12,000 Avios or 12,500 Flying Club miles for £60 with Tesco’s Mortgage Cover policy

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Back in August, I wrote about the latest offer on Tesco Life Insurance.

This is not a bad offer at all. Take out Tesco Life Insurance or Critical Illness Cover (or, er, both) and you will receive 5,000 Tesco Clubcard points. These are paid at the rate of 1,250 per quarter for a year.

The minimum spend is £5 per month, so you would be paying £60 for your 5,000 points. This would convert into 12,000 Avios points.

This offer is still running – the closing date is 29th October.

However, Tesco has added a new product – Mortgage Cover.

Mortgage Cover is simply another product which pays out a sum of money if you die. Unlike life assurance, though, you can choose to structure the policy so that it pays out less and less over the years, in line with the reducing balance of your mortgage.

As with Life Insurance, the minimum payment is £5 per month and the points arrive in four lumps of 1,250 over 12 months.

The key thing, though, is that there is no reason why you should not be able to get this deal even if you have already taken out the Life Insurance policy. They are two separate products.

Cancelling, by the way, is very easy. You can either write to them, or just cancel the direct debit. After a couple of months they will write to say that your policy is now terminated.

As per my original post, remember that there is a risk that you will be asked to go for a medical before cover is granted. If you declare any medical conditions then the risk is higher, but I assume they also select a small random number of ‘clean’ applicants as well.

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:

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: