Loyalty

Mastercard users can collect points when shopping at 'sustainable' retailers as part of a new loyalty scheme.

Sports retailer Decathlon is closing its loyalty scheme meaning any leftover points will be wiped in nine days' time.

A "technical glitch' has resulted in some Sainsbury's shoppers seeing points disappear from their Nectar account. If you're a Nectar cardholder, check your account now - though Nectar has promised the mistake will be fixed and any lost points restored.

People who remain with their broadband provider after their introductory deal has ended are hit with an average annual 'loyalty penalty' of £113, Citizens Advice has found.

British Gas is to launch a customer rewards scheme from April that will include Sky TV deals and energy discounts for its longest-standing customers. However, it's not yet clear what the savings will be, so you should continue to keep an eye out for cheap deals available elsewhere.

About two million E.on customers will stop earning reward points at the end of March after the energy supplier decided to pull the plug on its popular scheme. If you opted in to E.on Rewards, you'll have until 30 June 2017 to exchange your accumulated points for Tesco Clubcard points or Bonusbond vouchers.

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M&S has today launched its first retail loyalty scheme, 'Sparks', which enables users to earn points on spending to unlock discounts and priority access to sales. But how good is it? MoneySavingExpert.com assesses the scheme.

Morrisons shoppers have been dealt a blow as those with its free Match & More loyalty card will soon no longer get the price difference back if their grocery shop would have been cheaper at Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Sainsbury's and Tesco.

Nectar card holders who fill up at Sainsbury's petrol stations will earn 10 points per litre of fuel from today instead of one point per litre. But it comes just a day before the supermarket cuts the number of points shoppers can earn in-store.