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Caffe Nero redemptions are back at Nectar – a good way to spend Avios

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Just one day after we published our annual guide to spending Nectar points, Caffe Nero returned as a redemption option.

Caffe Nero is, perhaps oddly, the best value Nectar redemption partner.

350 Nectar points will get you a voucher (in the form of a QR code, saved in the Nectar app, to be scanned in-store) for ANY hot or iced drink, of any size.

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If you look at the price list on this website, you will see that it is virtually impossible to pay less than £1.75 for a drink, and qualifying drinks can cost as much as £3.65.

This means that you are certain to get more than the usual 0.5p per Nectar point and will get over 1p if you are a fan of Frappe Creme.

Based on getting a £3.65 drink for 350 Nectar points (which is the equivalent of 219 Avios) you’d be getting 1.66p per Avios, which is pretty much unbeatable.

The ba.com page to transfer your Avios points to Nectar is here.

You can learn more about this deal on the Caffe Nero page of the Nectar website here.

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Comments (16)

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  • Entitled says:
    16 Jan16 January 09:11

    Lots of comments on the original article of people being denied use in Nero. In the article it states “any” drink and then in the next paragraph states “qualifying drinks”. Which is it?

    • Alex says:
      16 Jan16 January 20:14

      Looks like it’s pretty much anything, the terms say: “one barista-prepared hot or iced drink at any Caffè Nero UK outlet, subject to availability. All other products including speciality drinks and extras are excluded”

    • JerrySignfield says:
      16 Jan16 January 20:38

      Its any drink excluding upgrades like extra shot etc

    • JerrySignfield says:
      16 Jan16 January 20:39

      The nectar voucher works with any drink including extras it just depends if the individual barrista cares to impose the correct terms and conditions for the nectar vouchers

  • Neil says:
    16 Jan16 January 09:48

    Has anybody managed to transfer avios to nectar recently? I keep
    Either getting logged out or shown an error.

    • Ls says:
      16 Jan16 January 12:09

      I put a request in 10 days ago. Taken out of avios. Not received any nectar points yet.

  • Phil says:
    16 Jan16 January 10:29

    Thought I’d check out flights to Barcelona and BA website is listing Vueling flights. Is this new? I know they have the same parent company but didn’t know they sold them on ba.com. Hope I can use a £69 BA flight credit on a Vueling flight booked on ba.com

    • pauline says:
      16 Jan16 January 13:23

      do Vueling flights count as one of 4 BA flights for status

    • john says:
      17 Jan17 January 11:34

      No. It offered them in 2018 but ba.com was more expensive than booking the Vueling tickets via the Vueling website.

      • elguiri says:
        17 Jan17 January 12:27

        I believe the vueling tickets bought via BA gave you added luggage though? I remember buying via BA once because all in all it was cheaper for us.

  • billyrayvalentine says:
    16 Jan16 January 11:45

    The white chocolate mocha is the best. Is that included does anybody know?

  • ChrisC says:
    16 Jan16 January 13:37

    They might have gotten a few bookings from me for LGW flights to Europe but flights seem to end on the 29th October (last day of the summer season)

    Sign they are going to drop LGW SH again or they just not organised?

  • the_real_a says:
    16 Jan16 January 15:18

    Yikes about £250 return from Humberside to Jersey. Think i will stick to JET2 from MAN.

    • Rob says:
      16 Jan16 January 16:40

      Eastern isn’t really planning to sell many seats for cash. They’ve done a deal with some package holiday companies who will take much of the capacity.

      • TeesTraveller says:
        16 Jan16 January 20:56

        Same arrangement from Teesside to Jersey with Eastern. Judging by the relationship between the airport and Eastern, it’s perhaps no suprise that there has been no publicity.

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