How to collect Avios with Shell Drivers Club – and get triple Avios this Summer

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• Frenske says:

  1 Jun1 June 05:35

  Shell also has regular 100 bonus points – 50 Avios – for filling up your tank. Without the bonus I normally go to nearby Tesco petrol station which is usually 1-2p cheaper.

  • Nick says:

    1 Jun1 June 06:00

    Ditto! I ‘activate’ the 100 bonus Shell Points on the Shell Drivers Club app every time it appears, which is around once every 7-10 days. I then purchase the minimum 25 litres to achieve the 100 points.

    Most work days i grab a Deli2Go sandwich at the local Shell garage, which gives me 50 Shell Points (25 Avios) as well.

    • Andrew says:

      1 Jun1 June 06:24

      Ditto – most weeks it appears on Tuesday afternoons and is valid (all-day) Tuesday to Monday. Unless there’s been a bank holiday Monday in which case it appears on the app on Wednesday afternoon and is valid (all-day) Wednesday to Monday.

      Fill requirements for the 100 points vary, too. Mine has been as high as 25 litres but for the last 6 months it’s been 15.

      The app does make the maths more appealing as currently for 15 litres of vpower I’m getting
      ((15 x 6 points) + 100 points) / 2 Avios conversion = 95 Avios, plus the Avios for paying by Amex.
      Which is okay if you want/need(?) vpower, but otherwise the sums potentially shouldn’t sway you from your usual fuel option.

      • Lady London says:

        1 Jun1 June 08:19

        I don’t buy much petrol these days. I was getting bonus offers of decent points for about £10 fillup. Then I did a long trip and filled up once for over £40. Since then now they want £45 or £40 for same bonus as theywere offering for a £10 fillip before. Had 2 or 3 cycles of this now over a long period. I will only put V-Power in my vehicles old or new. There is an obvious strategy to combat this

• Lee says:

  1 Jun1 June 05:54

  I now use Costco – currently paying 109.9 for a litre of premium diesel.

  Now get around 15% more from my tank

  • Jon says:

    1 Jun1 June 10:25

    Agree – even with Tesco MC and Virgin Amex giving me 4.5 miles per pound the 3-4p difference at Costco in price in often worth more.

• Paul says:

  1 Jun1 June 06:34

  The triple points promotion only applies to Shell V-Power fuels. These are typically 8-10p/litre more expensive than their standard fuels. Unless you think the benefits justify the high price, it’s a very costly way of earning points/Avios.

  • Michael says:

    1 Jun1 June 07:42

    Yes that’s what I thought too. Unless you are buying V Power regularly you are paying 10p/Avios under this deal

  • Andy S says:

    1 Jun1 June 08:29

    I see it as a good thing, double points for just about 10% extra payment. Besides I do seem to get better MPG with the v-power fuel so it’s not so much extra cost. If only the points would post (see later comment!)

• Ah says:

  1 Jun1 June 07:17

  Esso around me have been running double clubcard points

• Court says:

  1 Jun1 June 07:26

  It was still a no-brainer to use Tesco to fill up when I had a company supplied All-Star card.

  Now they give us Shell cards so we have to fill up there – the points ‘rewarded’ really are measly even with the regular bonuses.

  • CV3V says:

    1 Jun1 June 08:59

    When i had a Shell card it could also be used at Esso, always thought it a wind up until i tried it and it worked!

• Alex W says:

  1 Jun1 June 07:30

  I filled up at Tesco the other day. Used tesco debit card as Clubcard and paid in store with Amex. Got a paltry number of Clubcard points. Do you have to pay at pump to make this trick work?

  • Trinovant says:

    1 Jun1 June 08:14

    I’m sure rob will know but wouldn’t using Tesco credit card as a club card then paying with Tesco debit card yield more avios than paying with Amex given the 1club card point per pound with a Tesco bank account?

    • Alex W says:

      1 Jun1 June 08:43

      Or the other way round? Not sure if that works but could be good if it does. Using virgin black Amex though there’s not much difference as it’s 2 miles per £ and you don’t have to wait several months to get vouchers etc.

