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• Tariq says:

  4 Oct4 October 05:44

  Got an email from BA yesterday, 1000 Avios transfer bonus when transferring minimum of £5 Tesco Clubcard vouchers, once per account before 15/11/18.

  • Shoestring says:

    4 Oct4 October 07:49

    It seems people who have set their Tesco Clubcard points to auto convert to BAEC are getting an email offering a thank you 20% bonus next points quarter end (last day this quarter is 20th October). £2.50 = 720 Avios. I’m switching away from Xmas Saver to BAEC on the chance they might send out another batch of ‘thank yous’. My points are so minimal this Q, it would have to apply to existing points balance conversions as well to make a difference, doubtful about that but we’ll see.

    • BJ says:

      4 Oct4 October 08:10

      What impact, if any, does that have on your £360 Christmas Saver balance?

      • Shoestring says:

        4 Oct4 October 10:30

        None, the £360 is sitting there in my a/c now + £12 bonus and will be paid at Q end

  • Alan says:

    4 Oct4 October 08:28

    Thanks for posting this. I received the email and just ignored it but now see that it is something I might want to do.

    • AndyW says:

      4 Oct4 October 08:51

      Christmas saver can’t go to avios right?
      Also, amateur hour I know, but I think I have let a load of clubcard points expire. Clearly fault I know, but anyone ever had any joy getting Tesco to reinstate as goodwill?

      • Shoestring says:

        4 Oct4 October 10:31

        Yes – people generally get their points re-instated if they have a good phone manner

      • jeremy i says:

        4 Oct4 October 11:52

        There is some workaround to get Christmas saver ‘indirectly’ into Avios but having searched and searched i just cant work it out. could one of you kind people give us a less cryptic clue/ tell us how this is done?

      • Ian M says:

        4 Oct4 October 12:00

        Xmas saver to avios can be done. But it’s top secret. Apparently a website revealed it in the summer but I’ve never found it. I can’t even read the Xmas saver T&Cs to work it out because I’m out of the UK and Tesco blocks it’s website to overseas traffic

  • Shoestring says:

    4 Oct4 October 20:54

    Transferred our 2x £5 Clubcard points to BAEC as it’s an easy 1000 Avios.

    Open to all. Not targeted.

    • Rob says:

      4 Oct4 October 22:25

      It is targeted. There are 2 versions.

• Genghis says:

  4 Oct4 October 05:47

  The Selfridges offer is on my BAPP

  • BJ says:

    4 Oct4 October 06:37

    OT @Genghis: Do you currently have a Nectar offer for LNER? Unless I am missing something it does not appear to be an offer at all, just the standard 2:1 conversion rate from the VTEC era.

    • Genghis says:

      4 Oct4 October 07:48

      No offers at all for earn or burn. Like I said the other day, I used some Nectar at LNER at only 0.5p recently. Nectar burning offers very light of late and value only when you actually use the points.

      • Genghis says:

        4 Oct4 October 07:54

        Yes I could use at Sainsbury’s for the annual pre Xmas offer at 1p for wine etc but it’s only on a limited amount and wine much cheaper and better elsewhere.

      • BJ says:

        4 Oct4 October 07:56

        Agreed, all gone very quiet. Should be the Saunburys double up offer soon unless reports last time were true and it is gone for good. I mostly shop at Sainsbury’s and the deluge of coupons have dried up, nothing at all on my last 7 shops.

      • Crafty says:

        4 Oct4 October 08:06

        BJ, they are trialling a transition to only offering electronic coupons, check your Nectar app. I get a few, largely useless, coupons every week.

      • BJ says:

        4 Oct4 October 08:15

        @Crafty, thanks, now you mention it I have had a few useless ones too. like ×5 on clothing or homes are. Nothing on groceries though which is where I want offers to be. If Tesco send me some more MOC I will go back there.

• Bob says:

  4 Oct4 October 06:22

  Selfridges offer on Gold and My wife’s BA Amex ????

• SB says:

  4 Oct4 October 06:26

  Beware not to transfer more than 99,999 HSBC points in one go. Tried last year and all bounced back and received no bonus.

• tm84 says:

  4 Oct4 October 06:27

  No Selfridges offer on either BAPP or Gold. Just like no Amex Travel offer either. I seem to only get lame fashion ones.

