TESCO shoppers will notice a raft of changes to their Clubcard points starting from this month.
The supermarket giant is reducing the value of points as well as hiking online charges for home delivery.
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The changes start in April – and shoppers may need to take action.
Below we explain all you need to know.
Tesco’s Clubcard was launched in 1995, allowing shoppers to earn points as they shop – which can then be turned into vouchers for money off food or other partner schemes.
Each time you spend £1 in store and online, you get one point when you scan your card or app.
One point equals 1p, so 150 points get you £1.50, for example.
Customers also benefit from the supermarket’s Clubcard Prices – which gives members discounted rates on over 8,000 products.
1. Tesco’s Clubcard app closes in April
Shoppers will no longer be able to use the Clubcard app from April 18.
Customers will need to download a new app – the Tesco Grocery & Clubcard app – in order to keep earning points.
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Alternatively, you can use your physical Clubcard card.
Even if you don’t download the new app by the time the current apps close, you won’t lose any points or coupons.
You’ll just have to log in online to access your account.
It comes as the Tesco Pay+, which let you store your credit or debit card along with Clubcard details, closed on February 27.
2. Hiked online charges from May
The supermarket giant is upping the minimum spend to for home delivery from May 2.
The thresholds will go from a minimum of £40 to £50.
From the same date, the fee for not meeting the minimum spend will rise to £5, up from £4.
Meanwhile, the minimum spend for click & collect will remain at £25 across all stores.
3. Points cut at rewards partners from June
Tesco is reducing the value of Clubcard vouchers spent with reward partners.
Customers can currently exchange and triple the value of these vouchers at various reward partners including Pizza Express and Zizzi.
But from June 14, Clubcard vouchers will only be worth double their value if exchanged at any of Tesco’s 100 reward partners.
The move will mean that their value won’t go as far as it used to on things like family days out at Alton Towers Resort, meals at PizzaExpress, sunny getaways with Hotels.com and much more.
Customers wishing to avoid the points devaluation for as long as possible can do so by ordering partner codes before June 14.
These codes will still be worth the current rate and shoppers will have 12 months from their issue to redeem them.
4. Change to points for fuel from June
Drivers using Clubcards can currently get one point for every £2 of fuel they buy.
From June 14, you will collect one point for every two litres instead.
The current average cost of a litre of unleaded in the UK is 146.40p as of April 3, according to the RAC, so two litres cost almost £2.93.
That means the majority of people will be getting less Clubcard value from buying fuel.
The change excludes Esso filling stations with a Tesco Express store.
For Tesco Bank customers, the number of points you collect will also depend on whether you use your card to collect points for fuel, to pay for fuel, or both.
5. Free roaming extension for Tesco Mobile users
Tesco Mobile users will be able to roam for free in 48 European and worldwide countries until the end of 2023.
The provider had originally planned to ditch the Roam like at Home package in May.
It means that customers will be able to use their mobile phone data, make calls and send texts in dozens of countries without any hidden charges.
Customers will still be charged extra for data roaming outside these countries.
Meanwhile, you will be charged if you go over your usual UK contracted limit.
You can set up a “safety buffer” though, which caps the limit you can spend on data to make you don’t use too much money.
Read more on which countries apply in our guide.
Tesco Mobile said it will confirm what will happen for customers in 2024 at a later date.
In other loyalty card news, Sainsbury’s made a change to its Nectar card scheme in November.
Plus, we reveal the best and worst supermarket loyalty schemes.
