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Get 30 Nectar points (19 Avios) per £1 at eBay TODAY

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As we trailed last week, eBay is bringing back its ‘Power Hour’ promotion for Valentines Day.

Between noon and 1pm today (Tuesday 14th) you will earn 30 Nectar points per £1 spent at eBay. This converts to 19 Avios per £1. If you value an Avios at 1p, it’s a 19% rebate.

Here’s the small print:

  • you MUST register in advance
  • you only earn the bonus on the first £300 you spend. Your Nectar earning will be capped at (£300 x 30) 9,000 points which would convert into 5,625 Avios.
  • there is a £10 minimum spend
  • you only earn the bonus on ONE ITEM
  • only ‘Buy It Now’ items will qualify

If a seller if offering a bundle of items for a flat combined price – eg ’10 historic FA Cup Final programmes for £50′ then this still counts as ‘one item’.

The standard eBay rules on excluded categories apply. Full details of excluded categories are here but in summary, you won’t earn on:

  • Cars, Motorcycles and Vehicles (parts and accessories are NOT excluded)
  • Holidays & Travel
  • Property
  • Gift Vouchers & Coupons
  • Baby Feeding: Formula

‘Gift vouchers’ is a key one to note.

Don’t leave it too close to 1pm. Some readers had issues last year when, buying at the last minute, eBay decided that they had booked the transaction just after 1pm even though the customer pressed ‘buy’ shortly before.

The registration link should be on the eBay home page is here. If not, it may be on on this special eBay / Nectar page which is the same page you need if your Nectar and eBay accounts are not linked.

(If you don’t see the ‘Activate’ button online – and I see it at the top of the home page on mobile – then go via the Nectar app.)

Note that you cannot add your Nectar number at check out – the accounts must be linked before you start.

If you can’t see a registration link above, look in the Nectar app or the Nectar website (log in required).

And remember …. don’t buy anything after 12.55 if you want to be certain of getting the bonus.

PS. If you don’t have the Nectar American Express credit card, take a look at our review here.

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

Huge 30,000 points bonus until 12th May 2024 Read our full review

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 (121)

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  • Peter says:
    14 Feb14 February 12:01

    12:01 no where to be found..
    Pulled out offer?

    • Peter says:
      14 Feb14 February 12:03

      Ok it’s there.. but the £300 item shows 300 points instead of the larger chunk..

      • patrick says:
        14 Feb14 February 12:06

        Mine is the same, previously the additional points were shown. Are we going ahead anyway?

        • Rob says:
          14 Feb14 February 12:09

          Yes, I am definitely activated but don’t see the bonus at checkout ….

          Will leave it for a few minutes and try again.

        • Peter says:
          14 Feb14 February 12:10

          I will, if it doesn’t work I will return the item :/

      • J says:
        14 Feb14 February 12:09

        Same. I’ve definitely activated the offer (shows the activation in history under the Nectar tab on the ebay website) – but not showing bonus points in breakdown before completing payment. Let’s see….

      • Simon says:
        14 Feb14 February 12:16

        I had the same but after purchase the correct additional points are showing on the Nectar activity

    • Travel Strong says:
      14 Feb14 February 12:09

      Same here, and has had the same fault in recent weeks on lower (e.g. 5x ) offers.
      Activated. And showing 60 points instead of 1800.

    • can says:
      14 Feb14 February 12:13

      same here..

  • Gavin says:
    14 Feb14 February 12:04

    12.03 and the activate now link on the nectar site goes to an ebay 404 page – great execution from these companies as usual

  • Doc says:
    14 Feb14 February 12:07

    Doesn’t work since tried to activate using the app and it says
    “We ran into a problem and can’t activate the Nectar bonus offer.
    Please try again later.”
    Oh well, that was a waste of my time.

    • patrick says:
      14 Feb14 February 12:08

      Mine did the same but had actually registered.

    • GeorgeZ says:
      14 Feb14 February 12:19

      Same

    • Doc says:
      14 Feb14 February 12:28

      Thanks patrick and GerogeZ. Still didn’t work for me and so I had to unlink and then relink nectar and ebay and then hey presto, it worked and just bought an item I needed and the bonus points are showing up 5 minutes after the purchase has gone through.

  • Jerry says:
    14 Feb14 February 12:12

    Worked for me, activated on home page. Delayed intended purchase until 12 for this widely expected offer!

    • Paul says:
      14 Feb14 February 12:14

      Worked as in the offer activated or you saw the bonus Nectar points at checkout?

  • Hb says:
    14 Feb14 February 12:14

    I bought. It didn’t show the bonus – but then it confirmed the bonus after purchase.

    • Rob says:
      14 Feb14 February 12:15

      Thanks. I will pull the trigger on mine – it’s only a small item so little to lose and I need it anyway.

      • Peter says:
        14 Feb14 February 12:22

        Bought item for £300, it showed 300 points, even after purchase. But when I go to Nectar page on eBay, it shows there BONUS POINTS: 9000.

    • Phil says:
      14 Feb14 February 12:16

      Same for me. Bought a book for £29.99 and it’s showing as 899 points awarded.

  • A13 says:
    14 Feb14 February 12:15

    Waiting to see the increased nectar figure before buying as that was displayed previously. Hopefully shows by 1..!

  • Mutley says:
    14 Feb14 February 12:16

    Far too much faff, the economist for £129 and 15000 Avios so much easier.

    • phantomchickenz says:
      14 Feb14 February 12:18

      How long did the Avios take to post? Subscribed 3 days ago and still waiting.

  • can says:
    14 Feb14 February 12:18

    gave up. found the item suddenly much cheaper on amazon, which is weird.
    gods are playing a game on me…

    • Peter says:
      14 Feb14 February 12:46

      You can buy £500 Sainsbury GC on Ebay for £495 (-£45 offer so £440), buy Amazon GC at Sains using it (£2.50 in Nectar) and then spend it on cheaper Amazon 😀

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