Bits: 400% Apple bonus with Heathrow Rewards, get 10 x Nectar points on petrol

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• Scott says:

  3 Oct3 October 09:45

  Seems to be a few petrol deals for me at present:

  Tesco were offering double points up to the 4th Oct. Filled up on the 30th Sep and got 20 CC points for my £41 spend + 41 bonus points.

  Going to use Sainsbury later in the month, possibly twice so that’s 800-900+ Nectar points there.

  Also getting offer 45 Shell points when I fill up £35 + another 15 if I use their costlier fuel but at 5p or so a litre more, not worth it. (do use Shell if I’m going out of town as they’re right on the dual carriageway so it saves a 4 mile trip to Tesco and then back again – 2p a litre more usually though)

  Morrisons would be interesting if they stocked pay.com cards but can’t say I’ve seen any.

  • harry says:

    3 Oct3 October 10:01

    Try another store, most Morrisons have 2 pegs full of pay.coms, I bought 36 yesterday to get my 90p a litre.

    • Sebastian says:

      3 Oct3 October 14:57

      Can you use Pay.com cards for paying off your Amex and/or Visa statements?

      • Jason says:

        3 Oct3 October 18:06

        It was closed down last month.
        Preferred buying pay.coms at tesco but they are thin on the ground these days so using the free fuel option at Morrisons for a while.

• whiskerxx says:

  3 Oct3 October 09:51

  Good news about the Sydney route.
  ( A portion of humble pie JQ?)

  • JQ says:

    3 Oct3 October 22:20

    I never said it wasn’t going to happen, I said that nothing had been announced at the time.

• Dan says:

  3 Oct3 October 10:22

  Although I totally agree that nectar shouldn’t be a core part of hfp- I would be interested in reading some analysis of what the best redemption offers are. I’ve been saving mine for years p, on the assumption that one day I’ll need to make an easy jet booking – which you can do with nectar I believe.

  • harry says:

    3 Oct3 October 10:26

    I decided years ago that Nectar wasn’t worth the bother, it’s a rubbish points earning opportunity for most people.

  • Dom says:

    3 Oct3 October 11:05

    Gourmet society card is 2000 nectar points at the moment, usually £69.95. You can get your money back (£10) by dining out once! Also they give discounts on airport lounge access.

  • Brian says:

    3 Oct3 October 11:07

    Raffles does generally cover decent (by Nectar standards) redemption options. The recent Caffe Nero one, where you could essentially get a free coffee of any kind at Nero for the equivalent of 25p is a case in point. But Nectar is simply one of those schemes that are not worth going out of your way for – sure, collect the points if you’re shopping at Sainsbury’s etc anyway, but don’t make any special trips.

    • oyster says:

      3 Oct3 October 16:00

      Back in August I redeemed 10,000 nectar points for the pizza express vouchers. For the last 2 months we’ve consumed approx £250 of eat-in pizzas for £50. That is one of the best redemptions ever. It was much cheaper than even buying pizza in a supermarket and cooking it at home!

      • Brian says:

        3 Oct3 October 19:46

        Only if you like pizza enough to eat it that often!!!

        • Rob says:

          3 Oct3 October 19:53

          Get kids, eat lots of pizza. In my experience.

  • Rob says:

    3 Oct3 October 15:48

    But you only get the standard 0.5p on easyJet so there is no real advantage. The occasional eBay promos are very good – there is one running at present where if you convert 2000 points into £10 of eBay credit you get 1000 points back. You need to link your Nectar account to eBay and be opted in to eBay promotional email to get these.

    • harry says:

      3 Oct3 October 16:18

      And there are bonus 500-1000 Nectar points when you next shop @ Homebase (check app).

      However, none of it changes the equation in my mind which runs sort of ‘spend £1000 in Sainsburys, get back nearly enough points for a free bottle of wine’. No exaggeration.

      Most other schemes are more generous – and Sainsburys just got meaner http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/apr/10/sainsburys-cuts-to-nectar-points-anger-its-customers

• Leo C says:

  3 Oct3 October 13:55

  Hi everyone- are there advantages joining Heathrow rewards?
  Many thanks

• Leo C says:

  3 Oct3 October 14:05

  What I really meant to ask is are the rewards from “Heathrow Rewards” worth applying for and carrying yet another card etc, or will I be open to lots of spam/ ads etc for minimal reward?
  Have you all joined the scheme?
  Thanks

  • Rob says:

    3 Oct3 October 15:45

    You don’t need to carry the card if you have an iPhone – it goes into Passbook / Wallet.

    Decent sign up bonuses at present, see our ‘Avios Promos’ page at the bottom.

    Once you’ve banked the bonus, you need to spend £250 to get 250 points for any redemption so not hugely useful if all you ever buy is a newspaper. If you do spend real money in Heathrow it is worth it, especially with the bonus promos. HEX tickets and Heathrow Car Parking also earn.

    • Leo_C says:

      3 Oct3 October 16:13

      Thanks for that
      Cant see a HFP link for any joining bonus?

    • Leo_C says:

      3 Oct3 October 16:14

      Thanks for that
      Cant see a HFP link for a 2500 joining bonus?

      • Brian says:

        3 Oct3 October 19:47

        Also, you get longer periods of free WIFI as a member – that is worth it, if you don’t have lounge access.

• Leo says:

  3 Oct3 October 14:48

  Depends when you join to an extent. I recently got the 2500 sign up bonus (thanks HfP) which translated nicely into 2500 Virgin points almost immediately.

  • Leo C says:

    3 Oct3 October 15:20

    I did not know there was a sign up bonus

    • harry says:

      3 Oct3 October 16:20

      https://headforpoints.com/2015/08/26/2500-miles-heathrow-rewards-sign-up-bonus/

      You’re a day too late 🙂

• andystock says:

  3 Oct3 October 23:54

  I prefer QA 777 to BA club world, the cabin feels much more spacious and the food is so much better than BA.

• harry says:

  5 Oct5 October 17:56

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