Tesco CC & petrol points

Scrounger

Hi gwapenut, I too have had problems with this.

That online generator works OK for standard clubcards numbers but not for cc clubcard numbers (which, as you say, are 2 digits shorter).

I've found out that the barcode protocol is: 'code 128' and the standard clubcard the barcode format has a prefix of 979 followed by the last 13 digits of the card number, eg:

979xxxxxxxxxxxxx

However, I have been unable to discover the correct prefix for the shorter cc number (made more difficult there being no existing barcode to scan in order to read that prefix). It could be as simple as 00979 or 97900 or there could be a checksum involved.

I would still like to solve this problem so have not given up (I've even thought about asking Tesco themselves :rotfl:).

Scrounger

planteria

Scrounger wrote: »

Yes it does ...
Mine expired last October (cc account closed) and is still working for points :beer:
Scrounger

mine too now, Scrounger. my closed Tesco Creditcard is the card i use as a Clubcard nowadays. i 'paid by pump' last night, unusually-as the kiosk was closed, and still generated 1ccp/£ spent.

Scrounger

Still working here too for 1 point per £1 on Tesco fuel.
Recommended :beer:
Scrounger

planteria

i thought the word around the campfire was that it needed to be 'in kiosk' though:undecided

Scrounger

Yes it was, so its good to know that anomaly has been resolved.

I usually use the kiosk as there are often reduced price groceries on an evening (eg milk and bread).

Scrounger

planteria

i go in out of habit.. and never buy anything in the shop.

the anomoly is that a creditcard pays twice the points that a normal clubcard does though, is that right? i quite like the fact that i know they can't mess it up & try to take the payment from the wrong card now;)

PeacefulWaters

planteria wrote: »

the anomoly is that a creditcard pays twice the points that a normal clubcard does though, is that right?

Yes. It's right.

Probably worth 1,000 points a year to me which is enough Avios points to get me halfway to Prague.

planteria

good work, and are you using a 'live' Tesco Creditcard as a Clubcard but paying on a different Creditcard?

PeacefulWaters

planteria wrote: »

good work, and are you using a 'live' Tesco Creditcard as a Clubcard but paying on a different Creditcard?

Yes. And the receipt confirms 1 point per £1 these days. Unlike earlier in the thread. Even using pay at pump.

planteria

concurred. never has an unusable creditcard been so precious.