Up to 2,000 free Nectar points (1,250 Avios) just for opening the app

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An odd Nectar promotion appeared on Wednesday morning in the Nectar app.

When you open it, you may (or may not, most people have it but not all) see this:

Click on it. You get a very short marketing message about the value of registering for weekly Nectar bonus points offers via the app.

Once you’ve done that, you will receive a mystery bonus. I got:

….. but readers have reported bonuses as high as 2,000 Nectar points (1,250 Avios). My wife only got 250, so it varies substantially.

The points post immediately.

Note that if you do not currently have the latest version of the Nectar app on your device, you will be prompted to upgrade before you see your offer.

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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Sainsbury's and Nectar

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Alan says:

17 Feb17 February 12:02

What are people updating, I haven’t previously updated the App and no updates are showing on Plat Store.
- Aston100 says:
  
  17 Feb17 February 12:11
  
  Your app is probably already up to date. You could trying uninstalling and reinstalling again?
  - BJ says:
    
    17 Feb17 February 12:26
    
    I can confirm that works 🙂 Just 500 for me but happy enough.
- AJA says:
  
  17 Feb17 February 12:17
  
  Go to the apps listing in your phone settings. Find nectar, click on it and it will take you to the app store where you downloaded the app and then click update. There was a recent update in the last couple of days. Let it download and then open the app and the offer will be there. I got 250 points.
1nfrequent says:

17 Feb17 February 12:08

I got 750 points.

The App also does a random thing every month where after a shop at Sainsbury’s, you’re invited to tap the screen to see if you got a bonus points award. The most I’ve had is 20 Nectar points (and sometimes I get nada) but it’s worth keeping an eye on the App to see if you get offered more.

1F
- AJA says:
  
  17 Feb17 February 12:23
  
  That’s the “swipe and win game”. You have to activate it in your nectar app settings.
  
  You click on the account icon in the top right hand corner (looks like a head and shoulders). Then click on settings which takes you to a screen. It’s one from the bottom, above animations.
Aston100 says:

17 Feb17 February 12:09

Nothing for me.
App was already upto date but I uninstalled and reinstalled again just in case – still no joy.
As I commented elsewhere, I have had a nectar card for over 15 years and used to be a regular Sainsburys shopper until a few years ago when I switched to Tesco after moving home. But even then, I still buy a few items from Sainsburys every month and do a petrol fill-up a couple of times a month before Covid.
With the announcement of the BA Avios / Nectar arrangement, I moved back to Sainsburys, but doing online shopping. Have done 4 shops in under 4 weeks, each at over £100 a time, and received 4 sets of offers for around 300 points total.
Doing my 5th shop now and the offers have increased to 500 points or so.

I don’t understand the logic of this.
‘Super Secret Sainsburys Staff’ and other site users have commented that you need to build up your profile with Sainsburys and the offers improve over time. But I’m not a new shopper – I’m just new to online shopping. And anyway, surely you’d want to start with high points offers to attract people and then reduce those offers once they become regular, and not the other way around?

I do wonder if I’m in some kind of control group as per the rumoured group over on Amex who never get any offers?
- Rob Collins says:
  
  17 Feb17 February 17:05
  
  Try it again. I uninstalled and re-installed at lunchtime-didn’t work. After reading the comments on here, I’ve just done it again-200 points.
Stuart says:

17 Feb17 February 12:19

Another one where I had to update the app first to get the offer.
400 points for me (irregular Sainsburys shopper) and only 200 for the wife (family shopping at Sainsburys goes on her Nectar ac)!
Doc says:

17 Feb17 February 12:21

Long term customer. Nothing for me:(
App fully updated and even tried uninstalling and reinstalling but nothing.
- AJA says:
  
  17 Feb17 February 12:25
  
  Are you sure you have the latest update? see my comment in reply to Alan above
John says:

17 Feb17 February 12:22

Got 1000 points, thanks!
A dy says:

17 Feb17 February 12:23

Got 750 nectar points
M says:

17 Feb17 February 12:23

Cheeky 1000 points. Thanks!