Using Tesco Orchard to get free food and free Clubcard points

Tesco Orchard is a scheme designed to encourage Tesco customers to share their thoughts about particular products. Anyone can join Tesco Orchard, and you can use it to get free food and Clubcard points.

The idea is pretty simple. When you join Tesco Orchard you complete a few short surveys so that they know which foods/products you are interested in. These can be a little tedious, but are worth doing. Based on your survey responses you are invited to take part in particular programmes. Taking part means that you can test free products. You then share your thoughts and feedback with others. The quality of your feedback earns you Clubcard points, and affects your Orchard Score (a ranking out of 10). The higher your Orchard Score, the more programme invites you receive.

I joined Tesco Orchard in January and got invited to participate in the ‘midweek favourites’ programme. This meant that I got a free £10 voucher to spend on the Tesco meat range. I purchased lamb mince, chicken breasts and beef strips from their 3 for £10 range. Interestingly, I received the usual 10 Clubcard points on the £10 purchase (despite not having to actually pay!).

To earn some extra Clubcard points I also shared my feedback on the meat tested. I made up 3 conversations about midweek meals (minimum 100 words) which were ranked as ‘good’ and earned me 10 Clubcard points each. I also submitted one photo of a meal I made with a short review (minimum 100 words) – this was ranked as exceptional (!) and earned me 25 Clubcard points. These activities are all completed through an internal Tesco Orchard portal. There are also opportunities to earn Clubcard points for sharing your thoughts on Facebook or tweeting your thoughts, but I did’t want to spam my friends so skipped this part.

Sharing my feedback has boosted my Orchard Score to 6.3. Hopefully this will mean that I am invited to more programmes soon!

It is a good idea to sign up for Tesco Orchard. It takes a little while to get set up, but once you are involved (and have improved your Orchard Score) you are invited to more programmes, which means more free food and more free Clubcard points.

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1,000 Clubcard points on £60 Tesco Wine spend, 2,000 Clubcard points with Tesco car insurance

There are currently 3 different Tesco promotions which you can use to significantly boost your Clubcard points balance:

• 1,000 Clubcard points for new and existing customers when they spend £60 online with Tesco Wine (use code XXHGJK, this code is blagged my MoneySavingExpert).
• 2,000 Clubcard points when you take out car insurance with Tesco Bank (code CR2000GI).
• 3,500 Clubcard points when you spend £350 or more on all Hotpoint & Indesit Large Kitchen appliances.

Wine Offer

The code XXHGJK, which gets you 1,000 Clubcard points on a £60 online spend with Tesco Wine, is valid for the first 6,000 users and expires at midnight on Sunday 15th February. The code can be used in conjunction with sales offers, so it can be used to get some pretty good value cases. For example, you could buy:

• 12 bottles of mixed reds for £66
• 12 bottles of mixed Sauvignon Blancs for £66

Delivery is free on orders over £50. The 1,000 Clubcard points will be worth £10 at Tesco, or could be converted into 2,400 Avios points or 3,250 Virgin Flying Club miles (which includes the current 30% transfer bonus from Tesco Clubcard to Virgin miles).

Car Insurance Offer

The code CR2000GI is from a Tesco Bank flyer that I received with a grocery delivery. You get 2,000 Clubcard points when you take out car insurance with Tesco Bank before the end of February. Unfortunately, the offer is not available when you make the purchase through a price comparison site.

The 2,000 Clubcard points will be worth £20 at Tesco, or converts to 4,800 Avios points or 6,500 Virgin miles (again using the current transfer bonus).

Kitchen Appliances Offer

You will get 3,500 Clubcard points when you spend £350 or more on all Hotpoint & Indesit Large Kitchen appliances. The offer ends on Sunday 15th February 2015.

The 3,500 Clubcard points convert to 8,400 Avios points or 11,375 Virgin Flying Club miles.

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Get 500 free Tesco Clubcard points by signing up to TopCashBack

You can get 500 free Tesco Clubcard points just by signing up for an account with TopCashBack (Boost Your Points will also receive commission for this referral). You will get your 500 Clubcard points as soon as you have earned £10 of payable this cashback. This is incredibly easy to do.

