van_beano wrote: » Seems to be packing bags for the Irish Wheelchair Association.https://www.iwa.ie/tesco/ It's kinda like an "internal good feeling for the soul" reward
The brand also plans to add to the list of 400 Clubcard Reward partners which currently features top lifestyle, travel and home retailers including Pizza Express, Thorpe Park and Uber.
OmegaGene wrote: » https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/money/tesco-launch-contactless-clubcard-supermarket-10742995.amp
bromley52 wrote: » I was told in Douglas that there will be triple point on the day.
machiavellianme wrote: » Hardly worth getting excited about so. An extra 2% back is nothing to write home about unless you are spending big.
banchang wrote: » There doesn't appear to be any other credit card on offer in the Irish market which offers any kind of loyalty benefits.
rubadub wrote: » yeah, triple points would be pretty poor. I remember years ago they were far more "rewarding" days, getting 25% points back on certain things. I remember once they were giving 50% back in points on cds, dvds & games.
banchang wrote: » Tesco points aren't worth the value they were a couple of years ago. They changed the structure & devalued, making it much harder to accumulate points. I have the Tesco credit card & they're even closing that down, sending their customers to 'Avant card' : "Your Avant Credit card will provide you with the same earn rate as you have today, which is 1 point for every €2 Tesco Spend and 1 point for every €8 spend elsewhere. At transfer, we will issue you with a new ClubCard so you can still collect points and enjoy the benefits of ClubCard." My quarterly vouchers are consistently less than half they were 2 years ago. There doesn't appear to be any other credit card on offer in the Irish market which offers any kind of loyalty benefits. Back to the OP, not sure about 7 July, but I wouldn't get my hopes up, based on recent Tesco points experience !!!
freshpopcorn wrote: » I think the offer is triple points. No issue here with accumulating points it's always being 1 point for every €1 spent!
banchang wrote: » Not on the Tesco credit card - this was slashed in 2016 to 1 point for every €8, from one point for every €2 spent - a massive deterioration in the offering. Some backgroundhttps://www.askaboutmoney.com/threads/tesco-bank-cuts-credit-card-rewards.200257/
Leslie91 wrote: » Wow their FAQ still says 3 points for every €2 spent via card in Tesco... Edit: sorry I see you are talking about the non Tesco spend with their card. Would you agree then that the AvantCard blurb is misleading if not downright sneaky?
On July 7th, Tesco stores across the country will be celebrating the very first Clubcard Day with party games, prizes and crazy offers. There’ll be thousands of spot prizes up for grabs on the day, including tickets to Dublin Zoo, Milano pizza vouchers, Odeon cinema tickets and a whole lot more. There will also be a chance to win thousands of extra Clubcard points, with customers getting the chance to ‘Scan it Lucky’ simply by shopping and scanning their Clubcards as usual!
Leslie91 wrote: » Me too.. I didn't realise though that the AvantCard was going to be linked to the Clubcard that's decent news I spose, esp if they have it online too. Does our Tesco card not give us 1 point per 1 Euro spent in Tesco no? I know about the 1 point for €8 elsewhere, which is a joke compared to the good ol days. Edit: found it - 3 Clubcard Points for every €2 you spend in Tesco and 1 Clubcard Point for every €8 spend outside of Tesco is the way it is today, so they are cutting back on Tesco spend too and earn rate is not the same per the AvantCard blurb.
banchang wrote: » Yes a bit so. I must say I wont be sorry to leave Tesco Card/Bank : 1. They block the card at slightest hint of an unusual transaction eg booking long haul flight with Emirates, or buying a phone online. At least once a month (not joking) my card has been blocked, for them wanted to 'run through' last 10 transactions for security purposes before they unblock it. I've been at Tesco checkout (the irony) with a trolley full of groceries only for card to be declined. 2. My wife has a card on the same account - if together we have more than 10 transactions in a day (rare, but when shopping on holiday this can happen!) the card is automatically blocked. You must call them long distance from wherever you are to get them to reset the transaction counter to zero, which unblocks the card. Absolutely infuriating. 3. No online account facility. Avantcard can only be better - cannot be worse.
sector_000 wrote: » Totally agree with your points. Anytime I travel I feel I must bring a backup card. Plus infuriatingly the mailed statements often arrive late! If it wasn't for the club card points I would have left them long ago.