Clubcash (Tesco Clubcard)

Member Name: radish

Product:	Tesco Clubcard
Date:	06/09/08 (45 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Free money!

Disadvantages: How can it not be worth doing?

The Tesco Clubcard scheme is great. I have been a part of it since first moving out of home to university where there was a huge Tesco store right next to my halls of residence! Back in those days I didn't collect many points, but now it is very worthwhile.

Once you have applied you recieve a card and 2 key fobs which can be used in store and at petrol stations. The key fobs are really handy as they can be scanned quickly, great if you are using self-service tills.

For every complete pound you spend, you get 1 point. 100 points = £1, 1000 points = £10, and so on. Every quarter you then recieve vouchers according to the number of points you have earned. As well as these vouchers, you also receive other money off or bonus points vouchers, which tend to be related to products you normally buy.

Our local supermarket is a Tesco, so we shop there weekly for food as well as petrol (as it's the cheapest petrol around). This means we accrue more points than I like to admit to. We also have a Tesco Credit Card, I have no idea what the interest rate is for it as we pay it off in full every month, but it means we earn Clubcard points on absolutely everything we buy with it. The bill is well over £1000 a month so this leads to a lot of points altogether!

You can use the coupons towards your weekly shop, or exchange them for 'Deals' which make them worth 4 times as much. Examples of Deals we have used include magazine subscriptions, RAC membership, airport parking and hotel vouchers. The website lists all the Deals available (they change over time) and you get a booklet with your quarterly vouchers too.

We are also members of some of the clubs Tesco offer- the baby club, giving us a regular magazine and appropriate money off vouchers, and the wine club which we have used to get some great bargains on wine.

If you do your regular shopping in Tesco, this is a wonderful scheme that gives you either money off your shopping or allows to to have a few treats. The only slight complaint I would have is that the Deals available aren't quite as good as they used to be, but we still manage to find plenty to spend our vouchers on!

Summary: A great loyalty scheme