Loyalty Cards

AreWeThereYet

The main thing I've noticed with M&S is that they give us discounts on things we've just bought and probably won't buy again for some time 😄 I can't say I've ever considered M&S to have inflated prices to be honest - their quality and fit isn't as good as it used to be but still better than most high street stores so I don't mind paying a bit more.

We don't spend enough at Sainsbury to get masses of Nectar points but the Nectar card discounts are sometimes good.

I thought it was my imagination that I always get M&S discounts just after I've bought said item. It must be a trick to make us think they give us lots of discounts when in reality they are of no use.

My brother has a Nectar card and swears he saves masses. I too have a card but don't shop there due to distance. Apparently his wife can buy all the necessary Christmas food as gifts using Nectar points. At the 1/2p per £1.00 spend reward I reckon he will need to spend £20000 to earn £100 in points. The household consists of two 80 year olds. Miserly Christmas me thinks or his wife is telling a few porkies!

I use the points from my M&S card to buy anything in the shop. Nectar give me 5p off a litre of petrol when I have 300, which I soon build up when buying petrol from Esso.

Tescos I like , sainsburys takes ages, I actually love my nails card I soon fill that up and my hairdressing card

The Boots card is my bete noir at the moment. I can't pay for online orders with points unless my basket total is on or under the points I've collected (I can't pay partly with points, partly with a credit/debit card, heaven knows why unless it's an attempt to stop customers redeeming points they've been collecting in good faith). What's worse, I recently I received a notification saying if I don't use my points soon I'll have to forfeit them. I didn't care much about collecting points in the first place - I have to buy what I have to buy - but it's the principle of the thing. We all know that businesses fleece us wherever they can but this is rubbing salt into the wound.

I like Tesco ( quite a lot of reductions when used ) and Boots ( those points accrued add up quickly then I get something free ).

I do all my shopping online at Tesco, the money off items plus the vouchers,saves quite a lot..

4allweknow

My brother has a Nectar card and swears he saves masses. I too have a card but don't shop there due to distance. Apparently his wife can buy all the necessary Christmas food as gifts using Nectar points. At the 1/2p per £1.00 spend reward I reckon he will need to spend £20000 to earn £100 in points. The household consists of two 80 year olds. Miserly Christmas me thinks or his wife is telling a few porkies!

I have a myWaitrose card, and also a John Lewis credit card that gives vouchers for spending, and spending in Waitrose and John Lewis gets double points.

I do almost all my food shopping in Waitrose and since COVID I have also shopped for a friend. The value of a year's vouchers, which I save up and use to pay, partly, for my Christmas week shopping, is generally between £50-£90, usually around £70. This voucher amount, is based on all the expenditure on my JL card, not just my Waitrose expenditure. We too are a household of 2 80 year olds.

So, 4allweknow I think your brother is exagerating - although Nectar cards can be used in a huge number of outlets of all kinds and petrol stations, does he run a gas guzzling car and do a lot of driving?

I use the Tesco Clubcard, Boots Advantage and Waitrose cards. I find the TopCashback site very good for online shopping, you have to remember to log into it before you make a purchase. The cash really mounts up and you can take it out as, eg M&S vouchers.

theworriedwell

jocork

I recently chose to pay at a cashier in Tesco as I had some alcohol so knew I'd be held up at the self service. The person in front had a huge trolley full and didn't have a loyalty card and the assistant asked if I had one and would I like the points. I got nearly £2 worth! I'm guessing they aren't really supposed to do that but it was a nice bonus for me!
In Sainsburys I was once given a free bag of potatoes as the person in front didn't want her bogof but the cashier said I could have them. Perhaps I look as if I'm struggling!

Recently a woman asked if id use my nectar card for her shop. I think I looked a bit confused and said she'd get the nectar prices and I'd get the points. Not sure if it's allowed but as we were as the self service checkout we did it

Be careful with letting someone scan your Nectar card to get the discounts and you get the points. I did it a while back for someone, and thought to myself afterwards that if they had been dodgy they could have redeemed the Nectar points I had saved when they went to pay.

They didn't, it was fine and maybe I have a suspicious mind but it is something to be aware of.

Mogsmaw

posset

Gwyllt

Husband like the Lidl card.
Apparently he gets a free bakery item every so often
I only see the bag and crumbs in the car.

I shop a lot at Lidl and find them pretty good value on the whole - however the loyalty card is a waste of time, there is money off all sorts of rubbishy unhealthy treats!

Rubbishy unhealthy treats?
Today my coupons are for tea/coffee, Nescafé, limes, chillies, spinach, and lettuce.
Also money off a heated airer and a steam cleaner.
Lidl is the only supermarket I can access on foot and not 2 busses so I use it all the time. I get discounts on things I buy and often qualify for 10% off an entire shop.
I don’t feel they are inflating prices for “non-loyal” customers to offer discounts to some.
This seems like a good deal to me.

The only decent money-off coupon at my local Lidl is frozen broccoli,oatcakes and black grapes. The rest are, to name but a few, french fries, pizza, sausage rolls, breaded chicken kievs, tinned soups, toffee filled yum yum (???) etc.
They have good deals on the fresh veg each week, but they are not related to the loyalty app.

I got the voucher for spending a certain amount this month, can't remember if it was £49 or £50 and the voucher was for fresh veg lots of choice broccoli potatoes tomatoes etc. Nice healthy choice I thought although the first voucher, for £20 spend, was for a cake so less healthy choice.

Should have said the above was on the Lidl app

oodles

What I don't like is dual pricing, I had to share my cards with my daughter when that came in
I do like my coffee from Waitrose though, id not go just for that but if I'm nearby and I pop in I will get one

When my DD came to live with me she gave me her plastic card as she has hers on her phone. She got different offers to me so she sent me the details each week and I could buy things on offer using her card. It did mean I had to pay for the 2 lots of items seperately though but it was sometimes worth it. I still have her card but no longer know what her offers are so don't use it.

I buy from Sainsbury’s but online. I get the Nectar offers but it stopped showing your points when you come to the check out. So several times I have linked my card to my account. Usually the points appear but then disappear. I believe from what I have read it is a security strategy. Annoying.

Why would someone have to share her daughter’s card to get points? Cards are available to anyone who wants them, but are not compulsory. If people want the benefits they can have cards of their own, and if they feel that the benefits are outweighed by disadvantages they needn’t get one. Am I missing something?

This post makes me feel better. I was mortified not using my loyalty card with M&S (which I might have lost already) for big discounts I could probably avail of. Not anymore. Loyalty cards for me are Morrisons More card and Sainsbury's Nectar card , very useful for groceries and petrol discounts.