Get 3,500 Clubcard points (8,400 Avios) for taking out £15 of Tesco Life Insurance

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It’s back – the most (in)famous of Tesco’s regular bonus Clubcard promotions!

Five years ago, Tesco Life Insurance was a licence to print Avios (or BA Miles, as they were then). You got 4,500 Clubcard points per policy, you could take out as many policies as you wanted, and you only needed to make one £5 payment before you received the points. Happy days indeed!

The offer today comes with a longer list of terms and conditions. It still represents good value, though.

This Tesco webpage is your starting point.

And here are the key things you need to know:

This promotion is only available to the under-50’s – if you are over 50 you need to apply for their separate over-50’s policy which has a £7 per month minimum premium
You must pay three monthly premiums (the lowest is £5) before you qualify for the points.
You must be over 18 and a UK resident
You may be asked to go for a medical before you policy is accepted if you disclose any existing health conditions. Even if you disclose no previous health issues, you may be randomly selected to attend a medical.
There is quite a bit of paperwork associated with this promotion.

The application form is here and you need to use code LIFE50PTSP1 when applying.

(Do not be confused by the separate Critical Illness policy which also offers 3,500 points. That carries more risk of a medical examination and has separate terms and conditions, one of which is that Tesco can take back your points if you cancel within 6 months. Stick to Life Insurance.)

Enter £5 per month as the amount you want to pay, and select a short period of, say, 5 years for the policy. (You can still cancel at any time. However, the price is locked in for the period you select.)

All in all, it is a very good deal. Even at the basic Clubcard to Avios conversion rate, you will receive (3,500 x 2.4 =) 8,400 Avios for your £15 of premiums. The downside is the paperwork you need to complete, of course.

The closing date for applications under this offer is 21st May.

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Nick says:

3 Mar3 March 09:39

Do you get to enter the promotion code after the initial Quick quote screen? I’ve started doing this and after I get the quote there’s only an “Apply now” button which I’m hesitant to click without entering the code first!
Myer says:

3 Mar3 March 09:57

I beleive it should be called Life Assurance, death is a certainty.

Anyhow after I completed the application and entered my bank details, the page took three minutes to go to the next screen and when it did, it was a login page for Aviva agents! So I do not know if it has been actioned. I guess I had better wait and see.

Does anyone know when the points will be credited?
- Colin A-B says:
  
  3 Mar3 March 10:03
  
  I had an instant email to say the application had been received & policy would be active on the date I chose – perhaps worth checking your inbox.
- George the Travel Monkey says:
  
  3 Mar3 March 15:18
  
  Assurance is a guaranteed insurance. Whole of Life is assurance as it covers you until you die and death as you say is a certainty. This is term life insurance. It covers you for a set period of time. If you survive after that time then you will not receive a payout. Therefore the payout is dependent upon events and not guaranteed making it insurance not assurance.
Steve says:

3 Mar3 March 10:07

Is anyone else having problem with the site? Clicking “Get a quote” on the initial page didn’t work for me on IE. Tried google Chrome and got past that, filled in detail, clicked “get quote”, it took forever to load and when it did I got some error page leading me to a staff log in page. Tried 3 times now and it’s done that everytime.
Myer says:

3 Mar3 March 10:32

The website must be overloaded with applications, due to the promo!

I got all the way to paments, entered my bank details and then after a few minutes got the IFA / staff login page. So I don’t know if my policy has been activated. Tried phoning but there is a recorded message saying that they are unable to take the call at this time.

I tried to retreive my quote using the unique reference code that was emailed, but the website does nor respond.
nogoingback says:

3 Mar3 March 11:07

Yes. How ‘new’ is a new customer? I did the Life Insurance deal back in 2004/5. Not sure I’ll be eligible…?
- Rob says:
  
  3 Mar3 March 13:44
  
  You are definitely eligible, because it was Legal & General back in 2004/5 and not Aviva.
  
  I reckon that, like a credit card, as long as your previous app is already cancelled a few months ago you would be OK. They can only say no!
James67 says:

3 Mar3 March 11:46

I applied for this susccesfully last night. A few pointers may answer some of your questions above. I used a 2/3/12 start date on my application and my policy was issued immediately on conclusion of the application. I experienced some slow load on pages and once had a freese. Refreshing the froszen page worked successfully just taking me back one step of the application. My reading is that points will be posted following collection of three monthly premiums; so presumably available on next statement after that. I guess August for most of us. T&Cs are as follows:

Additional Terms and Conditions
•Clubcard number must be provided during application.
•One offer per policy. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer.
•The Clubcard must be in your name and the points will be added to a future Clubcard statement after three monthly premiums have been paid.
•The Clubcard Scheme is administered by Tesco Stores who are responsible for fulfilling points.
•This offer does not apply to the Tesco Over 50s Plan.

I’m unclear what ‘one offer per policy’ means. Does this preclude us from multiple applications? I guess so!

The points seem to be available only for life assurance and critical illness but not for over 50s plan.

If you are over 50 I believe you still may be able to apply for the life assurance provided the term you request will end before you reach 70 years old.
- James67 says:
  
  3 Mar3 March 11:48
  
  Sorry, start date was 2/3/13, same day as application.
Paul says:

3 Mar3 March 12:54

My wife and I share a clubcard account but have different clubcard numbers, anyone know if we can each do this?
- Rob says:
  
  3 Mar3 March 13:44
  
  Yes, should be OK – although to be sure you could open a new account anyway.
Dave says:

3 Mar3 March 15:22

Do you think you’d be able to take out multiple types of cover, e.g. Decreasing and Level and be eligible for two sets of 3,500 points?
- Rob says:
  
  3 Mar3 March 21:36
  
  No, I would doubt this as it is the same sort of policy