After originally being a little bit skeptical, I have become a really big fan of TopCashBack. You can use it to earn cashback on your online shopping, but I mainly use it to earn lots of entirely free cashback by signing up for free trials with companies looking to promote their services.

Here is a breakdown of what I have earned in the last couple of months:

• 500 free Tesco Clubcard points: I got this by being referred by a friend
• £8.40: for signing up for a free account with Money DashBoard
• £8.40: for signing up for a free trial with Credit Monitor (and then cancelling my account)
• £0.52: for getting a free account with Search Lotto
• £0.94: for signing up for spam from Top Fox Competitions
• £36.75: for depositing and betting £10 with William Hill Sports Betting
• £26.25: for depositing and betting £20 with NetBet sports
• £8.92: for signing up for a free trial with Equifax (and then cancelling my account)
• £8.40: for signing up for a free trial with Experian (and then cancelling my account)
• £26.25: for depositing and betting £20 with Betway Sports Book
• £0.94: cashback on an actual purchase from Amazon

Once the cashback becomes payable you can choose how you withdraw the money. Sometimes I send it directly to my bank account, but generally I choose to withdraw it into my Tesco Clubcard account (1p of cashback = 1 Clubcard point). I then use Tesco Boost to convert my Clubcard points to other useful things like Avios points and Virgin Flying Club miles.

Sign up today! The offer expires on 16th February 2015.

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Win dinner for 4 at the Chef’s Table at the Savoy Grill by converting Tesco Clubcard points to British Airways Avios points

On Saturday I wrote about a promotion where you can get 1,000 free miles and 30% bonus miles when you Auto Opt In to convert Tesco Clubcard points to Virgin miles between 30th January and 31st March 2015. I also wrote about a weak avios.com promotion where you can get entries into a competition to win more Avios points when you convert Tesco Clubcard points to avios.com Avios points.

It turns out British Airways are also running a promotion in conjunction with Tesco Clubcard. If you convert a minimum of 500 Clubcard points into BA Avios between 30th January and 28th February 2015 you will receive an entry into a competition to win dinner for 4 at the Chef’s Table at the Savoy Grill.

There is really nothing special about this offer. Unless you are converting your Clubcard points into British Airways Avios points to purchase a particular reward flight, I wouldn’t bother.

You would be much better off selecting to Auto Opt In to convert your Clubcard points to Virgin miles. This will earn you 1,000 free Virgin miles and a 30% conversion bonus on top. You can always opt-out again at a later stage. More details about the Virgin offer are here.

Note:

• you can sign up for Tesco Clubcard here.
• you can sign up for the British Airways Executive Club here.

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1,000 free Virgin Flying Club miles (and a 30% bonus) when you convert Tesco Clubcard points to Virgin miles

Yesterday Virgin Atlantic announced a new promotion in partnership with Tesco Clubcard. If you convert your Clubcard points to Virgin miles between 30th January and 31st March 2015, you will receive 30% more Flying Club miles than usual. Also, if you sign up for Auto Opt In (so that your Clubcard points automatically transfer to Virgin Flying Club miles), you will receive 1,000 bonus Virgin miles.

Usually, 1 Clubcard point can be converted into 2.5 Virgin miles, so you can convert £2.50 of Clubcard vouchers (250 Clubcard points) into 625 Virgin miles. With the 30% bonus, 250 Clubcard points converts to 813 Flying Club miles.

I also recently wrote that about a promotion Avios are running in conjunction with Tesco Clubcard. At the moment, if you convert your Clubcard points to Avios points you gain entries into a competition to win Avios points. However, unlike the Virgin promotion, there is no 30% conversion bonus and no 1,000 free points for signing up to Auto Opt In.

Quite frankly, the Avios/Clubcard ‘competition promotion’ is pretty weak. I would advise against using it!

