bonus when you buy point by 23rd December 2024. Your annual purchase limit is increased to 150,000 points plus the bonus. Click here to buy.
  • World of Hyatt is offering a 25% bonus when you buy points by 4th January 2025. Your annual purchase limit is increased to 110,000 points plus the bonus. Click here to buy.

Comments (43)

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  • cheekychappie says:

    Raffles

    could you pls index a new section called ‘Bits’

    • Rob says:

      Not desperately keen! The individual topics are tagged. I’m not sure that anyone is desperately keen to see a page showing only the ‘bits’ articles!

  • mark2 says:

    T&C specifically exclude gift cards

  • Hadid It says:

    If I set my Tesco Clubcard to auto convert to Flying Club, does it move the *points* & *vouchers* or just the points?

    The website mentions auto converting *points* a few times but then there is one mention of converting the vouchers on the opt-in page.

    Only want the points converted, not the vouchers.

  • Yong Grams says:

    Virgin does release more reward seats depending on how well the flight is selling, but there s a risk you might not get what you want.

  • Andrew says:

    For the ‘2000 free Virgin Miles’ offer, my CC account is currently set up to autoconvert to BAEC. Can I change it to Virgin, and then when the 2000 Virgin miles are uploaded, switch back to BAEC again without any issue?

    • Rob says:

      Yes – but make sure that you do remember to switch it back, and also to switch it back 2-3 weeks before the next lot of vouchers are issued. Do NOT switch it on the last day of the collecting quarter, Tesco seems to require advance notice!

      • Andrew says:

        Thank you! I switched from BAEC to Flying Club this afternoon so I will keep an eye out for the 2000 points in my Virgin account, and switch back as soon as they’re in. I don’t use Virgin Atlantic much but 2000 points is not to be sniffed at!

        Thanks for these daily updates – they’re an absolute godsend. You’re efforts are appreciated at this end!

      • mark2 says:

        I have switched two accounts but no miles yet.
        How long does it normally take please?

        • Andrew says:

          Tesco Clubcard just told me this on Twitter:

          “You’d receive your Virgin Atlantic Flying Club points within 28 days of placing your request.”

        • Andrew says:

          I’ve just had it confirmed to me by Tesco that if you were previously autoconverting from Avios, and then switched to Flying Club, you aren’t elible for the 2000 miles. You’re only eligible if you’ve never autoconverted before.

          So you would have to start a new account, perhaps from another household member.

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