Nectar Card

Nectar is the loyalty card for Sainsbury's, BP and Homebase combined (think they also accept it in for Debenhams as well). You get 2 points for every full £1 you spend, which is quite poor when you consider that it's half what you get with a Boots Advantage Card. You have to save the points up and then you can claim money off vouchers - you need 500 points for every £2.50 voucher so you could say that every point you earn is worth 0.5 pence. This is really not great, but the way I see it is that if you're shopping in Sainsbury's anyway, which lots of us do, then why not take advantage of their reward scheme? The vouchers available can vary, although they ...  Read the complete review

American Express? That defintely won't do nicely. It's a credit card that in my experience is universally rejected almost everywhere, in countries all around the globe. Admittedly, I most often try using mine at shops and hotels and payment and point and so on in England - "You don't by any chance accept American Express cards, do you?" I'll say, and then the person operating the till I'm trying to pay for goods or services at more often than not will look at me as if I've just said something horribly rude to them, before replying: "American Express? We most certainly do NOT," but I've taken it abroad on ...  Read the complete review

Everyone in the UK should have a nectar card. Nowadays it is so easy to knock up points on your nectar card and what some people dont know is that you can get money off your shopping at sainsburys using your points at argos even accept them at a rate of 500 points for £2.50 off your shopping. One of the easiest ways to get points is on your food shopping at sainsburys where you get 2 points for £1 and sometimes they even do triple points promotions. You can also gain points from online shops like amazon, ebay, mother care, dell, dixons, early learning centre, currys, dorothy perkins, new look and the list goes on. Expedia.co.uk will also ...  Read the complete review

The nectar card is the loyalty card associated with Sainsbury's, however it has since branched out and is affiliated with many companies which allows for maximum point collecting! Let's start with the basics, you get 2 points per pound spent at Sainsburys or 1 point per litre of petrol bought at the Sainsbury's petrol garage. Each point accumulated is worth half a penny, so you need 2 points to equal 1 pence. If you redeem your points in store at Sainbury's then you will need minimum 500 points for £2.50 off o your shopping. Points need to be redeemed in increments of 500. Points can also be collected in other stores, for example Dolland and ...  Read the complete review

This isn't my favourite loyalty card although things do seem to be improving with it and there are other benefits apart from the points, for example I started receiving a really good baby and toddler food-type magazine through the post based on my shopping habits. I always feel slightly conned that I have to have 200 points to be worth £1, I know that I do get 2 points per £1 spent rather than 1, but its just a psychological thing, it makes me feel hard done by. I also don't think that bonus points are as easy to pick up as with other loyalty cards, although they have started emailing me some good deals for using the nectar card at other stores so they are ...  Read the complete review