An avios.com and Tesco competition – but no sign of a BA or Virgin bonus

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There is, so far, no sign on any British Airways Executive Club or Virgin Flying Club transfer bonus for Tesco Clubcard collectors this quarter.

To be fair, this doesn’t mean there won’t be one. It just means that it hasn’t appeared yet – which means the odds are against it.

Avios.com and BA are running competitions, however.

The competitions are not life changing but better than a slap in the face. As the Tesco / avios.com page states:

Win 15,000 Avios

We’ve got 25 prizes of 15,000 Avios to give away. To be in with a chance of winning simply exchange £2.50 in Tesco Clubcard vouchers for Avios between 29 January and 29 February 2016. For every £2.50 you exchange, you’ll receive one prize draw entry.

The British Airways competition is different – 1 entry for every £5 you exchange. This makes me think that they are being run separately and there are two prize pots.

However this does not mean that it is a worse competition as it makes no difference to your odds of winning whether you get one entry per £5, £2.50 or even 1p exchanged!

The ‘Tesco to avios.com’ conversion page is here. The Tesco to BAEC page is here.

No word of anything from Virgin …….

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:

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.)

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Stewart says:

3 Feb3 February 15:20

Just had an email from virgin atlantic saying they will apply a 20% bonus on clubcard points.

Will this cover avios too do we know?

Dear Stewart,

As you’ve previously chosen to Auto Convert, we’re giving you an additional 20% bonus miles on your converted Tesco Clubcard points this month*.

With all the extra miles you’ll have coming your way, your everyday shopping really could have you whisked away to your dream destination in no time.

The Flying Club team
- Janeyferr says:
  
  3 Feb3 February 15:32
  
  No, this will not cover Avios too.
  
  I there’s an Avios bonus we won’t be told about it by VFC.
  - Stewart says:
    
    3 Feb3 February 15:35
    
    Well yes i figured that since they are two separate companies.
    
    I meant in the past does a 20% bonus from Virgin normally mean the same happens for Tesco?
    
    No need for you to answer Janey i was asking the helpful people on here not the pedants.
    
    😉
    - Janeyferr says:
      
      3 Feb3 February 15:41
      
      I’ll answer anyway.
      
      VFC regularly have bonuses, though they’ve been decreasing lately.
      
      Avios of either sort did not a bonus for a long time, and then there was finally one in November. At this I’d expect the next Avios bonus to appear toward the end of the decade.
      - Janeyferr says:
        
        3 Feb3 February 15:46
        
        (do excuse my laggy-computer caused errors)
- mark2 says:
  
  3 Feb3 February 15:35
  
  Do you think that Virgin will be sending you information about Avios offers?
  - Stewart says:
    
    3 Feb3 February 15:37
    
    No i meant historically do British Airways tend to give out the 20% bonus at the same time?
    
    Looks like a lot of upset avio’s collectors on here just because i asked an innocent question.
    
    Wind your neck in Mark and have a lovely week LOL!
    - Janeyferr says:
      
      3 Feb3 February 15:42
      
      We gave innocent answers. We did not assume you meant anything other than you asked.
    - mark2 says:
      
      3 Feb3 February 15:52
      
      I am an engineer, so I read what you wrote rather than trying to guess what you really meant!
    - Rob says:
      
      3 Feb3 February 16:06
      
      Historically BA and Virgin would run bonuses together. BA then took 2 years off doing bonuses before the half-hearted one which ran last Autumn.
      - harry says:
        
        3 Feb3 February 16:31
        
        Half-hearted? Half-hearted?? 🙂
      - harry says:
        
        3 Feb3 February 18:45
        
        Got 91K bonus/free ISTR 🙂
harry says:

3 Feb3 February 15:54

O/T reports that Tesco are imposing the 30K limit quite widely Feb quarter (just finished), happened to me as well.
- idrive says:
  
  3 Feb3 February 16:02
  
  how can you constantly get 30k??
  - harry says:
    
    3 Feb3 February 16:24
    
    and the wife 🙂
  - James says:
    
