Bits: double Nectar points at Esso, Clubcard points on EV charging, HSBC / Qantas bonus

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Get double Nectar points with Esso Supreme+ fuel

Esso and Nectar have brought back double Nectar points with Esso Supreme + premium fuels.

Until 15th August 2025, filling up your tank with Esso Supreme+ fuel will get you double the standard amount of Nectar points, which can be converted into Avios.

Nectar collectors usually earn 2 points per £1 spent in an Esso shop and 1 point per litre of Esso fuel purchased. Under this offer, you would receive 2 Nectar points per litre of Supreme+ and Ethos+ 25% Renewable Diesel.

You can also redeem Nectar points at Esso. It’s an interesting structure – you redeem 300 Nectar points (worth £1.50 with most partners) for 5p off every litre of fuel you manage in one visit. If you fill your tank from empty it is decent value.  

Not all Esso stations are included in the partnership, but you can see the full list on this page.

You can read more about this offer on the Esso website.

Earn Tesco Clubcard points on EV charging

You have always been able to earn Tesco Clubcard points (which convert at 1:2 into Virgin Points) when buying fuel at Tesco or selected Esso-branded garages.

(Esso sites with a Tesco Express award Clubcard points. Other Esso stores award Nectar points. Yes, it’s complicated.)

Tesco has just rolled out Clubcard points for EV charging.

You will earn 1 Clubcard point per £1 spent via a Pod Point EV charging point at a Tesco store.

Tesco stores with EV points can be found via the Tesco store locator page here (click on ‘Filters’). You add your Clubcard number to the Pod Point app which you need to download in order to access EV charging.

Thanks to Faraz for flagging.

Get a 20% bonus on HSBC transfers to Qantas Points

Slightly surprisingly, HSBC Premier has launched a 20% bonus for anyone converting their HSBC Premier Mastercard (review) or HSBC Premier World Elite (review) credit card points to Qantas Points.

The offer runs to 30th June. Transfers from HSBC Premier to airline and hotel partners are usually instantaneous.

This isn’t something we would recommend unless you fully understand how the Qantas scheme works.

There are four things worth flagging though:

• as a oneworld airline, you can book British Airways and other partners with Qantas Points. If you were planning a redemption on, say, Cathay Pacific with Avios you may want to price it up via Qantas Points for comparison.

• Qantas has a partnership with Emirates. I believe that you can still redeem Qantas Points for Emirates First Class even though Emirates is now restricting First Class redemptions to elite members of Emirates Skywards

• Qantas has a partnership with EL AL, which is often tricky to book as it isn’t in an alliance – albeit Virgin Atlantic does partner with them

• Qantas has a partnership with WestJet which flies from the UK to Canada and is not in an alliance