Tesco Direct has been very active over the last few months at offering very large piles of Clubcard points (so very large piles of Avios or Virgin Flying Club miles!) when you pre-order CD’s, .....

Tesco Direct has been very active over the last few months at offering very large piles of Clubcard points (so .....

28 Feb 201328 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Scott emailed me to ask what is a very fair question: I didn’t see anything on your website about the Avios and Tesco Clubcard email offer I received the other day. Apparently if you exchange a .....

Scott emailed me to ask what is a very fair question: I didn’t see anything on your website about the .....

23 Feb 201323 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Back in October, I ran this article explaining how to earn some cheap Avios by buying used printer ink cartridges on eBay and sending them to Tesco for recycling, in return for Tesco Clubcard points. .....

Back in October, I ran this article explaining how to earn some cheap Avios by buying used printer ink .....

19 Feb 201319 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Tesco Direct has launched an interesting promotion linked to the upcoming release of video game Bioshock Infinite. Via this link, you will earn 500 bonus Tesco Clubcard points when you pre-order the .....

Tesco Direct has launched an interesting promotion linked to the upcoming release of video game Bioshock .....

16 Feb 201316 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Three quick things which don’t justify their own post! First … the 20,000 Starwood points (= 25,000 Avios) bonus on the Starwood American Express card is still showing on the .....

Three quick things which don’t justify their own post! First … the 20,000 Starwood points (= .....

6 Feb 20136 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

If you have little people in your house (or you are a grown-up male with a worrying interest in Star Wars Lego …..!) then this offer may be for you. Full details here (EDIT: link removed as now .....

If you have little people in your house (or you are a grown-up male with a worrying interest in Star Wars Lego .....

2 Feb 20132 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

There is a tendency, both on Head for Points and elsewhere, to focus on the new ‘deal of the day’ whilst forgetting older deals which still work.  That is why I run quite a few .....

There is a tendency, both on Head for Points and elsewhere, to focus on the new ‘deal of the day’ .....

28 Jan 201328 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Tesco Direct has relaunched its special offer on DVD and Blu-Ray pre-orders.  The titles available include Skyfall, below. Order any of the titles shown on this page and you will receive 150 bonus .....

Tesco Direct has relaunched its special offer on DVD and Blu-Ray pre-orders.  The titles available include .....

26 Jan 201326 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Tesco is running an ‘open to all’ promotion on its website, offering 500 bonus Clubcard points to everyone who spends £50 or more on wine from their ‘Finest’ selection.  .....

Tesco is running an ‘open to all’ promotion on its website, offering 500 bonus Clubcard points to .....

24 Jan 201324 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

I wanted to quickly flag two things – only vaguely connected – about retail gift cards. Firstly, before Christmas American Express ran a promotion which offered a 20% discount on HMV gift .....

I wanted to quickly flag two things – only vaguely connected – about retail gift cards. Firstly, .....

18 Jan 201318 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Tesco has launched a new music offer at Tesco Direct. On the face of it, 100 points for spending £6 on music is not desperately exciting.  It is well over 2p per Avios, for a start, so there is .....

Tesco has launched a new music offer at Tesco Direct. On the face of it, 100 points for spending £6 on music .....

17 Jan 201317 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

blinkbox is an online, downloadable, film and TV rental service – a clone of Netflix or the downloadable LoveFilm option. Tesco bought blinkbox last year and now seem to be giving it a marketing .....

blinkbox is an online, downloadable, film and TV rental service – a clone of Netflix or the downloadable .....

15 Jan 201315 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Here is the first decent promotion of 2013! Tesco has launched a 50% bonus on transfers of Tesco Clubcard points to Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club.  This means that you will receive 375 miles .....

Here is the first decent promotion of 2013! Tesco has launched a 50% bonus on transfers of Tesco Clubcard .....

4 Jan 20134 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

Yesterday I looked at some of the highlights from the miles and points world in 2012. Today, it is worth looking ahead a little to 2013. Avios In general, the last couple of years have seen the .....

Yesterday I looked at some of the highlights from the miles and points world in 2012. Today, it is worth .....

31 Dec 201231 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments