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5,000 Virgin Points via Clubcard for OVO Energy customers – even existing ones

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It’s been a long time since Tesco Clubcard had any meaningful third party partners for earning points, but a new deal has just been launched with OVO Energy.

What is interesting is that even EXISTING OVO Energy customers can pick up £25 of Clubcard points just for registering.

The deal isn’t restricted to new customers, although new customers will qualify.

5,000 Virgin Points via Clubcard for OVO Energy customers

How do you get your Clubcard points?

Take a look at the OVO Energy website here.

If you switch your gas and electricity to OVO Energy, you will receive 2,500 Tesco Clubcard points.

These are worth £25 to spend in-store, but as a HfP reader you are more likely to use them for 5,000 Virgin Points, £50 to spend at Hotels.com or with another of Tesco Clubcard’s spend partners.

Any fixed or standard variable tariff offered by OVO Energy qualifies.

The only snag is that you must have a smart meter to take part in the offer.

What about existing OVO Energy customers?

It’s effectively free money (or free points) for you, as long as you have a smart meter.

All you need to do is:

  • Log in to your OVO account
  • Go to your profile and select ‘Our partners’
  • Click on the Tesco Clubcard logo
  • Link your Tesco Clubcard and OVO accounts
  • Activate the offer in your Clubcard account

…. and you’ll get 2,500 Tesco Clubcard points within 60 days.

The offer runs to 11th June 2025, so you have plenty of time even if you are currently under contract to another energy supplier.

You can find out more on the OVO Energy site here.

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How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards

How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards (April 2025)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Virgin Points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.

You can choose from two official Virgin Atlantic credit cards (apply here, the Reward+ card has a bonus of 18,000 Virgin Points and the free card has a bonus of 3,000 Virgin Points):

Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard

18,000 bonus points and 1.5 points for every £1 you spend Read our full review

Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard

3,000 bonus points, no fee and 1 point for every £1 you spend Read our full review

You can also earn Virgin Points from various American Express cards – and these have sign-up bonuses too.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is FREE for a year and comes with 20,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert into 20,000 Virgin Points.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express comes with 50,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert into 50,000 Virgin Points.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

The Platinum Card from American Express

80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

Small business owners should consider the two American Express Business cards. Points convert at 1:1 into Virgin Points.

American Express Business Platinum

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Virgin Points. 

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Comments (44)

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  • FlightDoctor says:
    25 Jun25 June 06:08

    Just done this – very easy. £25 of Clubcard points doubles up to £50 of spending at restaurants such as Pizza Express etc. – thanks for the tip!

  • Mike says:
    25 Jun25 June 06:12

    Hi – if you’re an existing OVO customer it does appear in the list of partners on the app – you have to login via the website instead and parters are listed under your account / profile / partners

  • Jeremy says:
    25 Jun25 June 06:35

    Smart meter and pay energy bill by direct debit.

    • Alex Sm says:
      13 Jul13 July 07:25

      What’s wrong with that? I’m already doing this for years 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • Sue says:
    25 Jun25 June 06:38

    All done, am an existing OVO customer. Thank you!

  • JPK says:
    25 Jun25 June 07:12

    Smart meter? No thanks.

    • flyforfun says:
      25 Jun25 June 08:58

      The only thing smart about them is that – 1) you don’t have to go outside or into a cupboard to read your meters. 2) you don’t have to submit readings as it’s done for you. 3) you see in monetary terms what you’re using every day, week, month. This can nudge people into thinking about how to change their usage, ie using the over more efficiently, how long the central heating needs to be on for etc.

      So, not that smart really.

      • Rob says:
        25 Jun25 June 09:45

        Some people have been watching too many conspiracy videos on Facebook 🙂

        The Royal Family are NOT lizards in disguise, just to be clear.

    • TGLoyalty says:
      25 Jun25 June 09:46

      Honestly, why not? What do you fear?

    • Alex Sm says:
      13 Jul13 July 07:26

      Whyyyyy? 😳

  • Not Long Now... says:
    25 Jun25 June 07:52

    Love to but our smart meters aren’t, unfortunately. Might try anyway as we have been on a smart meter only tariff for the last 5 years despite not having working smart meters.
    JPK, go on then, why not?

    • TGLoyalty says:
      25 Jun25 June 09:47

      Most energy companies will replace the old SMETS 1 meters now the SMETS 2 can be used by any energy firm (was bonkers to not think of this for the first generation!)

      • Not Long Now... says:
        25 Jun25 June 12:43

        Allegedly. After only 4 years of asking for replacement meters, as ours aren’t working, next month we are promised a visit to ‘assess the situation’. Every time we contact EDF, we end in a loop of “our smart meters don’t work.-.yes they do, otherwise you couldn’t be on your tariff and we’d have been in touch.-.you’ve just emailed asking us to submit readings as we haven’t provided any for 6 months.-.no, you’re on smart meters, you don’t need to provide readings.-.OK, how much energy have we used?.-.You need to provide readings so we can work that out”.
        I really do wonder if whoever designed the script for ‘customer service’ replies even exists, or have we reached the stage of AI designing it’s own systems to use AI instead of humans…

        • flyoff says:
          25 Jun25 June 14:05

          I had a similar thing with going round in circles with BG. I took the case to the Ombudsman and BG use a different customer service team when issues are escalated to the Ombudsman. My meters were replaced with SMETS2 within 2 weeks.

        • TGLoyalty says:
          25 Jun25 June 18:29

          I would raise a formal complaint. It’ll be escalated and if that CS is still useless ombudsman

  • Tracey says:
    25 Jun25 June 08:10

    Done in a few clicks on the OVO app. All linked in seconds.

  • BJ says:
    25 Jun25 June 08:21

    Good deal for existing customers. For switchers British Gas has some of the most competitive fixes at the moment. They allow penalty-free changes cheaper BG tariffs if they become available, and their refer a friend scheme currently splits £150 ( 2x £75 amazon vouchers)

    • Ryan says:
      25 Jun25 June 13:00

      And then move around each provider, so take Octopus, So Energy, EDF in a cycle every couple months – pays for all my energy

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