600 Avios for £5 if you pre-order Destiny in Tesco … or not?

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There have been some excellent deals in Tesco recently for pre-ordering video games. The last couple (see here and here) were very generous – you paid £5 to reserve a video game (which you, ahem, forgot to collect) and received 500 bonus Clubcard points.

The latest offer is now available – or is it?! The video game is called Destiny.

If you pre-order online (paying the full £40) you will receive 500 bonus Clubcard points, so 1,200 Avios or 1,250 Flying Club miles.

Far better, though, is to pre-order in-store. You are looking for an empty box in the video games area, which scans at the till – you don’t take the plastic box home though! You are charged £5 and you receive a coupon which allows you to pick up a copy on the day of release, with a £5 discount.

You will also receive 250 Clubcard points, which are added to your account immediately on the receipt.

So far, so simple. Tesco ran a lot of press ads on Tuesday promoting this offer.

However …..

The Tesco website only shows 250 points for ordering online, not 500

If you pre-order it instore, you do not receive any bonus points at all! Only 5 base points.

Clearly the right hand of Tesco has no idea what the left hand is doing, which is unfortunate when the left hand is running up thousands of pounds of bills for newspaper advertising.

I’m sure it will sort itself out, but do NOT do any in-store pre-orders until we know it is working properly. The offer runs until 27th October.

Do NOT buy more than one copy of each version (there are different versions for different consoles) per Clubcard. Tesco is likely to remove multiple purchases from your account. In any event, whilst this is not a bad deal, it is also not a slam dunk like the earlier versions which were half the cost.

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: