Query: Curve and Loyalty Cards

blue.peter

This morning, I've signed up for a Curve card. So far, so good, but I'm a bit unclear about the benefit of adding loyalty cards to my Curve account. Curve is encouraging me to do this, and says that if I do, I can leave my loyalty card at home. Adding loyalty cards is certainly easy. That's great, but how does it work in the shop?

Say I add a Nectar card. Do I then have to get my phone out at the Sainsbury's checkout and use that in some way instead of using my Nectar card, or does Curve automatically communicate with Nectar in some way and tell it "Peter's spent £30 in Sainsbury's, please give him his points"? If the former, it's pointless for me; if the latter, it's useful.

[Deleted User]

I would hazard a guess if it's anything like the nectar app, it has a barcode you can scan with the hand scanners or at the tills. You can take a photo of the card and that will scan fine though

dr_adidas01

blue.peter said:

This morning, I've signed up for a Curve card. So far, so good, but I'm a bit unclear about the benefit of adding loyalty cards to my Curve account. Curve is encouraging me to do this, and says that if I do, I can leave my loyalty card at home. Adding loyalty cards is certainly easy. That's great, but how does it work in the shop?

Say I add a Nectar card. Do I then have to get my phone out at the Sainsbury's checkout and use that in some way instead of using my Nectar card, or does Curve automatically communicate with Nectar in some way and tell it "Peter's spent £30 in Sainsbury's, please give him his points"? If the former, it's pointless for me; if the latter, it's useful.

It has a barcode that you scan at checkout just like you do with your physical nectar card.

I've got most of my loyalty cards scanned in via the app, which is useful as I don't have to carry them all with me.

blue.peter

dr_adidas01 said:

It has a barcode that you scan at checkout just like you do with your physical nectar card.

Thanks. Doesn't help me, then. I'm more likely to have the card with me than my phone.

trient

NatWest Group (so RBS, Ulster too) have had this feature in their respective apps for quite a while. I personally don't get the point, there are better dedicated apps (e.g. Stocard).

Goes in line with other similar "features" like checking your credit score or switching services.