New 1,000 Clubcard points sign-up bonus on the Tesco Mastercard credit card
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For the first time in 18 months, Tesco Bank is offering a sign-up bonus on the Tesco Clubcard Mastercard.
This deal is not being advertised on the Tesco Bank website but is being advertised on comparison sites. This is the link you need.
The card has a representative APR of 18.9% variable. There is no annual fee.
If you apply via the link above, you will receive a bonus of 1,000 Clubcard points when you make your first purchase within two months of receipt. This is worth 2,400 Avios or 2,500 Virgin miles.
There are a number of different versions of the Tesco Clubcard Mastercard available. The 1,000 points is only available with the ‘purchases’ version. This offers 0% interest on new purchases for the first 17 months.
The Tesco Mastercard is no longer as good a deal as it was. The earning rate was recently halved to one Clubcard point per £8 spent. Even worse, the ‘per £8’ is on a transaction by transaction basis and rounded down. A £7.99 purchase earns you nothing. A £15.99 purchase only earns 1 point.
The card is only an OK deal when using it in a Tesco store, where you will receive 1 point per £4 spent.
For long term spending, the earnings rate is as good as you will get – unless you qualify for HSBC Premier – on a FREE Visa or Mastercard:
0.125 Clubcard points for £1 (and in reality you get less because of the rounding down) is 0.3 Avios points per £1 spent
When used in Tesco, you get 0.25 Clubcard points per £1, which is 0.6 Avios per £1 spent
This isn’t a great deal but it is the best you will find.
The sign-up bonus is OK
Even if the card is a poor deal for day-to-day spending, you may want to get one purely for the sign-up bonus and the ‘0% interest on new purchases for 17 months’ deal.
1,000 Clubcard points are worth 2,400 Avios points or 2,500 Virgin Flying Club miles.
It is not a life changing amount, but still not a bad bonus for a free credit card application.
If you take advantage of the 0% interest deal, you won’t be too bothered about the low Avios earning rate anyway.
The real value in a 0% on purchases deal is to spend up to your credit limit, put enough money in a high interest bank account to cover the bill, hide the card in a drawer and then settle the bill just as the 17 months interest free period is about to end.
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American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card
Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review
British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card
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Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard
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Earning miles and points from small business cards
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British Airways American Express Accelerating Business Card
30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review
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