Possible 18,750 Avios for £53 via the Daily Mail

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• Crafty says:

  13 Feb13 February 22:19

  Those upthread who were disputing that you can use Nectar points for M&S vouchers – you can, it seems, via this “My Mail” account that you need to sign up to to avail of this offer.

• VinZ says:

  13 Feb13 February 22:34

  I’m always amused when I read how much people hate the DM, nobody reads the rug etc
  How they manage to survive though, as a foreigner who’s lived in the country long enough, is still a mystery to me.
  Nobody read it but then everybody has the app, knows all the nonsense they write about etc

  • TGLoyalty says:

    13 Feb13 February 22:58

    Usually readers are so behind the times that they haven’t got to grips with anything other than commenting on the daily Mail website.

    Why not one else anywhere else says they read it.

    Also genuinely it has a higher readership outside the uk than inside (c70% abroad and mostly USA.)

    • Lashious says:

      13 Feb13 February 23:25

      All the world nannas read it. I’ve never met anyone over 65 that doesn’t. Anyway, sometimes they have really good beauty offers, I specifically used to nick the daily mail out of esporta gym after my workout, and get the decleor offers and the other french brand that they have on QVC, but whose name escapes me.

• 747_Brat says:

  14 Feb14 February 04:15

  I can’t seem to enter various Nectar offers available on the DM website. It says subscribed users don’t need unique codes and can enter directly, but unfortunately it doesn’t work with my account. Am I missing a trick?

  • TGLoyalty says:

    14 Feb14 February 07:37

    No it just takes a while to recognise you are a subscriber

• Martyn Ford says:

  14 Feb14 February 09:50

  Having signed up yesterday I rang this morning and the Daly Mail confirmed that only people directly invited to apply for this promotion would receive the Nectar points. I cancelled and paypal refund was immediate.

  • Dr C says:

    14 Feb14 February 10:12

    Well seeing as this offer is linked in google and no mentions about having to have received an email, they will be hard pressed not to give in

  • Rob says:

    14 Feb14 February 10:28

    Not necessarily the case, because they are unlikely to be able to track who was emailed and who wasn’t. Let’s see.

    • Martyn Ford says:

      14 Feb14 February 11:40

      Fair point!

    • Danny says:

      14 Feb14 February 12:35

      Surely they can tell when the account was opened and when the email was sent out…

  • Julian says:

    14 Feb14 February 11:57

    You think their customer service staff are going to publicly admit that their offer promotion systems aren’t totally perfect and resilient and that they are totally in control?

    Surely the DM’s objective was to get as many new readers as possible and by definition they must be emailing people who don’t currently subscribe to the Daily Mail (but may be the ones they want to email who once did) so surely if people who were not subscribers before then subscribe they are happy.

    Usually these promotions run during a period where they need to raise subscribers numbers by a certain amount by a certain deadline that is the date on which charges to advertisers re subscriber numbers are based……..

• Mark Ingall says:

  14 Feb14 February 13:05

  My feeling is that they think the terms and conditions mean that the nectar points will be credited when the 2nd month renewal subscription is paid AFTER the initial 3 month subscription. So, 5 months in total. So, if this is the case about £130 for about 18750 avios, which may still be attractive but not quite a brilliantly so as after just 2 months. Interesting debates may be had though about exactly how the wording should be interpreted, but probably given that they have the nectar points this could take a few months anyway to resolve – say up until the 2nd renewal month after the initial 3 months anyway!

• Al says:

  14 Feb14 February 13:25

  Signed up yesterday as we have an elderly relative who I buy this for every Saturday via the Waitrose offer anyway.

  Happy to take a risk but tbh given all the checkout & confirmation email etc clearly state ‘The Ultimate Pack + £150 worth of Nectar points’ I’m fairly confident.

• Dan says:

  14 Feb14 February 13:41

  The offer page now says only invited subscribers will be awarded the Nectar points!

