And we’ve got more bad news regarding the Tesco Clubcard changes …..
On Monday Tesco sent an email to some of its members informing them about changes that it had already made to Clubcard redemptions.
Without any notice all Clubcard redemptions were changed to 3 x face value. This means that a small amount of previously 2 x face value are now worth a bit more – we listed them in this article yesterday – but a majority of partners that used to be 4 x face value dropped by 25%.
To put this in context, if you’ve been saving £100-worth of Clubcard vouchers to exchange them for a deal at 4 x face value, you are now only getting £300 of value instead of £400!
Unfortunately the bad news doesn’t end there. A large number of redemption partners are about to be chopped. 57 to be precise.
To give you the chance to make a last minute redemption, I’ve looked at every single Tesco Clubcard redemption partner and made a list of those that have announced that they are leaving the scheme. (Though I think this should have been Tesco’s job and not mine…)
Unfortunately most of these companies are leaving Clubcard on 28th January. This is terrible timing, as the current Clubcard quarter ends on 25th January and you won’t receive your vouchers until early February. This means that you cannot redeem any of the points due to you from the last three months.
Remember that some partners left yesterday with zero notice – figleaves, Spafinder and Treatwell.
Here are the companies where the relevant Clubcard page now states that they are leaving the scheme:
Travel
- Hurtigruten (exchange by 28th January)
- Condor Ferries (exchange by 28th January)
- Verdant Leisure (exchange by 28th January)
- Just Go! Holidays (exchange by 28th January)
- Scottish YHA (exchange by 28th January)
- Bridge the World (exchange by 28th January)
- Select Hotels of Ireland (exchange by 22nd January)
- The Belmond Luxury Train Journeys (exchange by 11th February)
- New Forest Hotels (exchange by 28th January)
- My Taylor-Made Holiday (exchange by 28th January)
- Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway (exchange by 2nd February)
- Cruise & Maritime Voyages (exchange by 28th January)
- Belleair Hollidays (exchange by 28th January)
- Leger Holidays River Cruising (exchange by 28th January)
- Funway USA & Mexico Holidays (exchange by 28th January)
- apartments4you (exchange by 28th January)
- Classic Lodges (exchange by 28th January)
- Leger Holidays (exchange by 28th January)
- Hastings Hotels (exchange by 28th January)
Fun
- HMS Belfast (exchange by 11th February)
- IWM Duxford (exchange by 11th February)
- Viking River Cruise (exchange by 31st January)
- Virgin Balloon Flights (exchange by 31st March)
- Cadw (exchange by 5th February)
- Land Rover Experience (exchange by 4th February)
- RSPB membership (exchange by 4th February)
- Snow Factor (exchange by 4th February)
- Mid Hants Railway Watercress Line (exchange by 4th February)
- Le Boat (exchange by 28th January)
- SeaQuarium Somerset (exchange by 9th February)
- Compton Acres (exchange by 4th February)
- Red Letter Days (exchange by 21st February)
- Everyman Motor Racing (Exchange by 4th February)
- Council for British Archaeology (exchange by 25th January)
- The London Bridge Experience (exchange by 11th February)
- Ascot Racecourse (exchange by 9th February)
- SeaQuarium – Rhyl (exchange by 9th February)
- Everyman Motor Racing Junior (exchange by 4th February)
- Greenmeadow Community Farm (exchange by 3rd February)
- Manchester United Stadium Tours (exchange by 31st January)
- The Llama Park (exchange by 24th January)
- Denby Pottery Visitor Centre (exchange by 29th January)
- Cutty Sark (exchange by 31st January)
- Churchill War Rooms (exchange by 11th February)
- Chiltern Open Air Museum (exchange by 31st January)
- Funky Monkeys Soft Play Cafes (exchange by 4th February)
Lifestyle
- Your Dog Magazine (exchange by 22nd January)
- Your Cat Magazine (exchange by 22nd January)
- OK! Magazine (exchange by 4th February)
Home & Essentials
- Halfords (exchange by 28th January)
- Techniquest (exchange by 3rd February)
- RED Driving School (exchange by 31st January but currently out of stock…
- Pickfords Removal (exchange by 31st January)
Eating Out
- ShakeAway (exchange by 4th February)
- Mowchak Tandoori Restaurant (exchange by 21st February, currently out of stock)
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Ouch. Some handy ones there that are leaving.
That’s odd. In a fb message to me yesterday they told me lots of boost deals were being taken down because of this…
“So much so that we’re looking to move more partners to email fulfilment rather than postal! We’re hoping to have this completed by the end of February and until then we’ve removed some of the partners whilst we help them with the change.”
Could this explain these end dates or do you have this confirmed from Tesco that they are definitely end dates?
Seems pretty final to me. For example, from Just Go! Holidays:
“You can exchange your Clubcard vouchers for this partner until 28th January 2018. Any vouchers you receive must be redeemed within 6 months; the expiry date will be shown clearly on your vouchers. Should you wish to refund your existing vouchers for this product please call customer services on 0808 1000 707.”
Definitely end dates based on what is stated on each partner’s page on the Clubcard site!
Great work Anika. You must have some patience! (P.S. think Le Boat should be under travel).
Thanks for this Anika, a lot of painstaking tedious work obviously went into it. Inside Soap magazine also gone according to my unhappy mum.
“Unfortunately most of these companies are leaving Clubcard on 28th January. This is terrible timing, as the current Clubcard quarter ends on 25th January and you won’t receive your vouchers until early February. This means that you cannot redeem any of the points due to you from the last three months.”
Hum. Was this an ACCIDENT, really, that Tesco has arranged this timing so you can’t redeem using vouchers you have earned and might be waiting for?
Tesco really does not look like a moral decent company over this.