99 free Nectar points (62 Avios) for everyone, when you enter a competition

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.

• Bettyboo says:

  12 May12 May 04:52

  You can’t force someone to opt into emails. Cheeky from Esso / Nectar #ICOFINE

  • AndyGWP says:

    12 May12 May 10:23

    Not strictly correct – you can’t automatically opt someone in to marketing materials / emails etc

    Esso are still giving you the choice to opt in, but if you don’t you can’t enter their competition

    If you think this still isn’t allowed, I’d (genuinely) be interested in where this is stated within the DPA 2018 🙂

    • Sandgrounder says:

      12 May12 May 11:52

      You don’t have to check the second box and opt in to the emails, your entry still goes through.

      • Chas says:

        12 May12 May 14:17

        I left it unchecked, and my entry wouldn’t be submitted (“this is a required field” – using safari if it matters).

        • Sandgrounder says:

          12 May12 May 14:43

          Went through fine on Chrome running on Android this morning, one for me and one for the Mrs

    • Bettyboo says:

      12 May12 May 14:56

      I’d take a look at Article 7(4) or Recital 43 of 2016/679 which talks about Freely Given Consent

      https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj

      Art 7(4) When assessing whether consent is freely given, utmost account shall be taken of whether, inter alia, the performance of a contract, including the provision of a service, is conditional on consent to the processing of personal data that is not necessary for the performance of that contract.

      Equally the ICO’s own guidance

      https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/consent/what-is-valid-consent/#what2

      Hope that’s helpful

      • AndyGWP says:

        12 May12 May 17:10

        Thank you. It’d be interesting how those points would be interpreted if taken further (and to know if the website really does have a bug with the opt in status!)

        With a few tweaks, I’m sure the situation could almost be reversed by saying it’s a competition valid for new subscribers to the newsletter 🤔 complex territory!

• Paul Pogba says:

  12 May12 May 06:52

  Apologies if this has been posted before but it looks like you also receive 500 bonus nectar the first time you use the Esso pay app: https://www.esso.co.uk/en-gb/loyalty-program/esso-app

  • mradey says:

    12 May12 May 07:04

    Wait, there’s more…..

    Your 2nd, 4th and 6th fills of 30L or more will earn you x2, x4 and x6 more Nectar points than you would normally get on your regular fill – see what we did there? And, once you’ve reached your 8th fill, you’ll get another 500 bonus Nectar points.

    • Rich says:

      12 May12 May 07:24

      The problem is that where I live Esso fuel can be 6, 8 or 10p dearer per litre than supermarket alternatives. Chasing points then becomes a bad idea for your wallet. It’s the same as fellow readers are posting about Sainsbury’s being so much more expensive than Tesco, ruling out the benefits of a switch just for Nectar collecting.

      • Andrew says:

        12 May12 May 08:33

        True. But by opting into Nectar offers on the Nectar app (in the Partner Offers section), I’m regularly getting 15-20 points per litre which brings Esso down to a comparable price to the supermarket filling stations (plus Esso is 3 miles closer than the nearest supermarket filling station in my case).

      • Hawgaw says:

        12 May12 May 08:39

        My local Esso is across the road from Sainsbury’s, so I try and work out which 1 will be cheaper, taking into account any bonus points. last fill at Esso was £1.24 (esso) compared with £1.19 at Sainsibury’s taking into account my esso bonus, 30ltrs of unleaded was 50p more expensive at Esso on a 7x nectar esso bonus. I don’t mind paying 50p more in order to collect the bonus nectar. the things you do when you’re bored!!!!

      • Martin Louis says:

        12 May12 May 11:35

        Which is why I didn’t move the bulk of my shopping from Asda and Lidl. Points for possible future travel or definite pounds in pocket.

        • Lord Doncaster says:

          12 May12 May 12:35

          Indeed. Some people on here can’t see the pounds for the points….

        • Paul Pogba says:

          12 May12 May 13:32

          Esso is 6p/litre more than Sainsbury, I can put a tenner in (~8 litres), over pay by 48p and receive 500 nectar/312 Avios. I can live with the faf.

        • John says:

          12 May12 May 14:09

          I can’t be bothered to spend an extra 10 minutes filling up unnecessarily to make £2

  • Mzungu says:

    12 May12 May 15:46

    I set up the Esso app a couple of weeks ago, and IIRC it would not accept Amex as a payment method, so I gave up. Did I miss something?

    • Chas says:

      12 May12 May 16:17

      I’ve just set it up, and have set Apple Pay as my default payment option. That should allow me to pay with Amex.

• Graham Coombes says:

  12 May12 May 08:24

  Is it possible to access the BA list of hotels. We have a preferred hotel in Elche Spain and would like to use some the vouchers BA are holding. With telephone lines maxed out I would like to book online. We will fly to Alicante so all the hotels listed are around Benidorm.

  • SammyJ says:

    12 May12 May 08:54

    Not so much a list but if uou select ‘custom trip’ you can book a flight to one airport but select hotels in a different location, if that’s what you mean?
    We often do that by booking flights to Miami but a hotel in Orlando.

    • Graham Coombes says:

      13 May13 May 08:53

      Thank you

  • Lord Doncaster says:

    12 May12 May 12:36

    Go to Quesada, señor!

    • Graham Coombes says:

      13 May13 May 08:53

      What is Quesada?

• Gorazd says:

  12 May12 May 09:56

  How about points for electric vehicle charging?

  • Andrew says:

    12 May12 May 14:48

    If you’re on the right tariff, that’s either free or they pay you to charge your car anyway.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      12 May12 May 19:08

      Agile seems to have become far less interesting this year.

    • Chrisasaurus says:

      12 May12 May 21:20

      As in…?

• AndyS says:

  12 May12 May 19:17

  Do you enter the entire nectar number or just the digits used to log into nectar site? I don’t want to get all this spam without getting points, not that 49p is really worth it anyway!

  • Tracey says:

    12 May12 May 20:37

    16 digit nectar number.

    • AndyS says:

      12 May12 May 21:37

      Many Thanks

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.