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I think it would be better if Energy Companies reduced the number of payment packages they have, surely everyone wants to be on the lowest so why have the dearer ones? The schemes are often complicated to understand and penalise people without computers, often the poorer people and elderly people who need all the help they can get.
By the time you get the £10 off from Eon, prices will have gone up so you wont even notice!

- What do you think about loyalty reward schemes generally?
I love them. I am a real sucker for them. I save my Boots Advantage points all year and then use them to buy Christmas presents.

- What do you think about E.ON rewards? Would you prefer money off your bill or Tesco points?
I used to be with E.ON until, using Uswitch, I found what I considered a better deal. I used to get Tesco points and found them really useful. However, Tesco used to allow their points to accrue to general money off coupons (e.g. £5 off irrespective of what you purchase). Now they seem to produce more coupons targeted at products I have purchased in the past and I don't find these so useful. I'd prefer a loyalty scheme that gave me the freedom to purchase whatever took my fancy and to accrue larger amounts to take advantage of offers such as the one cited by janthea above, i.e. Eurostar tickets.

To be honest, I don't really think that reward schemes are that good. I have a Boots Advantage card which is useful. I also have a Nectar card. I don't get a lot of points on that, BUT as I'm with British Gas and have dual fuel I do get Nectar points. After a long time, I had enough for a couple of cheap Eurostar tickets.

I wouldn't be interested in changing to EON as I'm happy with British Gas for the time being.

I would be wary of this one. The wait for "rewards" is long and much more research on ALL the other providers would be needed before switching. One needs to be aware that this one is excluding the VAT; some providers produce rates with that included. I would not readily change to this one in the hope that they would always undercut my present provider, but they don't promise that! And often your "rewards" - Clubcards or Loyalty cards are the company finding out exactly what you purchase! I checked their "deal" and it isn't "better for me."

I'm not sure that it's a good idea to be on Economy 7 unless you do lots of washing and tunble drying in the night, as the daytime rate is higher. Several people I know have found themselves much better off by moving away from Economy 7 [you don't have to change your meter to do so]. N Power give me £100 back each year so I'd stay with them [even if they don't pay their taxes]. I'm interested in what the new Co op Energy scheme offers though.

I love rewards schemes. All too often in today's quick-moving, throwaway society, consumers are quick to jump to wherever has the best deal this minute and then moan when a favoured company goes out of business, even if they haven't bought from them for ages. Reward schemes are a great way of giving back to those loyal customers who stick with a company and support it long-term because they believe in its product/ethos/whatever.

The E.ON rewards scheme looks good. I especially like that it is a fixed reward based on the length of time a consumer has been loyal to the company, and not based on how much is spent - this makes it truly about consumer loyalty and not about rewarding those who can afford the biggest spend. It is a great idea to offer consumers the choice of a cash discount or Tesco Clubcard points. This means those who struggle and need an immediate discount can opt for that. Those who choose Tesco points will be able to use them for special deals, like the 4 times amount for restaurants/days out etc, or the double points option at certain times of year.

Too many companies offer better deals only to new customers - it is nice to hear of a large company rewarding loyal customers for a change.

I am tied into my gas and electric supplier for a while, so cannot enter in another duel fuel agreement yet, but even if I joined then, I would still have to wait a year, to get anything back from E.ON and in that time they might change their minds and cancel it all. No doubt all fuel suppliers will be jumping on the same idea, and it will spread from one to another in the meantime. I await to see what happens in the near future as most of them are so similar anyway!

My husband deals with our utility suppliers and when he's considering a change he always discusses it with me before going a head. He is very thorough in his research and we have just changed supplier - to Ecotricity. We prefer to pay a little extra for a company that is ethical.

Loyalty schemes are there to suck you in and make you stay with a supplier, thus blinding you to potential better deals elsewhere. The fact is that one needs to stay alert to what one is paying for energy and be ready to shop around regularly to see if one can get a better deal. It infuriates me that there are so many schemes making it difficult to compare, incidentally. And actually, the so called rewards offered by Eon aren't that great. It's quite possible that there might be a supplier out there who could give you greater savings.
And usually with loyalty schemes the greatest benefits go to the greatest spenders. I would imagine that as far as energy is concerned, the people who have the most difficulty in affording their bills are the elderly,on limited incomes and with a significant percentage living on their own. Hence they will spend less, and get rewarded less.

Hmm, well something most energy companies do is charge more to people who use slot meters for their energy supplies. These people are nearly all poorer than most of us. Is this justice?
So when I discovered Ebico, who have deliberately set out to act with justice towards the poor by having a single tariff for everyone, I switched to them. Unless Eon also act justly towards poorer people, I'm not interested in their offers.
I do have interesting conversations with the salespeople from my previous provider who ring up periodically to try to woo me back. I don't think they 'get it', but I do take the time to explain why they don't stand a chance with me and eventually they give up on the conversation. But they still keep calling! Ah well.

Quite a lot of reading to take in - yes it does cover Economy 7 - which is our tariff and we do not have gas.

There is a lot of talk about £10 for this, and that - not a very big incentive to moving supplier if one is able to understand all the boxes, bearing in mind that the deal is aimed at the over 60's - I know we are supposed to be the age of the 'grey surfer' but many folk of that age will not be internet savvy so cannot benefit from on-line billing anyway.

Yes I do use Rewards - Tesco mainly for petrol, and Boots, plus a local garden centre - but would much prefer to have my fuel bill reduced than receive Tesco rewards (bearing in mind that I have now almost totally forsaken Tesco for Aldi for grocery shopping)

On having looked through the information, I would not find it worth my while to switch, and would save much more through my current supplier of dual fuel so not really that appealing to me!

I generally like loyalty schemes, I have Tesco clubcard as save points throughout the year and generally double them up near Christmas to help out with a few more bits and pieces.

I also have a Boots advantage card, and again collect points throughout the year, especially when having mega points events to either buy some more presents at Christmas or use in the Boots post Christmas sale for presents for following year or some goodies for the family.

I have nectar card, but feel is poor value, so rarely use.

I also have a Costa coffee card and Subway card, and use the accumulated points for when we are on holiday to save some money for other holiday spending.

I found it far too difficult to understand. And as I am happy with my current supplier, I see no good reason to change .

After a brief foray, I would say that it is not worth swapping over for me, as we have no gas so would only receive about £10 in rewards or Tesco vouchers, and our current supplier is cheaper anyway.
They seem to be trying to tempt people away from Economy7, which many older people rely on.
If you take their AgeUK plan for over 60s, you can only have the rewards, not the Tesco vouchers.
The site is not all that easy to plough your way through.

I like rewards schemes, but prefer to take Tesco vouchers currently. However, if I were really broke I would probably rather have the money off. If I were that broke, would I have a computer to be able to find out about it and research it thoroughly?

I shop around, and use vouchers in the way that I will get maximum value, so we eat out for family meals regularly, as restaurant vouchers with Tesco give you four times the value of a voucher. We shall also use some this year to pay towards a ferry crossing. I sometimes give my daughter some towards trips to Legoland for my grandchildren.

With Sainsbury's vouchers, I kit out my husband and son with t-shirts and underwear.

The Boots scheme means being able to buy three gifts at Christmas for the price of two.

Garden centre voucher schemes bring the odd free cup of coffee or even lunch, with reduced prices on plants. Cafe Nero regulars also get the odd cup of coffee free.

Yes, of course it would be nice if all the prices were generally lower instead of the rewards schemes, but life wouldn't be such fun. I like to think of it as a way of ensuring that we get a few extra luxuries that otherwise we might deny ourselves.