    3 Feb3 February 16:29
    
    Seriously how the heck? I just made it to 7k
    - harry says:
      
      3 Feb3 February 16:32
      
      That was a very easy quarter, no particular secrets since virtually everything ended up on HFP, sometimes first in the footnotes though – and by next day it was sometimes too late.
      - Andrew H says:
        
        3 Feb3 February 20:07
        
        I am only taking advantage of the Tesco offers for minimum spend and I have a similarly low amount, James. I suspect Harry goes for any offer that gets him to30k as quickly as possible! 😀
        
        I haven’t touched gift cards, wines or printers… yet.
      - harry says:
        
        3 Feb3 February 20:14
        
        I’ve certainly done giftcards, wines & printers 🙂
      - harry says:
        
        3 Feb3 February 20:16
        
        I wouldn’t touch the 500 points for £100 spend on Wines though – unless they start a buy 2 for X discount sale – the system recognises the headline price, not the discounted one.
      - Rob says:
        
        4 Feb4 February 00:35
        
        There will not be any low value promos, I am fairly sure. Recent developments you are not aware of imply they are not bothered about small orders at the moment.
- Danny says:
  
  3 Feb3 February 16:12
  
  Mine was 29,998 🙂
  - harry says:
    
    3 Feb3 February 22:03
    
    Lottery win passed you by 🙂
harry says:

3 Feb3 February 16:00

O/T another Tesco code
500 Clubcard Points When You Spend £100 or More on Wine
XXJJRJ
expires 7/2
luke says:

3 Feb3 February 16:29

totally o/t

it has always grated on me that I sometimes spent 20-30k a year on my ba amex and was only able to earn one companion voucher per 12 month period….so when I has reached 10k few months ago, and got my comp voucher I closed my account, and immediately reopened a new one the following week… have just reached the second lot of 10k, and hey presto – got my 2nd comp voucher in the space of 4 months…you might not get the welcome bonus, but 18k/25k avios is irrelevant really compared to the massive value of the comp voucher if you redeem it for F travel for the wife as I do (normally asia peak redemptions so in the region of 200k-250k avios worth of value)…

just thought to mention for any others in same position.

cheers
- pauldb says:
  
  3 Feb3 February 16:48
  
  Or refer your wife for the card and get double referrer/referred bonuses with each switch?
- Kipto says:
  
  3 Feb3 February 22:04
  
  I thought if you cancelled the card your voucher is nul and void ?
  - Rob says:
    
    4 Feb4 February 00:31
    
    Let me guess, the Amex contact centre told you that?
mart says:

3 Feb3 February 16:39

anyone any idea when next round of vouchers will end up in our clubcard accounts considering the collection period ended 28 January ?
- Roberto says:
  
  3 Feb3 February 17:02
  
  Normally about 5 days after the end of the period I seem to think.. Any time now basically
- SuitedandBooted says:
  
  3 Feb3 February 21:05
  
  I got told 5th Feb they will be available when I called the other day 🙂
  - Jason says:
    
    3 Feb3 February 21:58
    
    I think 5th Feb for auto convert Monday in most people’s accounts.
- Andrew says:
  
  3 Feb3 February 22:25
  
  Tesco Twitter account says statements are on their way…
  - harry says:
    
    3 Feb3 February 22:32
    
    check online
    
    you can see already if they have robbed you of any points over 30K
mark2 says:

3 Feb3 February 17:39

OT
email received stating that referral bonus for Lloyds Reward Avios card increased to 5500.
Ask Rob to refer you; no spend required.
Nick says:

4 Feb4 February 16:08

BA have just emailed offering “For every £5 in Tesco Clubcard vouchers you exchange for Avios between 1 February and 29 February 2016, you’ll receive one entry into a prize draw to win one of 25 prizes of 15,000 Avios…”

Not exactly awe inspiring! 🙂
Gill says:

6 Feb6 February 10:49

Just converted my Tesco points to Avios. Wasn’t asked for my Avios account no. Is it likely that the points will be put in the correct account or will the system create a new one?
- Rob says:
  
  6 Feb6 February 11:16
  
  Should find it automatically