Boots shoppers risk having their loyalty points wiped in less than one week as part of a huge shake-up of its Advantage Card scheme.
The beauty and pharmacy chain is changing how often you need to use your Advantage Card in order to keep your points.
At the moment, your points get wiped if you haven’t scanned your Advantage Card in two years.
But from June 20, you’ll lose your points after just one year.
While you don't need to actually spend your points, you do need to shop with Boots and scan your card.
The email to customers, explaining the changes, reads: "Thank you for being one of our valued Boots Advantage Card members.
"Whilst it won’t impact you as a regular Boots shopper, we need to let you know that we’re updating our Boots Advantage Card terms and conditions.
"From 20th June 2022, we will remove Boots Advantage Card points from accounts that haven’t been used* for one year, instead of the current two-year period.
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"As long as you shop with your Boots Advantage Card at least once a year, your points will always be there ready for you to use them."
Advantage members earn four rewards points for every £1 they spend in-store and online.
The points are then worth 1p each in return when you convert them to spend in stores.
This means if you collect 100 points, you’d have £1 to spend, while 1,000 points would be worth £10.
You can also get personalised discounts sent to you by Boots by being an Advantage Card holder, as well as special reductions in stores.
It is free to sign up for an Advantage Card - you can do this on the Boots website. Boots says it currently has around 14.7 million active members.
It can be easy to forget about your loyalty points. Our consumer columnist Lynn Beattie, aka Mrs Mummypenny, recently found £380 in lost points.
"I am very good at remembering to use them to build up my points, but not so good at keeping a check on the rewards I have earned," she said.
"I urge you to go check your loyalty points and see how much you can find to spend on maybe shopping essentials or a treat."
She added: "Upon checking my old school Boots Advantage card, I have £5 worth of points saved up.
"These have been transferred to the app and will be spent next time I am in store."
