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Excellent Avios / Virgin and Tesco deal – act now for very cheap miles

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Tesco Direct has launched an exceptional new promotion on HP printer inks.

This is so generous that I cannot imagine it lasting long and may even be an error.

You receive 1,000 Tesco Clubcard points for every HP printer ink you buy.  Those points convert into 2,400 Avios or 2,500 Virgin Atlantic miles.

The cheapest ink in stock is £12.

Even if you throw the inks in the bin, you are only paying 0.5p per Avios point and a little less for the Virgin miles.  However, these inks sell perfectly well on eBay so you should be able to recoup much of your £12.

You can combine this offer with ‘money off’ discount codes, eg £10 off £75, which show on the individual ink pages online. Your miles will get even cheaper.

You even get FREE ‘click and collect’ delivery to your nearest Tesco store.

Remember that Tesco caps Clubcard accounts at 30,000 points per quarter.  They have also been known to remove points for ‘excessive’ buying, although as these inks are consumables they would be on sticky ground here.

I recommend ordering sooner rather than later.

The list of inks available is here on the Tesco site.

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2024)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

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You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

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Comments (277)

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  • Michael says:
    3 Jun3 June 13:54

    I think Tesco might not honour these orders. 30mins after successfully ordering I’ve just received an email from Tesco saying:
    “We’re sorry, but we’re unable to complete your Tesco Direct order”
    “We’ve already started to process your refund….”
    🙁

    • BlueThroughCrimp says:
      3 Jun3 June 14:21

      I’ve made a couple of orders, some showing confirmed now. These were the slightly more expensive ones.

      Thanks for the deal alert, Rob.

  • Andy says:
    3 Jun3 June 14:00

    When I go to checkout and pay only the base points are showing up

    • Lev441 says:
      3 Jun3 June 14:46

      Probably means the product is not supplied by Tesco but rather a ‘partner’

  • lee says:
    3 Jun3 June 14:07

    If I am not from UK instead from US, could this also work? for example i sign up for an account then buy those stuff to get point then later use it to covert to Avios point? thanks!

    • Andy says:
      3 Jun3 June 14:11

      Well you have to have a Tesco account then have an address in the uk to have them delivered to, so I think it’s pretty unrealistic

    • barry Cutters says:
      3 Jun3 June 17:54

      send them to my local tesco and i will pick up for you.

  • James says:
    3 Jun3 June 14:29

    Anyone got any idea how long until Tesco do a extra 20% deal on converting avios?

    • Rob says:
      3 Jun3 June 14:35

      They seem to have fallen out of favour, but don’t convert until you need them just in case.

      • James says:
        3 Jun3 June 14:41

        Gonna hold out as long as I can but I’ll need them early next year for some kangaroo flights.

  • Simon says:
    3 Jun3 June 14:44

    Thanks Rob, order some ink for my printer, the £5 off £40 coupon worked as well. I imagine all of these will be out of stock by the end of today.

  • oliver says:
    3 Jun3 June 14:46

    Shows in stock on the main page but then when I checkout:

    Sorry, we don’t have enough HP 21 Black Original Printer Ink Cartridge items in stock right now. This item (s) has been added to your save for later basket. You can try to purchase this item again by reducing its quantity.

    I only wanted one!

  • Sh83 says:
    3 Jun3 June 14:46

    9000 clubcard points (to redeem as x4 value boost vouchers) so £360 voucher value for £133 cash spend! Great deal. Thanks Rob!!

    • Genghis says:
      3 Jun3 June 18:48

      What’s your x4 deal?

      • Barry cutters says:
        3 Jun3 June 20:23

        Anything at 4x isn’t 4x when you dig deep.
        Pizza express for example.

        I have however had great value when me and the ex missus used intrepid travel and did the golden triangle in india. Basically was a free tour . And when Ticketmaster have had x3 I have bought festival tickets. But generally you can’t get better than x3

        • Genghis says:
          3 Jun3 June 20:39

          Agreed. The PE deal is really 2x given the plethora of 50% off type coupons. So £180 for £133 ain’t bad but even the Amex statement credit deals at 40% off fair better.

  • Charles says:
    3 Jun3 June 15:03

    Have ordered 10@£15 and 20 minutes later got an email saying my order is cancelled and they are processing a refund 🙁

    • Andrew M says:
      3 Jun3 June 15:20

      I wonder if they’re only cancelling orders of 10 or more? I ordered 9 HP901 at £17 each and it hasn’t been cancelled yet.

      364XL at £19 is currently the cheapest option. Any thoughts on whether it’s worth paying that?

      • Neil says:
        3 Jun3 June 15:26

        Of course its worth it. They have a £15 resale value on ebay.

      • Suada says:
        3 Jun3 June 15:32

        Depends really what you want to do with these points . I am expecting 20k clubcard points against £320 spent. I will convert these to virgin Atlantic and then to ihg . I need 50k ihg qualifying points to reach spire status which hopefully this purchase will enable me to get and the status will trigger another 25k points.

        £320 for 75k ihg points isn’t bad ! Is it Rob?

        P.s all this seems too good to be true 😀

      • James says:
        3 Jun3 June 15:34

        Just to add, they are now ‘Ready to dispatch’

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