Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
In January 2021, Avios dropped its long-standing partnership with Tesco and agreed a new deal with Sainsbury’s.
As part of this, Nectar points and Avios became interchangeable. 400 Nectar points become 250 Avios, whilst 400 Avios become 400 Nectar points.
As a Nectar point is worth 0.5p when spent in Sainsbury’s or Argos, your Avios now have a minimum value of 0.5p each.
The articles below explain the partnership in detail as well as explaining how you can earn and spend Nectar points.
Our review of The Nectar Card from American Express is here and you can apply here.
In a ‘surprising but perhaps not surprising’ move, British Airways has announced a devaluation of the ‘Avios to Nectar’ exchange rate. This is NOT a two way devaluation. The .....
In a ‘surprising but perhaps not surprising’ move, British Airways has announced a devaluation of .....
2 Nov 20222 November 2022 • 360 comments
News in brief: Redeem IHG One Rewards points for concert tickets After a fallow few months, IHG One Rewards – the rewards programme for InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo .....
News in brief: Redeem IHG One Rewards points for concert tickets After a fallow few months, IHG One Rewards .....
27 Oct 202227 October 2022 • 18 comments
Sainsbury’s Bank has, until 9th November, boosted the bonus on the Sainsbury’s Nectar Credit Card. This free Mastercard usually has a sign-up bonus of 8,000 Nectar points, which converts .....
Sainsbury’s Bank has, until 9th November, boosted the bonus on the Sainsbury’s Nectar Credit Card. .....
23 Oct 202223 October 2022 • 31 comments
Avios points can be transferred to Nectar points at an attractive rate – 1 Avios gets you 0.8p of Nectar points. Details of how to link your British Airways Executive Club and Nectar accounts .....
Avios points can be transferred to Nectar points at an attractive rate – 1 Avios gets you 0.8p of Nectar .....
12 Oct 202212 October 2022 • 23 comments
Today is the day that the new iPhone 14 is available for sale, although you will need to wait until 7th October for the larger iPhone 14 Plus. As I’m sure many HfP readers will be considering an .....
Today is the day that the new iPhone 14 is available for sale, although you will need to wait until 7th .....
16 Sep 202216 September 2022 • 159 comments
With the economic situation looking difficult, we are getting an increasing number of emails asking: Surprisingly, the answer is (sort of) ‘Yes’. Even more surprisingly, the conversion .....
With the economic situation looking difficult, we are getting an increasing number of emails asking: .....
4 Sep 20224 September 2022
We don’t write about the Sainsbury’s Nectar credit card much but we do cover it occasionally, including a full card review each year. It is, after all, another option for earning Avios .....
We don’t write about the Sainsbury’s Nectar credit card much but we do cover it occasionally, .....
2 Sep 20222 September 2022
News in brief: An update for anyone who signed up for our BA Prepaid Mastercard offer Over late July and early August, we ran a promotion with British Airways to offer 3,000 Avios when you signed up .....
News in brief: An update for anyone who signed up for our BA Prepaid Mastercard offer Over late July and early .....
20 Aug 202220 August 2022
There is a special Nectar offer running with office supplies group Viking until 11th September. You MUST opt in to this offer by clicking the link on this page of the Viking website. Once .....
There is a special Nectar offer running with office supplies group Viking until 11th September. You .....
6 Aug 20226 August 2022 • 3 comments
I’m not sure how widespread this offer is, but if your Nectar account is linked to your eBay account, you may see an offer for 6x bonus points (for a total of 7x points) on purchases made by 7th .....
I’m not sure how widespread this offer is, but if your Nectar account is linked to your eBay account, .....
5 Aug 20225 August 2022
Is it still worth using ‘Part Pay With Avios’ when booking British Airways flights, now that Nectar is an option? ‘Part Pay With Avios’ has, apparently, been very successful .....
Is it still worth using ‘Part Pay With Avios’ when booking British Airways flights, now that .....
25 Jul 202225 July 2022 • 67 comments
There are complex rules around American Express sign-up bonuses. Getting some cards blocks you from getting a bonus on some other cards, but not all cards block you from all other cards! There .....
There are complex rules around American Express sign-up bonuses. Getting some cards blocks you from .....
2 Jul 20222 July 2022 • 4 comments
In January 2021, Sainsbury’s became the official Avios supermarket partner. That means you can now convert your Nectar points into Avios and Avios into Nectar points. What is interesting about .....
In January 2021, Sainsbury’s became the official Avios supermarket partner. That means you can now .....
4 Jun 20224 June 2022
The travel points highlight of Black Friday 2021 was, oddly enough, not on a travel website. The best deal came from eBay. For one hour, it offered 50 Nectar points (31 Avios) for every £1 you .....
The travel points highlight of Black Friday 2021 was, oddly enough, not on a travel website. The best deal .....
1 Jun 20221 June 2022
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