Nectar / Avios

[Sarah]

I've received a message on the higher one saying I need to call before redeeming.

That sounds good - would be useful if we could all opt-in to higher security!

[Richard Frost]

Article here in the which newsletter about it

https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/lo ... __20241205

[blythburgh]

How appalling. I would say redeem asap and use your online bank account to put the money saved into a special savings account. You get the high paying item you are saving for but can use cash and hopefully get cashback

[pabenny]

Just had an app notification for 200 bonus points (nice)
Unfortunately they don't count for the Count up to Christmas promotion.

[Sarah]

Finally got all my stolen points and access to my account reinstated after 2 months and many frustrating phone calls. Nectar can be utterly exhausting to deal with until you're lucky enough to speak with someone that really can resolve things.

Now feel like I should rush into spending my points before they get stolen again!

[Sarah]

New spend lock feature!



https://www.nectar.com/help#spendlock

[pabenny]

The bonus points seem to be dropping - items that used to earn 30 or 40 points now only earn 20

[planteria]

New spend lock feature!



https://www.nectar.com/help#spendlock

interesting feature.. and just gone to turn it on to find that mine were already locked. i've just kept accumulating over the years. at one stage i was thinking to take advantage of their 'November double value' offer at Sainsbury's, but they stopped it, so just waiting for an opportunity

[tonyg]

I noticed you need to unlock before you go shopping if you want to use points to pay as takes time to unlock by getting to checkout tills.

[Sarah]

Yeah, that's mentioned in the FAQ. I've usually found that unlocking when entering a store, 10 mins or so before reaching checkout was sufficient, although on 1 occasion that hasn't been early enough.