The Tesco Direct HP inks deal returns

Tesco Direct‘s regular promotion on HP printer inks is back!  If you’ve never seen this before, it is very simple.  Buy 2 HP inks from the range shown in the link, and you get 500 bonus Tesco Clubcard points.  500 Clubcard points is worth 1,200 Avios.

The key is being able to resell the inks on eBay fairly easily, as they are commodity products.  The cheapest cartridges at the time of writing are the HP364 Yellow at £6.44.  Two would cost £12.88 for 512 Clubcard points, which is 1,228 Avios plus a handful from your credit card.  You need to arrange to collect the items in a Tesco store to avoid paying postage.

You could probably sell the cartridge on eBay for around £2.50 net of all costs (eBay, Paypal fees, postage, jiffy bag etc).  On that basis, your £12.88 cost comes down to £7.88.  £7.88 for 1,228 Avios is not bad at all.

If you are going to go via the eBay route, have a look at what cartridges sell for before jumping in.  It may be that cartridges which cost you more in the first place have a far higher resale value and thus a smaller overall loss.  Black cartridges are likely to be a lot more popular than yellow, for example.

There is one extra reason why I will be jumping on this promo.  Tesco is one of the partners in the Avios ‘get more’ promotion, where you can get 2,000 bonus Avios each quarter when you convert at least £6.25 of Clubcard vouchers to Tesco. 

(This promotion is only open to BAEC or avios.com accounts who had NOT received a Tesco conversion between November 2010 and November 2011). 

Since I would not otherwise have enough Tesco points to do this across my family’s accounts, I am effectively getting over 3,000 Avios for a £7.56 spend, assuming I go for the yellow 364’s.  And that is an excellent deal.

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 2021)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up, no annual fee and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending ….. Read our full review

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the UK’s most valuable credit card perk – the 2-4-1 companion voucher Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points, such as:

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & two airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel 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:

Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa

The most generous Avios Visa or Mastercard for a limited company 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

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

(Want to earn more Avios?  Click here to visit our home page for our latest articles on earning and spending your Avios points and click here to see how to earn more Avios this month from offers and promotions.)