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Up to 2,000 free Nectar points (1,250 Avios) just for opening the app

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An odd Nectar promotion appeared on Wednesday morning in the Nectar app.

When you open it, you may (or may not, most people have it but not all) see this:

Click on it. You get a very short marketing message about the value of registering for weekly Nectar bonus points offers via the app.

Once you’ve done that, you will receive a mystery bonus. I got 400 points but readers have reported bonuses as high as 2,000 Nectar points (1,250 Avios). My wife only got 250, so it varies substantially.

The points post immediately.

Note that if you do not currently have the latest version of the Nectar app on your device, you will be prompted to upgrade before you see your offer.

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.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

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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 (228)

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  • Alan says:
    17 Feb17 February 12:02

    What are people updating, I haven’t previously updated the App and no updates are showing on Plat Store.

    • Aston100 says:
      17 Feb17 February 12:11

      Your app is probably already up to date. You could trying uninstalling and reinstalling again?

    • AJA says:
      17 Feb17 February 12:17

      Go to the apps listing in your phone settings. Find nectar, click on it and it will take you to the app store where you downloaded the app and then click update. There was a recent update in the last couple of days. Let it download and then open the app and the offer will be there. I got 250 points.

  • 1nfrequent says:
    17 Feb17 February 12:08

    I got 750 points.

    The App also does a random thing every month where after a shop at Sainsbury’s, you’re invited to tap the screen to see if you got a bonus points award. The most I’ve had is 20 Nectar points (and sometimes I get nada) but it’s worth keeping an eye on the App to see if you get offered more.

    1F

    • AJA says:
      17 Feb17 February 12:23

      That’s the “swipe and win game”. You have to activate it in your nectar app settings.

      You click on the account icon in the top right hand corner (looks like a head and shoulders). Then click on settings which takes you to a screen. It’s one from the bottom, above animations.

  • Aston100 says:
    17 Feb17 February 12:09

    Nothing for me.
    App was already upto date but I uninstalled and reinstalled again just in case – still no joy.
    As I commented elsewhere, I have had a nectar card for over 15 years and used to be a regular Sainsburys shopper until a few years ago when I switched to Tesco after moving home. But even then, I still buy a few items from Sainsburys every month and do a petrol fill-up a couple of times a month before Covid.
    With the announcement of the BA Avios / Nectar arrangement, I moved back to Sainsburys, but doing online shopping. Have done 4 shops in under 4 weeks, each at over £100 a time, and received 4 sets of offers for around 300 points total.
    Doing my 5th shop now and the offers have increased to 500 points or so.

    I don’t understand the logic of this.
    ‘Super Secret Sainsburys Staff’ and other site users have commented that you need to build up your profile with Sainsburys and the offers improve over time. But I’m not a new shopper – I’m just new to online shopping. And anyway, surely you’d want to start with high points offers to attract people and then reduce those offers once they become regular, and not the other way around?

    I do wonder if I’m in some kind of control group as per the rumoured group over on Amex who never get any offers?

    • Rob Collins says:
      17 Feb17 February 17:05

      Try it again. I uninstalled and re-installed at lunchtime-didn’t work. After reading the comments on here, I’ve just done it again-200 points.

  • Stuart says:
    17 Feb17 February 12:19

    Another one where I had to update the app first to get the offer.
    400 points for me (irregular Sainsburys shopper) and only 200 for the wife (family shopping at Sainsburys goes on her Nectar ac)!

  • Doc says:
    17 Feb17 February 12:21

    Long term customer. Nothing for me:(
    App fully updated and even tried uninstalling and reinstalling but nothing.

  • John says:
    17 Feb17 February 12:22

    Got 1000 points, thanks!

  • A dy says:
    17 Feb17 February 12:23

    Got 750 nectar points

  • M says:
    17 Feb17 February 12:23

    Cheeky 1000 points. Thanks!

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