Nectar cardholders can get a point boost with the ‘Thanks a Million’ event this October.
Nectar is offering cardholders the chance to win extra points throughout October with its ‘Thanks a Million’ event.
From now until 31st October Nectar will give cardholders various opportunities to win between 50 and one million points when they shop at selected partners.
October Nectar points bonanza
There's the chance to win instant prizes of up to one million Nectar points when spending with Sainsbury’s (17th-19th October), BP (until 27th October), Homebase (17th -24th October) and FirstGroup (throughout October).
On top of these opportunities to boost points cardholders will also be entered into a prize draw with the chance to win up to one million Nectar points when they spend with Virgin Trains, Hertz and American Express (throughout October) and eBay (until 9th October).
Plus there will be a daily ‘hide and tweet’ competition to enter for the chance to bag 1,000 Nectar points, with all those taking part entered into a prize draw for a bumper 10,000 points.
There’s even a whopping 82,000 points on offer for cardholders that buy a new boiler with British Gas before 30th October.
Nectar cardholders can get rewards online when they visit the Thanks a Million microsite.
What are Nectar points worth?
Nectar points can be exchanged for a variety of rewards.
You can use them to get money off treats, flights, day trips, restaurants, holidays and shopping through the scheme’s many partners.
Points are normally worth about 0.5p each, so every 500 points is equivalent to £2.50.
However, some partners offer boosted rewards. For example right now 500 points can be exchanged for £3.75 to spend at Pizza Express or £5 at Thorpe Park.
Other ways to boost Nectar points
As well as shopping through selected partners in store and online and taking advantage of point boosting events, you can also use a credit card to build up your Nectar points balance.
Sainsbury's Bank offers the chance to collect four points for every £1 spent at Sainsbury’s or on Sainsbury’s fuel and one point for every £5 spent elsewhere on its 33-Month 0% Balance Transfer Credit Card, 18-Month 0% Purchase and Balance Transfer Credit Card, Low Balance Transfer Fee Credit Card and Low Rate Credit Card.
There’s also the American Express Nectar Card. This card offers 20,000 Nectar points as a welcome bonus, so long as you spend £2,000 on the card in the first three months. After that you get four points for every £1 you spend at Nectar partners or two points for every £1 everywhere else. The card normally attracts a £25 annual fee, but currently it’s fee-free for a year. For more read American Express drops fee on Nectar Credit Card for a year.
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