Clubcard Challenges

Organgrinder

Anyone else doing these?

Currently I qualify for 600 points or £6 in vouchers.

If I spend £44 on certain items in the next two weeks, this increases to 2950 points or £29.50 in vouchers.

As I have two easyJet holidays to pay for this means I get £59 off.

I'm sure I could get even more. I haven't actually bought anything I wouldn't normally buy either!!!

Albermarle

Despite being a very regular Tesco customer, spending hundreds of Pounds a month, with Tesco app, clubcard  etc, I had never heard of these challenges.
Apparently they are only offered to selected customers. No idea of the criteria used. 

Organgrinder

Albermarle said:

Despite being a very regular Tesco customer, spending hundreds of Pounds a month, with Tesco app, clubcard  etc, I had never heard of these challenges.
Apparently they are only offered to selected customers. No idea of the criteria used. 

Good lord. Never knew this. I do subscribe to clubcard plus so I wonder if it's that?

Katiehound

I've had the challenge  a couple of times but both times was ill (and don't live near to Mr T so no big shop)= haven't been invited this time

Jimbobdibob

Had the challenge twice. Not a clubcard plus holder, the Mrs is, and has had it 3 times.

Our experience / examples

Spend £58 on Tesco Finest (excludes booze and flowers) to get 700 points.

£36 on flowers to get 540 points.

£6 Surf/Ariel/ Comfort etc. 90 points, £13 get 330 points.

First two unlikely for us, third easy.

Bit hit and miss but anything extra that is free.

@Organgrinder, not checked but may not be usable for Easyjet. Pretty sure points from Christmas saver couldn't be used with 'partners'.

Slight tangent (probably known to you all already but....)

Christmas saver, every year we put £200 each in middle ish October get £212 vouchers back first week ish in November. For the last couple of years Tesco's have said they are bringing closing date for deposits forward but haven't. 

Excellent rate of return 6% interest in a month ish. Tesco's is our main shop.

Organgrinder

dunnm1 said:

Had the challenge twice. Not a clubcard plus holder, the Mrs is, and has had it 3 times.

Our experience / examples

Spend £58 on Tesco Finest (excludes booze and flowers) to get 700 points.

£36 on flowers to get 540 points.

£6 Surf/Ariel/ Comfort etc. 90 points, £13 get 330 points.

First two unlikely for us, third easy.

Bit hit and miss but anything extra that is free.

@Organgrinder, not checked but may not be usable for Easyjet. Pretty sure points from Christmas saver couldn't be used with 'partners'.

Slight tangent (probably known to you all already but....)

Christmas saver, every year we put £200 each in middle ish October get £212 vouchers back first week ish in November. For the last couple of years Tesco's have said they are bringing closing date for deposits forward but haven't. 

Excellent rate of return 6% interest in a month ish. Tesco's is our main shop.

Used my last round on easyJet. Once converted to vouchers I'm pretty certain they are treated as any other. They're not the same as Christmas Saver vouchers as far as I know.

I also used a voucher against an easyJet break for next April. I checked the prices against love holidays and booking it myself and easyJet were competitive. This bagged me another £100 of vouchers and £200 off an existing holiday too. All in all this year I'll have converted my vouchers into £350 off which I'm very happy with.

Tesco is our main shop too. The £8/month fee for clubcard plus is definitely worth it for us. We probably don't get the maximum savings as we tend to do one big shop every week. But we still get £16-£20 off every month. 

molerat

E-mail this morning.  New set of challenges 23 Jun to 3 Aug.  This time it seems to be a bit more tailored to me being based on items I actually do buy.

Organgrinder

I got one too. Made £40 on last challenges. Got £92 off easyJet holiday with my other points. Total this year .... £352!

molerat

Beware if you have a £x off £xx shop coupon as they deduct that amount pro rata per item against the challenge spend.  We have the Lenor / Surf etc challenge and coupled with the buy 5 or more and get 25% off offer spent just over the required £15 but the coupon knocked that down to £13.83.

Organgrinder

Yes, I get 10% off 2 shops with clubcard plus. Exactly the same thing there too.

Organgrinder

Interesting thing on this round of challenges. You can buy a Tesco gift card and earn points. Presumably there's nothing to stop you then using said card to buy other items on the challenge