Tesco Credit Card - Existing Customer Offers?

creditcardnewbie · 21 May 2018 at 10:43AM

Hello to you all,

I am wondering if anyone has previous experience of receiving existing customer offers with Tesco Clubcard Credit Card?

I have a £0 balance and I am interested in doing a Money Transfer but I am just off the phone to Customer Services and they advised that the APR for it is 33.2% plus a 3% fee!

I enquired are there any offers or will there be in the future but Customer Services advised "We are not sure when these offers will happen. We are never told by Management if offers are to be pushed out to customers". Although very strange I have heard this before from their Customer Services.

I am thinking of telephoning to close the account in the hope that they may offer a deal to keep me as a customer. Again, has anyone had experience of this?

Many thanks for any help or advice you can offer,

creditcardnewbie :beer:

[Deleted User] · 21 May 2018 at 10:46AM

creditcardnewbie wrote: »

I enquired are there any offers or will there be in the future but Customer Services advised "We are not sure when these offers will happen. We are never told by Management if offers are to be pushed out to customers". Although very strange I have heard this before from their Customer Services.

Not strange. Standard practice.

You'll just need to wait to see if any offers come your way.

Candyapple · 21 May 2018 at 1:11PM

Tesco credit card I find they send me offers once every 6 or 9 months, nothing too ground-breaking usually a balance transfer deal for 18 months with bog standard 3% fee. I’ve held various cards with them for about 10 years now. Threatening to close your account won’t magic up any offers. With Tesco the easiest thing to do is open up a second card (for 0% purchases or 0% BT whichever one suits your need) and then close your old card once you have transferred over the credit limit (assuming you aren’t happy with the credit limit they will give you for the second card). They seem to favour new customers so play them at their own game.

DSmiffy · 21 May 2018 at 1:24PM

I get offers around every 4 months, balance transfer for around 12 months for about 3% fee.
Usually come in a letter through the post.

creditcardnewbie · 21 May 2018 at 1:37PM

Thank you all for your replies. I'll hold on to the card for now in the hope an offer comes along.

It is encouraging to read that they do give out offers every few months.

Thank you for sharing your experiences - it is greatly appreciated.

creditcardnewbie

Yorkshire_Pud · 21 May 2018 at 1:51PM

creditcardnewbie wrote: »

Thank you all for your replies. I'll hold on to the card for now in the hope an offer comes along.

It is encouraging to read that they do give out offers every few months.

Thank you for sharing your experiences - it is greatly appreciated.

creditcardnewbie

I've never had a good offer from Tesco CC whilst holding the card but they do some good offers like a 0% and nil balance transfer fee I took advantage of a few months back. You can hold up to two tesco CC at any one time so better look for a new offer. One thing with tesco though is their minimum payment is £25 a month compared to about £5 from other providers.

Yorkshire_Pud · 21 May 2018 at 2:27PM

Just checked and they do have a 0% nil balance transfer fee card for about 22months. Subject to eligibility of course

As Martin says only use the card for balance transfer and nothing at all on spend!:eek: and make the minimum payment always and pay off or transfer again at the end of 0% period.

Just noticed you said money transfer not balance. Unsure how that works as its basically a loan?

If you close a tesco CC you have to wait two months before applying for another unless you only have the one card at the time.

Trouble with simplicity, it soon becomes complicated!

Tesco Credit Card - Existing Customer Offers?

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