Earn bonus British Airways American Express Avios at Tesco and Waitrose

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• PS says:

  13 Jun13 June 09:35

  Data point – This offer appeared on my husband’s BAPP which is the primary one, but not on my supplemental card so it might only be available to the primary card holder, or targeted in some way.

  • Jean Morgan says:

    13 Jun13 June 12:04

    I am the primary card holder. Husband has a supplementary card and does not have this offer. Guess who does all of our Tesco shopping. I can’t as I am high risk and don’t presently go out.

    • Aston100 says:

      13 Jun13 June 15:04

      Can’t you give him your card and your PIN?

      • AJA says:

        13 Jun13 June 15:45

        As long as he spends under £45 he can do contactless so no need to know the pin (although a contactless transaction does occasionally require pin entry as a security measure) though it really isn’t that advisable to give anyone else (even your spouse) your pin and card.

        • Aston100 says:

          13 Jun13 June 16:13

          What kind of World are we living in when one cannot share card security details with your spouse?

      • Chrish says:

        13 Jun13 June 17:06

        Aston100 You actually are “Not” allowed to give anyone your card & pin invalidates all card insurance Yes i know it happens My Partner, plus Son, Daughters use my card for HH
        But once came unstuck almost Card Lost/Stolen at a gig or to/from.
        Card stopped but i was held responsible for any loss (couldn’t very well say i lost it i was out of uk)
        That was long while ago changed bank (one of many i had)
        That’s when i went over to Amex

        • Anna says:

          13 Jun13 June 18:39

          This is why your details need to be initial plus surname on the card, no Mr, Mrs etc (annoyingly AmEx won’t accept Dr as a designation!). Then nobody will question who’s using it.

    • Genghis says:

      14 Jun14 June 06:26

      Long story as to why but my wife currently has the Tesco delivery saver subscription yet we use my Tesco debit card to pay

• Richard Simpkins says:

  13 Jun13 June 09:49

  If the offer is saved to the primary card do purchases made by the secondary card holder also qualify for the bonus points?

  • Sandra B says:

    13 Jun13 June 09:58

    Not unless they get the same offer to load on their cards. I got the offer but neither supplementary cards did.

• Mark says:

  13 Jun13 June 10:43

  Mine says, Tesco, Waitrose, M&S, deliveroo and Apple!!!

  • RWJ says:

    13 Jun13 June 12:02

    Which is also what the article says…

• Peter says:

  13 Jun13 June 14:36

  The offer doesn’t appear on my wife’s supplementary card either and it’s her card saved into the Waitrose website for online purchases, annoyingly. It’s particularly irritating that this offer doesn’t appear on the supplementary card as it looks from a quick glance as if all the other offers (which we would never use) appear on both cards. Is there anyone at Amex whom we could lobby about this? It looks as if it applies generally, not just to me.

  • AJA says:

    13 Jun13 June 14:39

    Can you change the credit card number to yours on the website? Does saving your card details prevent you using a different card on checkout?

  • Andreas says:

    13 Jun13 June 15:59

    That is certainly not promising – I’ve just ordered a supplementary card for my mum, since she shops at M&S and Tesco, and only just realised that the offers on the supplementary card are different to my main card. Since she will regularly use the card at these stores, I bet she never gets the offer

    • Rob says:

      13 Jun13 June 17:30

      Don’t worry. You will be happy on Monday that you ordered it 🙂

      • Genghis says:

        13 Jun13 June 19:24

        Cryptic! Specific to BAPP supps? Do I need to take action now?

        • Rob says:

          13 Jun13 June 22:49

          No!

      • Andreas says:

        14 Jun14 June 16:50

        I will be getting the 3000 Avios for my first BAPP supp card, so I’ll be up in Avios either way!

  • Rob says:

    13 Jun13 June 17:31

    Some promos apply to supps too, some don’t. This one doesn’t, it seems.

• Aston100 says:

  13 Jun13 June 15:11

  Regarding the Malaysia Airlines prize entry.
  You’ve stated: “The winner will get two return Business Class flights with Malaysia Airlines from Heathrow to Langkawi, for travel at almost any point in 2021. A few black-out dates do apply.”

  However, the T&Cs seem to exclude all school holiday periods. So that’s at least a quarter of next year ruled out surely?

  “The validity of the ticket will be as per the prize winner’s letter, i.e. one year in 2021 avoiding Easter, Summer Peak season, Christmas & New Year and half term school holidays.”

  • Rob says:

    13 Jun13 June 17:30

    It’s only 2 seats though, so little use for families – admittedly a bit tough on teachers.

    • Paul says:

      13 Jun13 June 23:46

      Not just teachers but anyone employed in a school or further education; parents of school aged kids will include nurses, care workers. Basically anyone we have applauded in the last 12 weeks yet MH specifically exclude them

      Nice to see Malaysian have their finger on the zeitgeist.

      You would think that given the convulsions in the industry they would have worked to ensure their PR stunt wouldn’t back fire.

      I won’t enter, nor will I use MH. Shameful

      • Alex Sm says:

        14 Jun14 June 01:28

        I’m sure there are other ways to honour all these people, you sound too harsh and even aggressive…

      • Dubious says:

        14 Jun14 June 03:18

        Yet it is useful for all those other people who do good things for other people but are not the ones who get the weekly clap.

        • Paul says:

          14 Jun14 June 08:52

          No it useful to Malaysian as a PR stunt!

          The points was not about who misses out, though they are many, it was about an airline not Being able to see that their promotion deliberately excludes a great many people deliberately or otherwise, who the country has specifically said it values over the last 3 months. Or was that a stunt also

        • Rhys says:

          14 Jun14 June 09:03

          And if they had given away 4 tickets then families of 5 or more would have been excluded. It’s best not to look a gift horse in the mouth….

• Almi says:

  15 Jun15 June 09:39

  I pay most of my monthly bills at Tesco via Paypoint using AMEX – Rent, C Tax, Water Bills – this will be an added bonus with 3.5x avios.

• Emma says:

  15 Jun15 June 14:35

  Surprise, surprise! No offer for me and no e-mail either. I never seem to get any offers from Amex. Oh to have such a long list of offers that I have to click “See more” to see them all!. I also never receive any e-mails apart from the admin ones. I updated my e-mail preferences a long time ago so that I receive all marketing but to no avail. I spend a fair amount on the card every month so would think I’m due a few offers. Does anyone know what rationale they use in selecting customers for offers and if there’s anything I can do to get them and has anyone managed to get this offer without it showing on their account, or having the e-mail?

• Robert says:

  27 Jun27 June 07:32

  Anyone had any of their 2-extra-points post yet? I know it says up to 90 days, but AMEX is usually pretty good at the “within 5 days” normally.

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