WHsmith - to be or not to be loyal... (WHSmith Clubcard)

Member Name: sukey113

Product:	WHSmith Clubcard
Date:	19/10/01 (223 review reads)
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Advantages: eventually get free stuff.

Disadvantages: another piece of plastic to fill your purse/wallet

I have a WHSmith card which I have loyally been carrying around and using for years.

It is worth having as you will eventually get points on it. However, you cannot get points for buying stamps or phone top up cards, which I always seem to buy at WHSmiths. Also, you need to spend over £1 or they won't give you any points, so every paper I buy gets me nothing in points.

When you do spend over £1 you get one point for every 10p spent. So, that's 10 points for every pound spent.

Here is a guide to how many points you need to save some money...
Collect Save
250 pts 50p
500 pts £1.00
750 pts £1.50
1,000 pts £2.00
1,500 pts £3.50
2,000 pts £4.00
2,500 pts £5.00
5,000 pts £10.00
10,000 pts £20.00

Therefore, you do need to spend a hell of a lot of money to get any reward.

I have been investigating and it seems you do not get awarded points and cannot redeem points against, purchases of gift vouchers, charity products, stamps, National Lottery products, phonecards, book tokens, theatre tokens, tobacco, cigarettes and certain other goods that may be notified from time to time.

WHSmith stores at airports and stations are unable to redeem Clubcard points, although points can be earned in these stores.

WHSmith.co.uk is also unable to redeem Clubcard points, although points can be earned online.

Signing up for Clubcard is easy...

*You can join over the phone - just call the Clubcard Helpline on 01793 451222
Or else you can pick up an application leaflet from any of our stores.

Oh well, it is better than nothing but certainly not the best reward scheme around.

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