Points Means Prizes. (Boots Advantage Card)

Member Name: OhLala-17

Product:	Boots Advantage Card
Date:	07/01/09 (37 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Generous!

Disadvantages: /

This is one of the most generous loyalty cards on the high street with 4 points per every £ pound spent.

~ What Is It & How To Use It ~
It is a white credit card type card with Boots written on the front and your name on the bottom.
How to use it? When you go to pay just hand your boots card over & the cashier will pop it into the card machine, when you spend over £ one pound or over it will give you points. When you get say 550 points this is the same as £5.50 so you can buy anything from Boots £5.50 or under... Please not you cannot Part Pay!!
You can save your points (as they don't expire) and buy yourself something expensive or loads of bits of bobs. You can buy anything with your points except Baby Formula Milk Under 6 Months, Dispensery Items and this is all i know of.

~ Extras ~
When you sign up to the Boots Advantage Card every now & then you will get vouchers though the post. These can be, double points, 100 extra points when you buy a certain product, £2.50 off a certain product, things like that, make sure you have your Boots card on you when you want to use the vouchers!!
You can also sign up to the Health Club which means you get half price off some Boots products, other money off/ points vouchers and if your over 60 then you get a further 10% off most Boots items.
Baby Club, if you have a child under 2 or are expecting then you can sign up to the baby club, you will get vouchers through the post for baby products, such as buy 3 jars of baby food & get 1 free, extra points on nappies, £1 off wipes. A mum-to-be pack & when your baby is born a baby pack these contain information leaflets, things for you & baby. You will also get a voucher for a free changing bag (you have to buy a pack of pampers newborn nappies to get the changing bag though), i have seen many people out with these changing bags and they look nice.
It doesn't cost you anything to sign up to the advantage card or the health club / baby club.

~ How To Get One? ~
Simply go into a Boots store either near the till or somewhere you will be able to pick up a leaflet. You can fill it in there and then & get the Boots staff to post it for you, or you can take it home & fill it in (freepost) there is a tempory card which you can use until you get your card through the post (takes 2-4 weeks)
Or you can sign up via their website.

~ Lost Card, Forgot My Card? ~
If you loose your card ring up the advantage card people (number online or on the back of a recipt) or if you have forgot your card while out shopping tell the cashier you have forgotten your card & they will validate it your recipt, which means you then can take your boots card & recipt back to the shop & get your points put on (you only have 45 days to do this)

~ Shopping Online ~
You still get your points for shopping online, when you go to pay you will have to type your advantage card number in. To collect your points you have to go to a pink machine (found in the bigger Boots stores) and that will update your points! On these machines you can find out what offers are on and you can update your information if you have moved house or something.
On the Boots website they have many offers for points aswell. They have the in-store points offers and exclusive online ones too.

Every so often Boots have items with a points offer such as 100 extra points when you buy...
Or when you spend £50 get 1000 points or £30 pounds get 500 points.
At the moment if you spend £20 on baby items you get triple points!
So it's a good card to have even if you don't shop in Boots that often!!
I shop in Boots a fair bit and have now got around £32.00 on my advantage card, they add up really quickly! I have brought a few things on my card too, which has been really easy and quick.
I get my mobile phone top up in Boots because you get the advantage card points aswell, so for every £10 you get 40 points which is good.
5* Card, Points Mean Prizes =)

Summary: Useful Little Card!