72 people will win 1 million Avios points with Shell Drivers Club

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• John Thr says:

  2 Dec2 December 12:11

  I also used the app for the first time last week to take advantage of a £5 free refund offer from Paypal (now expired), and like many others find it a bit tedious in terms of waiting for authorisation inside the car – rushing to the pump before it times out and then waiting for the app to show you have finished Ok before driving off.
  Biggest problem for me is that is ONLY uses your “default” PayPal payment option – which is usually the Bank Account one! (Other retailers allow you to choose once on Paypal site).
  So if you normally use credit cards (collecting bonus points – ie almost everyone on this site I presume?) it is not much use – or I will have to remove my Bank Account from Paypal for December and set it up again afterwards!
  PS Shell have responded to say they will pass this onto their team to consider!

  • Liam Kirkham says:

    5 Dec5 December 12:04

    You can change your default payment method in the PayPal app under ‘settings’!

• Simon says:

  2 Dec2 December 12:45

  I have used the app a few times, and apart from one station where they have the signs up but it doesn’t work I have not had any issues. Used mine and the wife’s over the weekend for the £5 off, plus we both had a bonus of 300 points which this fill up redeemed these as well.

  Shell is the most convenient for the wife as it is on the way to work, and also the cheapest that is on route. We get very frequent offers with the app so the points rack up quite quickly.

  The less people that enter the more chance for me 🙂

  • GraemeC says:

    2 Dec2 December 12:56

    +1 its really not that difficult in my experience, and for all those sharing their dissatisfaction (they are entitled to do this obviously) there are countless others who will have no issues.

    Its a good prize, you decide if its worth the price differential for Shell fuel, for a chance to win.

    I must admit some of the tales of doom have made me laugh…

  • Worzel says:

    2 Dec2 December 13:05

    Simon!

    You have a wife that refills the car with fuel??

    I’ll suggest(well, I might suggest) the idea to Mrs Gummidge. 🙂 .

    • Simon says:

      2 Dec2 December 14:55

      Haha it’s her car, if she doesn’t she will be stuck at the side of the road and I won’t be there to save her!!! I do have issues with her using the right card to maximise points though 🙂

• Chris says:

  2 Dec2 December 12:52

  I’ve also wondered if the uptake hasn’t been as high as expected.
  Live had four of the £5 rebate offers so far. It seems to work up here in Edinburgh although you get some mighty stern looks when it’s busy for sitting in your car for thirty seconds after pulling up to the pump and pretty much just sitting there while waitin on it going through.

• Phillip says:

  2 Dec2 December 13:03

  For people in areas with little reception, Shell actually provides wifi on the forecourt and when you launch the app, it connects automatically!

  • Sussex Bantam says:

    2 Dec2 December 13:15

    Well that’s good to know ! Their FAQ says you need to have at least a 3G connection so maybe the Wi-Fi isn’t universal ??

  • Fenny says:

    2 Dec2 December 20:09

    No, it doesn’t!!!

• Anon says:

  2 Dec2 December 13:51

  Wonder how many entrants per day, never heard of this before…

  Might try at early next week, wonder if some days are quieter?

• Richmond says:

  2 Dec2 December 13:55

  No Windows App.

  • scott says:

    2 Dec2 December 15:25

    lol that’s coz windows mobile is S###

    • mark2 says:

      2 Dec2 December 16:00

      I changed from Apple to Windows nearly three years ago; best thing I ever did (well not quite).
      Worth it just for the decent spell checker which learns how you write and makes helpful suggestions rather than making random changes.

      • Fenny says:

        2 Dec2 December 20:26

        Switching from Apple to 2 cocoa tins and a bit of string would have been a great move! Android may be a better bet.

• harry says:

  2 Dec2 December 15:16

  I can’t see why Shell think this is a good idea at all.

  Sack the head of marketing?

• Gary says:

  2 Dec2 December 18:44

  Used it for the first time today. Quite tedious waiting for authorisation, also our Shell garage has placed the QR code partially obscured behind a pillar so I had to drive forward another 2 feet and aim the phone back over my shoulder.

  What was amusing however was the chap sat behind me waiting for the pump, as I pulled off he got very excited and started pointing and shouting in his car, I think he must have thought I was not paying for my fuel!

  For that priceless bit of confusion I will continue throughout December just to see how many people think I am a petrol thief!

  • Lawro says:

    2 Dec2 December 19:14

    OT sorry: Anyone have any experience of how long the bonus referral points take to post after referring someone to the BA (PP) Amex. I’ve only ever referred gold/plat charge cards or SPG before and those have posted within 3/4 days. The person was instantly approved if it makes any difference.
    I know Amex officially say 4-6 weeks or something like that but wondered if anyone had any other info? Thanks

    • Rob says:

      2 Dec2 December 22:23

      2-3 days, same as the other cards

  • harry says:

    2 Dec2 December 19:30

    heh heh

    if I had a smartphone I might be tempted lol

    • harry says:

      2 Dec2 December 19:32

      might force my son to do it on my behalf @ the weekend lol

      looks like your chances of winning 1 million As are likely to be better than 1/1000

      • TimS says:

        2 Dec2 December 20:20

        I’m sure that across their entire sites they will have more than 3,000 fill and go transactions per day.

        • harry says:

          2 Dec2 December 21:04

          not too bad

        • harry says:

          2 Dec2 December 21:06

          it’s 3 winners a day though. I was right lol

        • TimS says:

          2 Dec2 December 21:29

          No, I am sure they WILL have FAR MORE THAN 3000 transactions a day.

          ie I think they will have more than 1000 transactions per prize so worse than 1 in 1000 chance of winning a prize.

          Shell have nearly 1,000 sites in the UK. I bet FAR more than 3 people per day use the new app payment system on average at each site!!!

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