• Tim says:

  14 Feb14 February 13:43

  Hello everyone, I think the offer page has been updated, it now includes following which wasn’t there yesterday when I signed up!

  “This offer is only available to invited customers and all orders will be checked against the mailing list and if they do not qualify they will not be awarded the Nectar points.”

  • Rob says:

    14 Feb14 February 13:47

    That’s what happens a few hundred HfP readers sign-up!

    • Tim says:

      14 Feb14 February 13:56

      I didn’t screen grab it yesterday, is it a new addition?
      Not sure whether to cancel the d/d as soon as it appears now rather than pursue the points after payments

    • Julian says:

      14 Feb14 February 14:37

      Rob,

      Surely you should not have encouraged people to spend their money on this offer only to end up with a large stock of loopaper or firelighters when you should have always anticipated the Mail would have seen take up of the offer by non invited persons as being a violation of their Terms and Conditions.

      As with encouraging your readers to churn Amex cards regularly you surely can’t be surprised if the commercial entities involved hit back by changing their own rules in terms of those who qualify for these offers.

      Of course I suppose if the Mail reject people entirely and refund them then no major harm done but if they leave them stuck with at least a one month subscription to the paper but no Nectar points credit then obviously people are bound to get upset.

      It does seem to me that with something like this that rather than promoting an offer the sponsor wants as many people as possible to take up you are in effect acting in a hostile manner by encouraging your readers to try to earn an introductory bonus from an organisation who’s own commercial logic is reliant on those who sign up becoming long terms customers of the organisation……..

      Clearly Amex changed their rules on earning introductory bonuses from new card sign up for this very reason……….

      • AndyGWP says:

        14 Feb14 February 15:03

        Re: your first paragraph Julian, if people can’t read the short article that clearly states and warns people, then more fool them (and when this was posted yesterday, the T&C’s didn’t state anything that could be violated either)

        As a reminder, the article clearly states:
        “For absolutely clarity, do not sign-up for this unless you are prepared to accept some risk that you will not receive the points because you did not receive the original email.”

      • Rob says:

        14 Feb14 February 20:18

        Amex encouraged churning here (after the US restricted it) because senior staff were bonused on sign up numbers. Eventually the US twigged ….

      • Brian W says:

        14 Feb14 February 21:39

        @Julian,

        As @AndyGWP has already highlighted, the article Rob posted made clear that this offer was risky and warns it is a gamble. He hasn’t encouraged anything at all. He pointed out the possibility it may go wrong throughout!

        Do you actually read these articles before spouting your negative, uniformed, blinkered, nonsense?

  • Tim says:

    14 Feb14 February 13:53

    https://www.mailplus.co.uk/info/41145/offer-terms-and-conditions

    Further, this offer doesn’t appear under their special t&c offer page

  • Alex Sm says:

    14 Feb14 February 14:57

    I took the screenshots just in case. Will this be a proof? All confirmations include a line about the nectar points, so would be difficult for them to challenge this

    • Charlie says:

      14 Feb14 February 15:01

      The confirmation email plus my PayPal receipt both say about the bonus

      • Alex Sm says:

        15 Feb15 February 10:18

        Yup

    • Jayne says:

      16 Feb16 February 01:24

      You’ve used a personalised web line not meant for you, for an offer that is not meant for the general public.
      You’re not getting the points.

      • Jayne says:

        16 Feb16 February 01:24

        *weblink

      • Rob says:

        16 Feb16 February 10:55

        The offer is available by Google.

        Having done this for more years than many on here have been alive, I promise you that in the majority of cases you DO get the points. If you apply after the rules have been changed / warning published etc then perhaps not, but the odds are always in your favour otherwise.

        The Mail could have added a rule to the T&Cs in the email saying ‘not transferable’ and they could have added it to the website. They didn’t. They sent emails to those who signed up confirming that they are receiving the points. There is no way back unless they cancel the orders – if they take your money (ie physically process the payment) then there is a contract in place.

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