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Earlier this week we told you that the Daily Mail is ending its relationship with Nectar.

You will no longer be able to collect points by submitting codes from printed copies of the newspaper as of 14th September. Anyone with a digital or printed subscription can continue to collect until the end of November.

It seems that the Mail has a few Nectar points to use up, because it has launched a decent subscription offer.

Daily Mail subscription offer

For £20, you will receive a one year digital subscription to the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, plus 4,000 Nectar points.

4,000 Nectar points converts into 2,500 Avios, so you are getting 2,500 Avios for £20.

(If you drink Caffe Nero coffee, you’re getting 11 drinks @ 350 points each for £20!)

The only snag is that your subscription will auto-renew after one year at the full price of £120. You will need to cancel it before that point, and looking at the T&C this is only possible by telephone. It could be a little expensive if you forget.

Daily Mail Nectar offer

This offer is definitely not targeted. If you go to themailsubscriptions.co.uk you will see it come up.

Anyone who remembers the Mail subscription deal of a couple of years ago which was targeted – and led to everyone who wasn’t targeted getting their subscription cancelled – can rest easy.

In a bad piece of UX, you need to input your credit card details before you see the screenshot above which confirms the offer. You can still back out at this point though.

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Comments (144)

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  • TimM says:
    8 Sep8 September 05:46

    The normal technique of using direct debit and cancelling it should save a phone call. My reading of the T&C is that once the cool-off period of 14 days has passed, you have the full year’s subscription regardless, but better to wait until the Nectar points have banked, including the 150 points pcm bonuses, until they stop.

  • Flying Misfit says:
    8 Sep8 September 05:54

    Most fintech bank apps allow creation of virtual cards (eg Monese, Wise, Revolut), which can be used for such instances and once first payment has been taken (or a check on card for trial purposes), just delete the virtual card and those companies that make it increasingly difficult to cancel such subscription type services can try and take a payment at renewal stage to their heart’s content

    • jjoohhnn says:
      8 Sep8 September 13:53

      But is there a risk of you being liable for the next-years fee if you don’t actually cancel? I.e. they could start chasing you for payment. Not paying is not the same as cancelling a contract.

  • Save East Coast Rewards says:
    8 Sep8 September 06:08

    If the payment method allowed is only card then maybe it’s good to sign up on one that’s pre-paid and you’re not using anyway so if you forget to cancel (or the process is too much of a pain) you know the transaction will decline in a years time

  • mradey says:
    8 Sep8 September 06:38

    Yawn,,,,,,, , , , ,

  • Ryan says:
    8 Sep8 September 06:41

    Correct.

    However the gamification aspect wins over.

  • southlondonphil says:
    8 Sep8 September 06:44

    If you can subscribe online you should be able to cancel online. Limiting the cancellation options to a phone call, seemingly for the sole purpose of making it harder to cancel is probably illegal under the unfair terms in consumer contracts regulations within the various Consumer Rights Acts.

    • Manya says:
      8 Sep8 September 06:55

      I agree but it’s still probably easier to cancel the subscription over the phone than to fight the good fight and take Daily Mail to court?!

    • mkcol says:
      8 Sep8 September 07:12

      And I’d suspect breaches the Equality Act.

    • memesweeper says:
      8 Sep8 September 12:13

      Sky and many others have abused the easy sign up / hard exit process before.

      Time for this to be explicitly banned in consumer protection legislation for recurring charges IMHO.

      • Rob says:
        8 Sep8 September 12:24

        It’s going through parliament I believe. Basically you will be able to cancel via the same route you signed up and it will be compulsory to notify people that a payment will soon be taken.

        • BJ says:
          8 Sep8 September 14:46

          It will still be difficult and confusing for some consumers though. Take amazon for example, despite taking a lot of stick previously and having supposedly simplified their cancellation process for the likes of prime it remains an obstacle course. They make the page difficult to find, easy to navigate away from and use obscure terms and phrases like ‘keep my benefits’ instead of more obvious things like ‘cancel my subscription’. Others such as streaming services are at it too and more wilil likely join them as a result of the legislation.

  • Nick says:
    8 Sep8 September 06:47

    Don’t worry I’ve subscibed twice, once for me and once for you

    • Damian says:
      8 Sep8 September 07:33

      Don’t worry, my next donation to “Stop fascist language in the media” could be in your name.

  • Manya says:
    8 Sep8 September 06:52

    Isn’t using ‘UX’ to describe a bad UX in a non-tech article a tad ironic?

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