  • CV3V says:

    1 Jun1 June 09:01

    it used to work as use the Tesco credit card as a clubcard then use BAPP to pay. Staff seemed used to it. Would good if someone could confirm how it now works with the various Tesco credit cards, i.e. avios earning rate on the premium card…

  • Simon says:

    1 Jun1 June 13:25

    I’ve been doing this for years thanks for Head for Points.

    I’ve just checked my Clubcard statement to see if it still works and it does. I’ve been to 4 Tesco filling stations in the last week and got 1 clubcard point per £1 spent on fuel using my Tesco Credit Card as a Clubcard. (I then use my BAPP to pay).

    • Mzungu says:

      1 Jun1 June 14:17

      Can someone confirm if this only works for fuel please? I’ve been doing this for fuel and in store 🙁

      …and if so, any idea why there’s a difference?

      • Rob says:

        1 Jun1 June 14:26

        Only for fuel. No-one knows why but it is an ‘official’ benefit and is discussed on the Tesco Bank site.

        • Alex W says:

          1 Jun1 June 15:26

          Per my original post this didn’t worked for me in store recently. I have e tried pay at pump before and it worked.

      • Alan says:

        1 Jun1 June 17:41

        Yeah I’ve tried it quite a few times in-store but definitely only for fuel. In-store you have to actually pay with the Tesco debit/credit card to get the benefit.

    • CV3V says:

      1 Jun1 June 16:03

      Can anyone confirm the points earned for fuel with the Premium card?

      • Liz says:

        1 Jun1 June 16:42

        Premium card works also – 1 cc for the CC spend and 1 cc for using it as a Clubcard. When my premium CC comes up for 1 st anniversary in Oct I will cancel and revert to the debit card which will give the same number of,points for petrol and in store.

        • CV3V says:

          1 Jun1 June 18:35

          ok, so you don’t get extra points on fuel spend than when compared to the free card? Was considering the premium card but knowing i wasn’t going to put £5k per year through it, i had read elsewhere than it earned even more CC points on fuel spend than the free one.

        • Alan says:

          1 Jun1 June 18:38

          I thought it was just extra Clubcard points for using ANY Tesco debit/credit card, not specifically more for the premium one?

        • CV3V says:

          1 Jun1 June 20:01

          Alan – i read an old HfP comment by someone who stated the Premium credit card earned even more club card points on fuel spend than the standard credit card. Wondering if that really was the case. IIRC they stated it earned 8 club card points per £ fuel spend (great if correct).

          btw Costco fuel station to open in Edinburgh.

        • Alan says:

          1 Jun1 June 20:02

          Ahh OK, interesting (on both counts!). Have heard CostCo good for tyres, I take it they have a good name for competitive fuel prices too?

        • CV3V says:

          1 Jun1 June 20:13

          I think the fuel is 3 or 4p per litre cheaper than anywhere else.

          The Tesco Premium card isn’t of interest to me as i won’t spend £5k per year in Tesco to get the bonus points and justify the fee. But if it were to earn even more club card points on fuel it could be worth considering. As mentioned it was a comment on an old HfP article, but the earning rate seemed too good to be true, 8 avios per £ of fuel was quoted.

        • Liz says:

          1 Jun1 June 23:49

          Just double checked my last statement and it’s definitely 1 cc for using the credit card as a Clubcard and 1 cc for the credit card spend for fuel. The premium credit card gives you cc pts for credit card spend for buying gift cards so you if buy a lot of gift cards over the year it can be worth having – you don’t earn any cc pts on the Clubcard but definitely on the credit card spend and it goes towards the £5000 spend target – which I have in writing from Tesco. I have just a few hundred £ left to spend then I will hit the target and get the bonus 5000 pts.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    1 Jun1 June 20:25

    Use the debit card as both a Clubcard and a payment card you’ll get more Avios than any AMEX

• Andy S says:

  1 Jun1 June 08:27

  I find this a very unreliable system. Often points don’t actually post, and the last time I went to the nearby shell it said “points are not eligible on this transaction” on the receipt, despite using the same pump and same payment card as the time before when it did work. I’ve emailed their support but had no response.

• Rob says:

  1 Jun1 June 08:57

  Slightly OT, but BP is doing 10 Nectar points per litre on Ultimate from Friday to Monday.

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