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Tesco Direct has launched another attractive pre-order deal for a ‘soon to be released’ entertainment product.

This time, it is for John Whaite’s new cookbook, “John Whaite Bakes”. John won the Great British Bake Off in 2012 …. apparently.

Anyway, I’m sure he’s a great bloke, whoever he is. Tesco loves him enough to be offering his new book for just £10, a 50% discount. You also receive 400 bonus Clubcard points!

John Whaite

400 Clubcard points are worth 960 Avios or 1,000 Virgin Flying Club miles, which makes the book a good deal even if you give it to Oxfam. Although your Mum would probably like it.

Unfortunately, there seems to be an issue with the Tesco website at the time of writing.

As per this link you can clearly see the book advertised with 400 bonus Clubcard points. However, on the order page, it is not mentioned. You would expect to see the 400 bonus points showing when you click ‘pre-order’, but it only shows the 10 base points.

Keep an eye on this page, though, because Tesco will presumably fix the glitch soon. Alternatively, order now and keep a screen shot showing the 400 Clubcard points offer so you can ring up to claim them if / when they do not post automatically.


How to earn Avios points from UK credit cards

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 BA Amex American Express card

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 BA Premium Plus American Express Amex credit card

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:

Nectar American Express

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

American Express Platinum card Amex

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 card

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.)

Comments (42)

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  • Geoggy says:

    Come off it Raffles I bet you’ve got them all recorded on your Sky HD box ;0)

  • Nadeshka says:

    In order to get the bonus clubcard points you have to enter the voucher code TD-JHNW at checkout, then they appear below the normal 10 points.

    • Rob says:

      You’re a star, thanks!

      • James67 says:

        Hi Raffles, slightly off topic here but I’m curious to understand why you appear to be very partial to indirectly buying avios via clubcard (even for small amounts of points at a time) while you rarely show much interest in participating in, or recommending, purchase miles/points offers provided directly by the airlines? I understand potential benefits of large conversion bonus and also of having BA 242 vouchers but to my mind these are largely offset by higher fees on BA, UK APD, and sector-by-sector pricing on BA redemptions. Perhaps it would be useful if in a future post you could consider these issues and the question ‘To buy or not to buy’ both generally, and in relation to BA in particular. Thx

        • Rob says:

          It is purely about price. Clubcard deals I mention offer Avios far cheaper than you would ever get them from BA, even in a BA miles sale.

          This is my logic on valuing Avios – https://headforpoints.com/2012/12/17/what-are-avios-airmiles-worth/ – so if you can buy them via Clubcard for less than their value TO YOU then it is a decent deal.

          APD and taxes can be offset with airberlin and Aer Lingus, to some extent. Other partners often have departures from Paris, Amsterdam etc which let you reduce taxes. My recent airberlin business class redemption from New York only had £1 of tax, and obviously European redemptions have capped tax.

    • Judy says:

      Thanks. Book ordered. For others, do make sure you click “Add” once you’ve entered the code before clicking “Submit”.

  • The_Pope says:

    I’m much more reluctant about this following the Dan Brown fiasco. I pre ordered two copies of Inferno, one for the wife and one for me. Everything tracked and the 1000 points hit my Clubcard account. Then weeks later, with no explanation, I got an email saying the order was cancelled. Money refunded and 1000 Clubcard points removed from my account. Bit miffed tbh

    • Sir Stamford says:

      Sorry to hear about your problem with Tesco.

      I have a different experience with Tesco. My Dan Brown order and bonus was processed correctly and, to this date, not reversed. So, you may just be unlucky.

      Sir Stamford

    • Mr Bridge says:

      you should have been str8 on to cust serv, I have had many points added by them when they failed to appear, especially with the old tesco entertainment site.

  • cbw says:

    Keep getting a not in stock error (even though it’s obviously not in stock, as a pre-order). Any ideas?

  • Jens Moller says:

    Speaking of clubcard points:

    There seem to a working code Tesco Wine. 750 points for a £60 order. (sorry, if already mentioned on theblog)
    XX6MTG

    Found on flyer talk (it works at checkout, but I haven’t proceeded with the order)

    Jens

    • Sir Stamford says:

      Don’t forget – code expires at 11:59 pm on 30/04/13.

    • Rob says:

      I haven’t mentioned that on here before, it came up when we were away. All reports are it works fine.

  • Colin says:

    Tesco just cancelled my order! I assume its because i ordered 2 copies. Now website wont allow me to use the code again. Perhaps Tesco are getting wise! So i’ll only order 1 copy in future.

  • YKW says:

    Mine just got cancelled too. I only ordered 1 copy.

  • Jens Moller says:

    Cancelled

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