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Earn 1,500 Clubcard points (3,600 Avios) on £60 Tesco grocery spend

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It is a couple of months since there has been a decent promotional code for Tesco grocery shopping.  There used to be a steady flow of them which made it an easy way of picking up Avios points.

This impressive offer has now appeared:

1,500 bonus Clubcard points on a £60 grocery spend

Code is XXPJPY

Code expires 30th June

I need to say straight up that this code is not working on all accounts.

From reports elsewhere there does not seem to be a pattern.  It seems that it works either if you have never had a grocery order before on your account or if you have not ordered groceries for a while.  It worked fine for me but I have not done a Tesco grocery order for at least a year.

The quickest way to see if it works is to go to the Tesco grocery site and do a dummy order for £60 (search for ‘veuve’ and put two bottles in your basket!).  Click checkout, select a random delivery slot, go to the payment page (do not put in a credit card number) and enter the code.  The box is halfway down the payment page.

If it has worked, you will see this on your screen:

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The voucher is then stored on your account.  You do NOT need to complete the dummy order – the code will still be there if you do another grocery order later on.

If the code does not work on your account, you may want to consider opening a new Tesco Clubcard account just for this transaction.  If you are in a BA household account then it might be less risky to use the name of someone else in your household account and send the Avios to them.

If you don’t want to order your groceries from Tesco, consider spending £60 on some wine, nappies, dishwasher tablets or other expensive branded items which you buy anyway.  It is a very easy 3,600 Avios or 3,750 Virgin Flying Club miles if you only buy items you need anyway.


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 (82)

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  • Pete says:

    Would this work for cigarettes does anyone know?

    • Idrive says:

      No cig but yes for alcohol i am not even sure you can buy tobacco products online

  • Martin says:

    Will this code work for booze purchases?

  • bookish says:

    Didn’t work for me.

  • Rob says:

    Looks like a Tesco Direct code

    • idrive says:

      OT: i got this error message below a few times already when trying to book a book on Blinxboxbooks with a 3V Visa card, is it a general problem or is it connected to 3V payments?

      Error text:
      “We’re sorry, but we couldn’t complete your payment due to an issue at our end. You haven’t been charged – please try again”.

      • TimS says:

        I don’t think blinkbox accepts 3v

        • BLT says:

          It worked for me as long as you uncheck the save this card.

          • Idrive says:

            Ahah! I ticked the save my card…will try unticking then and will let you know!!

  • Andy G says:

    It did not work with my Tesco account but it did with my wife’s.

    Thanks Raffles!

  • jonboy73 says:

    worked for me 10 mins ago on a mix of food and booze.

    haven’t ordered online for probably over a year with Tesco direct and maybe 8 months on groceries. last earned points in store December last year.

  • John says:

    Same here. Any known way around this?

  • Jo says:

    My code has been accepted but about to go overseas. Is there a time limit to do the actual shop?

    • Idrive says:

      You can buy now future delivery or hope this will be valid till 30/06 as per t&c

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