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Tesco glitch – 3,600 Avios or 3,750 Virgin miles for £60 LEGO spend

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Tesco Direct launched two new LEGO promotions on Monday:

1,000 Clubcard points (2,400 Avios) for a £60 LEGO spend

500 Clubcard points (1,200 Avios) for a £30 LEGO spend

These are both attractive deals if you have any lovers of little plastic bricks in your household.

LEGO Star Wars

However, up to midnight on Monday night, Tesco Direct was mistakenly giving BOTH bonuses on a £60 spend.  Buying £60 of LEGO got you 1,500 Clubcard points plus your base points – that was 3,600 Avios or 3,750 Virgin miles.

This deal is now over.  You will only receive the expected 1,000 points (worth 2,400 Avios) on a £60 order.

Even though the glitch has been fixed, you should still take a close look at this deal if you have kids or are expecting to give any presents to a child soon!  LEGO makes a great gift or can easily be resold on eBay.  .

The Tesco Direct home page for this offer is here.

‘Click and Collect’ delivery to your local Tesco store will be free as you are spending £30.  The deal runs until Sunday 31st July.


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 (72)

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  • michael says:

    Yep worked for me too thanks

  • Simmo says:

    Anybody had issues with Tesco sticking postage labels directly on the LEGO box when using click and collect?

    • harry says:

      Sometimes. Meant to be peelable but mixed success. You can always get an easy refund if unhappy. Bigger issue is rubbish packing & squashed boxes.

  • Mycity says:

    Do they limit the amount of orders you can make ie I’m thinking three super are orders

    Thanks

    • harry says:

      10 identical items in one purchase; unlimited total orders in my experience

      • Genghis says:

        Seems you need to order them separately though to get multiple bonuses

  • CamT says:

    Mistake fixed! Boo
    Tried ordering £61 at 13:30 UK and it would only award 500 points.

  • Tilly71 says:

    Still working my end on orders over £60.

  • Jonathan says:

    Still alive for me, LEGO Star Wars Imperial Shuttl Tydirium 75094 @ £63.87 = 1563 CC points.

    • Jonathan says:

      Although £0.016 per point seemed a little higher than I’m prepared to pay for MS

      • Jonathan says:

        per mile, no per point sorry.

        • TGLoyalty says:

          Though looks like you can get most of your money back on eBay so could get it down to 0.5p per point which isn’t bad, assuming theres no bonus for transfer in the next qtr or so

          • John says:

            That depends on how much you value your time photographing and posting something you didn’t want.

  • Jumble says:

    Worked at 13:54. 2x Minecraft ones should sell alright on eBay.

  • Ricky says:

    Anyone know how long it takes for the points to come through to tesco club? i purchased this morning with the 1500 points awarded but not showing on clubcard account yet

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