Important dates for your diary – offers about to close which you shouldn’t miss (October 2016)

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• Bryan says:

  16 Oct16 October 07:35

  I had to buy a new washing machine and freezer from John Lewis – total 1400 pounds.

  Went to Tesco and bought 28 x 50 pound JL gift cards – the till person was a bit suspicious – she did ask the manager who was totally fine with it. She did feel the need to put them through 5 at a time – in case my card declined etc.

  Went to John Lewis and the sales assistant just found it funny when i pulled out the big stack of vouchers.

  Anyway 10000+ avoid better off (more if there is a tesco/ avoid promotion in the future)
  So thank you.

  • mark2 says:

    16 Oct16 October 09:15

    I have paid £550 to Boots Opticians in £25 gift cards, and they have to ring up as they do not use the main Boots system. They were fine about it.

    • Fenny says:

      16 Oct16 October 09:26

      That’s good to know, ta. I’m due new glasses and we’ve just had a Boots optician open opposite Specsavers.

      • Gavin says:

        16 Oct16 October 16:54

        Am off to Boots opticians Saturday for an eye test and to get the relevant lenses in the frames I bought in Korea (£10 and far better for me than anything I’ve seen in the uk)

  • JP says:

    16 Oct16 October 09:29

    Would you have saved money buying these products from the cheapest online seller, are you just buying points or is John Lewis the cheapest ?

    • Donna says:

      16 Oct16 October 09:34

      In my case JL was cheapest (having checked out all other options)

    • TGLoyalty says:

      16 Oct16 October 10:20

      There is value in JL’s customer service and extended warranty offer

      But ofcourse do the numbers before buying GCs

• Roger says:

  16 Oct16 October 07:55

  Bought multiple £100 GCs from Tesco for sign up bonus and hoping for some good Black Friday offers this year.

• Dan says:

  16 Oct16 October 09:29

  With the economist subscription – can you get the sign up bonus more than once? My previous subscription lapsed about 8 months ago?

  • mark2 says:

    16 Oct16 October 09:36

    I alternate the subscriptions between me and my wife so get the Avios every time.

• Roger says:

  16 Oct16 October 09:50

  Good to know that it works online for JL.
  So can effectively double dip plus Club card and credit card points for buying JL GC in the first place.

• Roger says:

  16 Oct16 October 09:51

  Looking to buy S7.
  Any ideas which is the best route to take other than JL.
  Amazon had it on stock for £499 a couple of days ago but is now gone.

  • Lee says:

    16 Oct16 October 11:54

    Mobilephonesdirect.co.uk

    £489

    • Roger says:

      16 Oct16 October 12:59

      Thank you.

      • Roger says:

        16 Oct16 October 15:40

        Yes saw that. Might hold out until next month and see what happens during Black Friday promotions.

• Roger says:

  16 Oct16 October 10:11

  That is strange. Does the T&C say that using gift card will not earn Avios?

• Mr Dee says:

  16 Oct16 October 16:58

  Pending means the items have tracked pending confirmation and in some cases whether terms have been followed or not, in most cases using a gift card online is ok apart from select retailers who will mention it in their terms.

• Peter K says:

  16 Oct16 October 17:12

  The nectar Amex deal was targeted wasn’t it? Had a look and not available for me that I can see 🙁

  • Rob says:

    16 Oct16 October 19:00

    You probably have a cookie on your PC from the Nectar site and that is why it is showing you the ad.

    • Mr Dee says:

      16 Oct16 October 20:12

      Possibly however the offer is not on any of my accounts.

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