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Urgent: Tesco now giving 4,800 Avios / 5,000 Flying Club miles with Diablo III purchases

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Yesterday was one of those odd days.

On Friday night I wrote an article about pre-ordering video game Diablo III from Tesco Direct which was offering 1,000 bonus Clubcard points (2,400 Avios).

When I woke up on Saturday morning, with the post live, the bonus was down to 500 points and the deal didn’t make sense financially.  I was very grumpy (I can change the site but I can’t recall 1,200 emails).

Then, during the day, it went up again.  Not to 1,000, but to 1,500 Clubcard points.

And now, it is giving 2,000 bonus points per copy.

2,040 Clubcard points – over 5,000 Avios in total – is a great deal for a £40 video game which should resell for £30 on eBay with little trouble.

Do NOT order more than one per person as Tesco has, of late, been cancelling multiple orders.  Remember the Dan Brown book etc.

My original article is here.  The Tesco link is here


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 (112)

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  • jb says:

    whilst we are on tesco clubcard talk.

    Anyone still seeing 3v cards in tesco stores?

    Tesco customer services told me they have stopped stocking them.

    • Flyoff says:

      Yes. I picked up £500 of them today from two stores I was passing. Wearing my work suit I keep getting comments about being a good boss as they think I am giving them as incentives to my employees! If only they knew the real reason.

    • Nick says:

      Yeah, bought 6 yesterday.

  • James67 says:

    Preorder instore for £5 gets you 1000 bonus clubcard points! Time to go shopping then cancel dorect orders.

    • chris says:

      any links for this since tescos dont show it,

      tho i will look in my local one later (if so than yes much much better preordering in store and canceling direct orders)

      online £40 spend = 2040 , 1540 or 1040 points (based on when you ordered) *tho funny that the clubcard statement has listed my spend as £1540 for one single order but lol*

      instone £40 spend or 8 preordered copys = 8000 points (tho losting out on resale this way but still worth it)

  • Howard says:

    Bought 1 using my daughters name.

    The clubcard points came directly onto her BA Amex Account and not on Tesco. Strange!!

    • chris says:

      maybe she has auto convert set in the clubcard account (im not sure if you can auto convert to BA amex but i know you can to some other airmiles)

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