Tesco Christmas slots

[Edamcheese]

I have a Tesco delivery saver plan. Every Easter summer holiday and Christmas the delivery savers plan get first refusal to book their slots. Seven weeks before the holidays they close the App . At 6 am you have to sign in and wait in a waiting room. You could be waiting for up to an hour ( that’s if you have tried to get on the app sharply at 6 am ) before your turn comes and then you book all your slots up to Christmas Eve. What I want to know is what are your views on that. As I’m 79 I have to set an alarm for that time. I don’t wake up until 8.00 am. Ok not a big problem if I want to make sure to get a slot during the Christmas week. But I’m still annoyed about having to wake up and stay awake until my turn comes up. So how do others think as many are very busy that time of the morning,getting kids ready for school ,getting ready yourselves for work in the shower ect and at the same time you are in a line waiting for your turn. What about when you are driving at that time. Surely an evening would be better for most not having to rush about .AIBU to be annoyed .

I'm still not understanding why you think you have to book all your slots up until Christmas? Just book your Christmas one and book the rest when you normally would??

If you don’t need a slot on 23rd or 24th do you really need to get up for the early booking tomorrow.

i do it every year, I host Christmas for eight people and have already booked my M&S slot for 8am on Christmas Eve.

Because you have to go on the app . So right now it’s 9 pm I’m locked out now of the app I cannot book anything. I have to go on the app 6am wait in a queue which can take over an hour. Then once I’m in you get ten minutes to book I can booked any slots I want. But unless you manage to get on it at 6 am you’ll find lots of slots booked all around the few days before Xmas day as I’m a delivery saver and I pay £84 for the year upfront you can book any day up to four weeks. But I can’t now as it’s blocked nobody can book any right now. Delivery savers get first priority then a few days later the public can get slots. I hope this explains it. So for me having to set the alarm is not ideal for me or many others

Thank you, I will!

But I always go for a delivery on the morning of 23rd December so that I have the rest of that day and some of 24th to scavenge in the local Sainsbury's if I forget something or there are missing items. (Or DH gets dispatched to the large ASDA which I avoid like the plague at that time of year 🤣)

I never remember to get up on time, but still seem to get a slot. I reckon Tesco are just trying to make themselves look special, like it's Glastonbury Festival. Or the Bayeux Tapestry.

That’s why I go for a 23 Dec delivery too! Your edit cut off will be 4.25 on the 21st this time by my reckoning.

New Year slots have the normal cut off times for editing.

It is just a carry on! We should all just refuse to get up at 6am to book. I couldn't get a Tesco slot last year so just booked my Christmas delivery with Sainsbury and had no problem getting a delivery slot with them even much nearer Christmas and not being a regular Sainsbury customer..

I agree OP. It's crap the way Tesco do it. I think years ago it used to be at midnight, which was even worse.

I feel a bit bad saying this in case it goes horribly wrong

So you need your usual slot on Saturday the 19th

And then a slot on Sunday the 27th

I don’t think you need to set your alarm tomorrow. I didn’t want one of the premium slots… but last year when I logged on at lunchtime, I’m pretty sure there were even some slots available for Christmas Eve still. If you are battling with everybody else at 6 am, I would’ve thought it would be more stressful and take longer to sort.

I’m definitely not setting an alarm and I didn’t do it last year. As long as me and mum get a delivery that week, it’s fine.

I’m not aware of there being any problems after Christmas, maybe if you wanted a delivery on New Year’s Day that would be an issue.

I much preferred midnight tbh

In fairness to OP availability of slots will vary by location. For my area the only slots that go immediately are Christmas Eve and late on 23rd. Everything else is in much lower demand.

I won’t be setting my alarm this year as I don’t need a special delivery slot. I’m sure that the 19 th ,will be available even if it’s not my usual time, I can extra stock in. And book a slot for Sunday.I just go from Saturday to Saturday just a habit as I’m not well and often have to go for medical appointments it leaves Saturday free as normally you don’t see gps .only for emergencies 😁

I'm not locked out of the app - right now I can book a slot up until 29th November

I'd much rather do my Christmas shop, myself. Far less hassle.

Thank you Holeymoley (and others) for this. I just got on and booked Sainsburys. I am not now going to get up at 5.55 tomorrow and book Tescos. I too have a Saver plan and it will cost 4.50 for Sainsburys but I don't care. I hate shopping, and get really panicky in shops around christmas. Have a million things to do tomorrow and getting up at crack of dawn was not what i needed!

I was annoyed this year because I didn’t get the email and I’ve had the delivery saver for years so was expecting it. Luckily I noticed the slots were availble and managed to get one on 22nd. I normally do 23rd which gives us time to go out if anything is missing so this isn’t too bad.

It's once a year. If I remember, and I get a slot then great, if I don't then no biggie. Mornings are busy, but if I remember I go into the app to join the queue, then crack on with my day. It isn't taxing.

Glad this thread popped up. Ours are open from tomorrow! Thanks @Edamcheese

I never bother to set an alarm and never have a problem getting a reasonable slot. If you absolutely must have the last delivery day before xmas then you need to be in the queue but I happily settle for a couple of days before that.

@Edamcheese actually I just looked it up and I don’t think you need to go on tomorrow at all

The slots they’re releasing tomorrow are from the 20th to the 24th December.

You want the 19th of December so you can just book it whenever you usually book it. I think that’s right.

Happy for you to have the slot I might have had, OP. I’ll be doing numerous shops in the run up to Christmas on my bike. I like to shop in person, but can’t bear the time it takes to get out of the car park if driving.

Don’t ask me why, but I quite enjoy it!

I set my alarm for 5.30 and then get snuggled on the sofa ready to jump on as soon as the app allows. Getting a good slot feels as though I’ve successfully started Christmas planning. DH generally brings me in a cuppa out of solidarity.

I don’t have time to do a supermarket shop during the week of Christmas, although it’s a tradition that DD and I go to M&S on Christmas Eve and grab all of the amazing desserts that we then can’t fit in our fridge.

i know I could use different supermarkets that don’t have Tesco’s ridiculous system. Or I could shop in person. But this annual scramble for a delivery slot is part of my Christmas tradition.

i don’t bother at Easter though.

I got my Ocado slot weeks ago randomly booking my weekly shop and realised the slots were open. Got the slot I wanted for 20th December no problem

don’t understand why it needs to be so complicated

Hang on, I'm still confused. Why do you have to book all your weekly slots up until Christmas, when you're booking your slot for between 20th and 24th? I've never had to do that before.

In previous years I've typically checked around a week or so after xmas slots first became available and there have always still been plenty left.