Tesco has listened to its outraged members and announced a grace period before the devaluation of its Clubcard Boost redemption partners is final.
On Monday, Tesco announced changes to their Clubcard redemptions with no notice whatsoever.
All redemption partners that were previously 2 x or 4 x face value were to change to 3 x face value. This was good news for everyone who uses their Clubcard vouchers for APH Airport Parking, National Express / Eurolines, Megabus, redspottedhanky.com, Denby or Evans Cycles but bad news for pretty much everyone else.
Putting these changes in place without any notice was simply unfair and resulted in members taking their frustration to Twitter and the media picking up the news. Shopper Points was mentioned in over 50 articles online including The Guardian, The Times, Sky News, BBC News, The Mirror and The Sun. We were mentioned on Radio 4’s ‘You and Yours’ yesterday and I even had to give my first ever radio interview on 5 Live’s drivetime show on Tuesday …….
Luckily Tesco has come to its senses and decided to postpone the changes for another five months.
What this means is that you can wait for your new Clubcard vouchers to arrive in February – and potentially even May – and then spend them at 4 x face value as usual.
As good as this news is there are still 57 Tesco Clubcard partners which are about to leave the scheme.
So, before you cheer up too much about the reversal, take a look at this full list of companies leaving the Clubcard scheme, including the last day to exchange your points:
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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Hi Anika
I note that the BBC Channel Islands news stream reported this yesterday:
15:52 17 Jan
Condor Ferries ‘disappointed’ at being dropped by Tesco Clubcard
Condor Ferries has said it will offer discounted crossings to Tesco Clubcard holders, following the supermarket’s decision to drop the carrier as a partner on its loyalty card scheme.
Shoppers collect points for money spent with the supermarket giant and these then become vouchers which can be used for things including Condor Ferry crossings to the Channel Islands.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-jersey-42668569
Megabus is still 2x and should be 3x now
Redspottedhanky has reverted to 2x until June
Any reason given for this? I thought Tesco said they would leave those which had gone from 2x to 3x with immediate effect.
Now seems the right time for everyone to revisit their shopping loyalties. For some time my wife and I have gone straight to Tesco without shopping around merely to enjoy the restaurant 4X boost offers later. With an effective 25% reduction in their value, the sums become less convincing so we shall abandon our steadfast past loyalty.