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Great Hunt: What are the most useful loyalty cards?
Former_MSE_Sam_M
Posts: 346 Forumite
Loyalty cards: tell us which you carry around with you
Whether Nectar, Tesco Clubcard or one for your local coffee shop, how many loyalty cards do you have?
Which do you use the most and which aren't worth the paper (or plastic) they're printed on?
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I use my clubcard for fuel at tesco, food shopping at tesco and fuel at esso garages. I find it to be the best value for money and actually provides me things I can really use/buy with the vouchers, plus the trade-in schemes are great and I still find random things (such as car tyres) that give me clubcard points too adding to the savings from shopping around.
I also use my nectar card for fuel at BP and if I ever happen to purchase anything on eBay or in Sainsburys. The recent de-value means I definitely do not favour my nectar card anymore.
My boots card is also in my purse but I don't really use it much anymore as my new Money saving lifestyle means I don't frivolously buy makeup etc. in boots anymore making it virtually worthless!0 -
I have: Tesco Clubcard, Nectar, Superdrug Beautycard and Boots Advantage Card.
At the minute my Nectar is probably the most useful. The de-value at Sainsbury's is disappointing but as my nearest Tesco is an express, it doesn't get used that much. Tesco also haven't sent me any extra points coupons in a while, whereas I've had some useful ones from Sainsbury's. Amazon seems to have become uncompetitive so I find I'm using eBay more for things like printer ink, paper books etc.
Boots is better on paper at 4 points per pound but I often find their prices uncompetitive and as a result, only shop there once or twice a year. To redeem points, you also have to have the full value of your purchase in points, making it inflexible.
Superdrug are no longer close by for me but as they're doing free delivery for beautycard holders, I use them more than I do Boots. I've just stocked up while they had triple points on haircare.0 -
M&S credit card is the most useful. We pay for everything on it and get a point for every £ at M&S + a point for every £2 elsewhere. We are buying the things anyway (weekly shop, petrol, etc) so the points are a bonus. I use my Boots Seniors card for all toiletries, buying Boots' own brands where possible. The points earned over the year help with Christmas presents. I use the Superdrug card but the rewards are pathetic! We earn Nectar points on British Gas boiler service and eBay purchases and convert these to spend on eBay.0
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None are worth it. I accumulate about £2-3/year on Nectar and on Mr T's. Then it's a LOT of hassle redeeming it. I did finally get £1.50 in vouchers the other week at Mr T, then (determined not to "lose out/forget") I had to drive a 12 mile round trip to spend it.
It costs them more to provide/administer the system than I get.
I simply don't spend enough money for these magical points/prizes to ever exist.0 -
I have loads and use them all: M&S credit card (paid off monthly, obviously...) gets me vouchers to spend on Christmas presents or 2 for £10 dine-ins for a treat; Nectar points got me a ticket on Eurostar; Superdrug and Boots are used only when 'Mysupermarket' tells me they have the best deals on toiletries but the points are useful for girly presents; Costa / Caffe Nero cards can be handed over to impecunious DS or DD if they need a treat. Co-op and Tesco are used less often because they're further away, but any vouchers earned (eventually) are given to sister who shops there regularly.
I must admit to getting a feeling of (smug?!) satisfaction when reaping the benefits from these cards, even if they do mean my purse is bursting apart at the seams...0 -
I use none because I hate my purse being filled up with stupid useless cards that are more of a pain than they are worth.
The reason the supermarkets started these was too find out more information about us and that is another reason why I don't use them.0 -
I gave up using my Nectar card in 2003. For three years I had been driving 50,000 miles a year, and every other day I used to fill up with (then) £45s worth of diesel. My points collection was obviously massive. Then one day my Nectarcard statement came through and virtually all the points had gone. There had been a load of expensive purchases using my points by somebody in Hemel Hemstead, a washing machine, TV etc.. Neither I nor my wife even knew exactly where Hemel Hemstead was, and we'd certainly never been there - we lived in Devon at the time. I took it up with Nectar and got nowhere - they swore blind it was impossible, and suggested somebody else had used my second card (which was nonsense - my wife had it). So after three years of building up a massive number of points, I lost the lot. I've never used Nectar since.0
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I carry ALL my loyalty cars (in a special wallet) but the one I actually USE the most is B & Q - with Tesco a close second!0
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Lidl card, I get £5 off every time I spend £25
Bonus being that I didn't have to register it so they don't even know who I am
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My Waitrose is the only one worth bothering with as I get money off what I've chosen, decent offers (sometimes) and a free coffee and newspaper for getting things I was going to buy anyway. I also have Tesco and Nectar card but only because I buy a lot of fuel either at Sainsbury or Tesco otherwise I'd not bother with these. My pet hate is Tesco coupons!0
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