The Virgin/Clubcard offer is much better. At the moment, I have £20 of Clubcard vouchers (2,000 Clubcard points) from last quarter. I am going to sign up to Auto Opt In and convert my points to Virgin miles. I will get:

250 Clubcard points = 813 Virgin miles

x 8

2,000 Clubcard points = 6,504 Virgin miles

+ 1,000 Virgin miles Auto Opt In bonus

= 7,504 Virgin miles

You can sign up to Auto Opt In or manually exchange your Clubcard points to Virgin miles here. Once your 1,000 bonus miles have posted you can always opt-out.

A few things to note:

• you will only receive the 1,000 miles Auto Opt In bonus once
• if you are not a member of Tesco Clubcard you can join for free here.
• if you are not a member of the Virgin Flying Club you can join for free here.

For lots of ways to earn free Clubcard points click here.

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12 ways to earn more Tesco Clubcard points

If you are looking for ways to boost your Clubcard points balance then you are in the right place. Follow the hints and tips in this article and you can easily earn thousands of extra Clubcard points each year.

1. Give your insurance renewal dates to Tesco Bank

Hand over your house insurance, pet insurance, car insurance and mortgage renewal dates with Tesco Bank and you will be rewarded with 100 free Clubcard points (offer expires 5th May 2015).

2. Use Tesco Views each month

Fill in a 2-minute survey with Tesco Views each month to earn 25 Clubcard points. If you do this each month you will get 300 Clubcard points every year.

3. Convert cashback from TopCashBack into Tesco Clubcard points

TopCashBack is a website which helps you earn cashback on your online shopping. It also offers you the chance to earn free cashback by signing up to trials with particular companies. You can convert £1 of cashback from TopCashBack into 100 Clubcard points, up to a maximum of £50 (5,000 points) each year. I have listed lots of free ways to earn cashback through TopCashBack here.

4. Recycle printer cartridges

Tesco offers up to 100 Clubcard points for each used ink cartridge that you recycle.  You can recycle up to 100 cartridges per household, per year.

5. Use your own bags to pack your shopping

Tesco gives you 1 Clubcard point for each of your own bags you use to pack your shopping. This is obviously a relatively trivial amount, but it adds up – using 5 of your own bags every week for a year will earn you 256 Clubcard points.

6. Complete online surveys with Shoppers Thoughts

Shopper Thoughts is free to join and offers Clubcard points for completing surveys both online and in-store through the mobile app. You can earn up to 150 Clubcard points per survey.

7. Take part in the E.ON Rewards Scheme

If you are an electricity customer or dual gas and electricity customer with E.ON then you are eligible to take part in the E.ON Rewards Scheme. You can earn up to 1,500 E.ON Rewards points a year, which can then be converted into 1,500 Clubcard points. My full review is here.

8. Buy gift cards at Tesco

When you spend £50 on branded gift cards at Tesco you earn 150 bonus Clubcard points.

9. Get a Clubcard keyring fob

Then you won’t ever miss out on any Clubcard points because you can’t be bothered to get your Clubcard out of your wallet (or can’t find it!). Order a new fob here.

10. Open a Tesco current account

Your Tesco debit card will earn you 1 Clubcard point for each £4 spent at Tesco (in addition to the points you would usually earn) and 1 Clubcard point for each £8 spent elsewhere.

11. Get a Clubcard credit card

With a Clubcard credit card you earn 1 Clubcard point when you spend £4 anywhere.

12. Buy your petrol at Tesco

Buying your fuel at Tesco earns you 1 Clubcard point for each £2 spent.

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Win 1,500 Avios points by converting your Tesco Clubcard points to Avios

On Saturday morning I received an email from avios.com advertising a competition where they are giving away 500 prizes of 1,500 Avios points. For each £2.50 of Clubcard points you convert into 600 Avios points (between the 1st and 28th of February), you will receive one entry into the competition. You can convert points here.

The promotion is not yet advertised on the Avios website, but I assume it will appear soon (watch this space).