  • Maciek says:

    4 Oct4 October 06:39

    Same here. Platinum card offers are poor. Gold card showing 3 rubbish ones, nothing at all on SPG and BA.

  • BJ says:

    4 Oct4 October 06:53

    No offers at all on my BAPP and nectar or my partners BAPP. We complained some weeks ago without success. Did not get the MR multispend on plat last time or this time nor the petrol one or the Boots ones which all ran over the summer. I think I might cancel card and tell them lack of the decent offers is the reason.

    • Jill (Kinkell) says:

      4 Oct4 October 10:23

      I’m considering doing the same ,cancelling plat and SPG . Fed up.

      • Jumble Tales says:

        4 Oct4 October 20:27

        Ditto. No offers on SPG, presumably because it gets a lot of use….but ironically no SPG points posted since July.

• Gary says:

  4 Oct4 October 06:28

  Getting very annoyed at my lack of offers such as these on my plat card. It makes me even more determined to rinse as many referral points and churns as much as possible.

  • Rich says:

    4 Oct4 October 07:02

    I’ve read on here before that you can call Amex and they will load the offer for you – others with that experience should confirm this?

    • Maciek says:

      4 Oct4 October 07:06

      Used to be possible but not anymore sadly.

    • BJ says:

      4 Oct4 October 07:09

      In the good old days it was common, amex are now very reluctant to meet such requests.

      • Gary says:

        4 Oct4 October 07:35

        Yeah I’ve had the same experience. They just say it’s a limited to x number of people and they must have all signed up

    • GabeS says:

      4 Oct4 October 08:45

      Tried recently,rejected!

• Ron says:

  4 Oct4 October 06:42

  Gift cards are excluded from the MR bonus offer.

  • Shoestring says:

    4 Oct4 October 06:54

    Nope, unlikely

  • Bonglim says:

    4 Oct4 October 07:18

    It might say that, but how would they know?
    I don’t think that Boots or Debenhams (or whoever) let the credit card company know what the spend is on when they take your payment at the till. So buying £250 of vouchers is just like buying £250 of medications.

    • Genghis says:

      4 Oct4 October 07:44

      Apart from at Harrods, supposedly?

      • Jay says:

        4 Oct4 October 09:04

        I purchased gift cards online at Harrods when the offer was on a few months ago for them and they all triggered the rebate and others did report it worked in-store as well if that’s of any help.

        • Rob says:

          4 Oct4 October 11:49

          Yes, I do think my experience was an outlier.

  • The streets says:

    4 Oct4 October 08:10

    Mine posted fine for the MR offer from Tescos. Re: selfridges offer – it does say in the ts and cs no gift cards but as rob says there’s no way of distinguishing what you purchase

    • Genghis says:

      4 Oct4 October 08:16

      I think Rob, for once, is a bit less bullish in his advice

      • BJ says:

        4 Oct4 October 08:30

        Not certain but think Rob mentioned in the past year that gift cards stopped working for him at Harrods, that’s probably why.

        • Rob says:

          4 Oct4 October 08:37

          But other readers then found it did ….. so who knows?! I had never had a problem before, I remember once buying 5 Harrods gift cards on 5 credit cards in one go and all tracked.

  • Allan says:

    4 Oct4 October 08:20

    If you buy gift card online it looks like it does not accept amex and also is through a third party so would require a visit to a store?

    • Dave says:

      4 Oct4 October 08:53

      I’d avoid buying gift cards or the Amex RAT lot will be after you, give you a financial review and close your accounts.

• BJ says:

  4 Oct4 October 06:44

  “I don’t see a way of doing this –”

  Have another kid?

  • Bagoly says:

    4 Oct4 October 07:55

    The contract I got (I confess I did not read this bit of the small print) was “Boots spend will become high and continuous. No children necessary.”
    YWMV

  • Rob says:

    4 Oct4 October 08:44

    Thought about it but a quick check showed chances of getting 5 award seats was slim. Realistically would need 2 more kids to maximise a 241 voucher anyway.

    • BJ says:

      4 Oct4 October 11:31

      Borrow some from Shoestring when required?

    • Genghis says:

      4 Oct4 October 11:37

      It’s good to see family planning revolving around points usage… 🙂

      • Anna says:

        4 Oct4 October 12:19

        And just think of all the extra referral opportunities when they turn 18!

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