Interesting eBay offer if you convert Amex Membership Rewards to Nectar

One option for using your American Express Membership Rewards points which is often forgotten about is converting them to Nectar points.

The transfer rate is 1:1.  The minimum transfer is just 1 point which makes this a useful way of using up the last few hundred points on your account if you are closing down your Amex card as most partners only accept transfers in chunks of 1,000.

Few Nectar deals are desperately exciting because most Nectar offers are only worth 0.5p per point.  This page on our sister site Shopper Points shows the best value Nectar redemptions – ie everything which gets you more than the standard 0.5p per point.  You can do a lot better with your Amex points by converting to airline or hotel points.

Until the 25th June, however, there is an interesting eBay promotion available.

You need to check that you are targeted for this by logging in at the Nectar website and looking at My Bonus Offers.

Assuming you can see the offer, if you cash in your Nectar points for eBay credit by the 25th June, you will get a 50% rebate of the points back into your Nectar account.

Let’s look at how this works.

Imagine you move 10,000 Membership Rewards points to Nectar.  If you convert those to eBay credit, you would receive £50 – the usual 0.5p per point.

However, on this occasion, Nectar will refund you 50% of the points!  This means that you have only paid 5,000 points for your £50 of eBay credit.  That is 1p per Nectar point (and so 1p per American Express Membership Rewards point) which is an excellent deal.

(An easy way of using up the eBay credit is to buy supermarket gift vouchers.  You will pay very close to face value including postage but it is an easy way to liquidate your credit.)

There is one snag though.

You are NOT really getting 1p per Membership Rewards point because you need to factor in what you do with the rebated points.  Take a look at this example:

Transfer 10,000 Amex points to Nectar

Spend 10,000 Nectar points on a £50 eBay voucher

Get 5,000 Nectar points refunded to your Nectar account

And then …. you need to use the rebated points for another Nectar deal at just 0.5p per point (£25) of value

You would actually have got £75 of value in total for your 10,000 Nectar points which is 0.75p per point.

If you already have Nectar points in your account then this is an excellent deal and you are genuinely getting 1p per point.  If you are transferring in from Amex, you will only be getting 0.75p per Amex point.  Hope that makes sense …..

American Express transfers to Nectar are usually very quick so you have a very good chance of a transfer made today arriving on or by the 25th.  This is an additional risk, of course.

Note that there is a maximum conversion of 40,000 Nectar points (£200 of eBay credit) allowed under this offer.  You will not receive the 50% points rebate on any figure above this.

Want to earn more points from credit cards? – December 2021 update

If you are looking to apply for a new credit or charge card, here are our November 2021 recommendations based on the current sign-up bonus. 

You can see our full directory of all UK cards which earn airline or hotel points here. Here are the top current deals:

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 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

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

Earning miles and points from small business cards

If you are a sole trader or run a small company, you may also want to check out these offers.

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and free for a year Read our full review

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and a long list of travel benefits Read our full review

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

Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa

The most generous Avios Visa or Mastercard for a limited company Read our full review

For a non-American Express option, we also recommend the Barclaycard Select Cashback card for sole traders and small businesses. It is FREE and you receive 1% cashback on your spending:

Barclaycard Select Cashback Credit Card

1% cashback and no annual fee Read our full review