Quite frankly, this offer is pretty underwhelming. I usually hoard my Clubcard points and convert them to Avios when a better offer comes along – occasionally, Tesco and Avios run a 20% transfer bonus, meaning that for each 250 Clubcard points you convert you receive 720 Avios points (instead of the usual 600).

Nevertheless, if you were planning to transfer some Clubcard points to Avios points in the next few months, you might as well do it in February – you never know, you might win 1,500 Avios points!

Note: you only receive an entry to the prize draw if you convert your Clubcard points to an avios.com account. Converting Clubcard points into Avios in a British Airways Executive Club account will not get you an entry into the prize draw. You can sign up for for an avios.com account here.

For lots of ways to earn Avios points click here.

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1,500 Clubcard points (3,600 Avios points) on a £60 spend at Tesco

Tesco have teamed up with MoneySavingExpert to offer new customers a 1,500 Clubcard point bonus (which can be converted into 3,600 Avios points or 3,750 Virgin miles) on a £60 online grocery spend at Tesco.

To take advantage of the offer you need to enter the code XXRRRK at checkout. You will know that your code has been added because the following information will be added to your order:

The code is only valid on Tesco groceries – not merchandise from other Tesco departments. MoneySavingExpert report that you must choose a delivery slot (delivery costs £1-£6) or a click and collect slot (free) before 28th January because the code will expire, but you can see from the screenshot above that the code on my account appears to expire on 22nd February.

The terms and conditions also state that:

Infant milk formulae, tobacco products, stamps, National Lottery Scratchcards, Delivery Saver subscriptions and delivery or collection charges. The code can’t be used with any other code beginning with XX.

Only one code per household and per customer.

Getting 1,500 clubcard points off a £60 food shop represents huge value. 1,500 Clubcard points are worth £15 shopping at Tesco, or can be converted into 3,600 Avios points. If you value Avios points at 1p then you are effectively saving a whopping £36 on your shopping.

Note: if you already have an online account with Tesco then you should try the code XXJMMM. This will get you a bonus of 100 Clubcard points (240 Avios points) on a grocery spend of £40. This code expires on 22/02/2015.

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Earn up to 10,000 Tesco Clubcard points (24,000 Avios points) each year by recycling printer cartridges

You can receive up to 100 Clubcard points (converts to 240 Avios points) for each printer cartridge that you recycle with Tesco. You are allowed to recycle 100 cartridges each year – so in theory you could earn yourself a cool 10,000 Clubcard points (24,000 Avios points) annually.

To recycle your cartridges you first need to request Tesco recycling envelopes. When they arrive you simply pop your printer cartridge in the envelope, fill in your Clubcard details and put them in the post (postage is paid).

The list of eligible printer cartridges and their points values is here.

Of course, it would be difficult to get hold of 100 printer cartridges to recycle each year. Last year I earned 600 Clubcard points by recycling 6 printer cartridges.

There are other ways of taking advantage of the scheme, however – if you work in an office, are responsible for the printers/photocopiers and have access to cartridges then this is something you should definitely look into. Some people even go as far as buying empty cartridges on eBay just to recycle them. The scheme terms and conditions prohibit this, but I am not sure how it is enforced.

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Earn up to 1,500 Clubcard points (3,600 Avios points) each year with E.ON Rewards

If you are an electricity customer or dual gas and electricity customer with E.ON then you are eligible to take part in the E.ON Rewards Scheme. You can earn up to 1,500 E.ON Rewards points a year, which can then be converted into 1,500 Clubcard points (which can then be converted to 3,600 Avios points!).

To start earning E.ON Rewards points you need to activate your account. You can do this by logging into your E.ON account, ticking the box saying ‘I’d like to collect E.ON Reward Points’ and pressing ‘start now’. If you are an E.ON customer but don’t yet have an online account you can register for one here. Presumably E.ON have made the Rewards scheme ‘opt-in’ to save themselves some money!

E.ON Rewards points expire after two years, so it is best to convert them to Clubcard points regularly. Again, E.ON don’t make it easy for you – there is no automatic conversion facility, so you have to do it manually by logging into your E.ON account.

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