The top supermarket reward schemes to earn air miles

If you want to ramp up on Avios or Virgin points, these are the top supermarket reward schemes that let you earn air miles.

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Most retail-rewards schemes are not very useful unless you are a regular customer with sound reasons for being loyal. You typically accumulate tiny numbers of points that can only be used at the company that issues them. If you allow collecting points to influence your shopping decisions instead of going with the best price or service, you’re likely to end up spending more overall. But there are a couple of schemes – or more accurately, two pairs of linked schemes – that can be a lot more useful.

Rewards Cards for Avios

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Cris Sholto Heaton is an investment analyst and writer who has been contributing to MoneyWeek since 2006 and was managing editor of the magazine between 2016 and 2018. He is especially interested in international investing, believing many investors still focus too much on their home markets and that it pays to take advantage of all the opportunities the world offers. He often writes about Asian equities, international income and global asset allocation.

Cris began his career in financial services consultancy at PwC and Lane Clark & Peacock, before an abrupt change of direction into oil, gas and energy at Petroleum Economist and Platts and subsequently into investment research and writing. In addition to his articles for MoneyWeek, he also works with a number of asset managers, consultancies and financial information providers.

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