ASDA Rewards explained: how to link it to your online shop, earn on fuel and spend your Cashpot

ASDA Rewards is a simple idea with some genuinely confusing small print. You scan the app, complete missions and money lands in your Cashpot, ready to swap for vouchers. Easy enough in store. But the questions we hear again and again are the ones ASDA doesn't answer clearly anywhere: how do you actually link it to your online shopping, does it work at the petrol station, and why do rewards sometimes just not show up?

This guide answers all of that, including a few rules buried in the terms and conditions that most shoppers have never heard of, like the £300 earning cap. If you're just here for money off your shop today, our ASDA discount codes page is updated throughout the week.

And if you're weighing up whether ASDA Rewards deserves a spot in your wallet at all, our guide to the best loyalty cards in the UK shows how it compares with other major schemes.

What is ASDA Rewards and how does it work?

Unlike Tesco Clubcard or Nectar, ASDA Rewards doesn't give you points on every pound you spend. Instead, you earn actual money, called ASDA Pounds, which builds up in a Cashpot inside the ASDA Rewards app. There are a few ways to fill it:

• Missions. Targets like "spend £20 on health and beauty" or "buy five frozen items". Complete one and a set amount, usually between 50p and £5, drops into your Cashpot. New missions appear regularly and most run for around a month.
• Milestones. Monthly targets based on your overall spend or number of visits. Hit one and it unlocks the next. These were more generous in the scheme's early days, so treat them as a bonus rather than the main event.
• Games and prize draws. The app runs tap-to-reveal games after qualifying shops. One detail worth knowing: unopened entries expire seven days after the shop, so reveal them straight away or they're gone.
• The ASDA Money Credit Card. This pays 0.75% back in ASDA Pounds on ASDA spending (including fuel and George) and 0.2% everywhere else, all paid into the same Cashpot.

If you're wondering where Star Products went, ASDA retired them in early 2025, even though the branding still pops up on some of its own pages. Similar 10% cashback offers on selected products do still appear from time to time, but they're now run as missions and coupons rather than a permanent fixture.

How to get the ASDA Rewards app and digital card

There's no physical card. Download the ASDA Rewards app free from the App Store or Google Play, register with your name and email, and you're in. Your barcode lives in the app and can be added to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, which is handy if the app is slow to load at the till. Scan it every time you shop, before you pay, or the shop won't count.

How to link ASDA Rewards to your online groceries account

This is the bit that trips most people up, because there's no "link accounts" button. The link happens through your email address:

1. Sign up to ASDA Rewards using the same email and password you use for your ASDA groceries account. If you already had both accounts with the same email, they're linked automatically.
2. Not sure which email your Rewards app uses? Open the app, go to your account details and compare it against your groceries.asda.com login. If they don't match, log out of the app and sign back in with your groceries email.
3. That's it. There's nothing to scan at online checkout. Any missions or offers your order qualifies for are tracked automatically.

One thing that catches almost everyone out: online rewards don't appear when you place the order. They're added after your delivery or collection is complete, because substitutions and out-of-stock items can change your final total. So if you've just checked out and your Cashpot hasn't moved, that's normal. Give it until the day after your shopping arrives before assuming something's wrong.

Missing ASDA Rewards: Why hasn't my Cashpot updated?

If rewards are missing, it's almost always one of these:

• You didn't scan before paying. In store, the app needs scanning during the transaction. ASDA won't backdate a shop from your receipt in store, though some shoppers have had missing rewards added manually by calling the helpline with their receipt to hand. No promises, but worth a try for a big shop.
• The shop didn't match a mission. ASDA Rewards isn't cashback on everything. If nothing in your basket counted towards a live mission or milestone, nothing gets added, even on a £100 shop.
• You shopped at ASDA Express. Many of the smaller Express convenience stores run on different systems and don't support Rewards at all.
• You returned something. If a refunded item was part of a completed mission, ASDA can deduct that earning from your Cashpot.
• It just hasn't landed yet. In-store earnings usually show within 24 hours; online earnings arrive after delivery.

Can you earn ASDA Rewards on fuel?

Yes, for earning. Scan your Rewards app when you pay at a participating ASDA petrol station and you'll get 0.5p per litre back into your Cashpot. On a 50-litre fill-up that's 25p, so nobody's retiring on it, but it's free money on fuel you were buying anyway. The catch is the word "participating": it started as a trial at a handful of stations and hasn't reached every forecourt, and most ASDA Express fuel sites are excluded. If your local kiosk scans the app, you're in.

A quick note on spending rather than earning: Rewards vouchers are for your shopping in store and online, not the fuel pump. If you want a bigger return on fuel, the ASDA Money Credit Card's 0.75% back does include petrol station purchases.

How to spend your Cashpot (and the voucher rules that catch people out)

Once you've got at least £1 in your Cashpot, tap Spend in the app and convert it into a voucher. Vouchers come in whole pounds only, so £7.80 in the pot gets you a £7 voucher with 80p left behind for next time.

A few rules worth knowing before you convert:

• Vouchers auto-apply. Scan your app in store, or check out online on your linked account, and any active voucher comes off the total automatically.
• Your shop must cost at least the voucher's value. You can't put a £15 voucher against a £7 basket, and there's no change given, so don't convert more than you'll realistically spend in one go.
• Check the expiry on each voucher. They're typically valid for 90 days, but ASDA has changed this window before (it was once just 30 days), and the date shown on the voucher in your app is the one that counts.
• George.com is excluded. You can't earn Cashpot on George.com orders or spend vouchers there. George items bought in an ASDA store go through the normal tills as part of your shop, though. If you're buying clothing online, check our George at ASDA discount codes instead.

How long do ASDA Rewards Cashpot balances and vouchers last?

Two clocks are running. Money in your Cashpot expires six months after the end of the month you earned it, so pounds earned any time in June disappear at the end of December if you haven't converted them. Once converted, the voucher runs on its own expiry date, typically 90 days.

There's also a limit almost nobody mentions: ASDA's Rewards terms cap Cashpot earnings at £300 per calendar quarter. Most households will never get near it, but if you're a heavy spender stacking missions, credit card cashback is the one earning route that doesn't count towards the cap.

ASDA Christmas Saver and Cashpot for Schools explained

The Christmas Saver is a separate pot inside the Rewards app. Transfer money across from your main Cashpot during the year and ASDA ring-fences it for the festive season, with bonus missions along the way, then opens a spending window from early November to 31 December. It's a neat way to stop your Cashpot expiring before the big shop. Don't confuse it with the ASDA Christmas Savings Card, which is a top-up gift card scheme with its own end-of-year bonus, and the two can be used together.

Cashpot for Schools has run each autumn term since 2024. Pick a primary school in the app and ASDA donates 0.5% of your spend to it, on top of your own rewards, not out of them. It costs you nothing, so if it's running when you read this, there's no reason not to opt in.

Is ASDA Rewards worth it in 2026?

Honestly? If you shop at ASDA anyway, yes, because it's free and takes two seconds to scan. Just go in with realistic expectations. The scheme has been trimmed since launch: Star Products are gone, milestone payouts are smaller, and unless your basket happens to line up with the current missions, some shops will earn you nothing at all. Our own research found that nearly two-thirds of UK adults think loyalty cards exist to make you spend more, and the best defence against that is simple: never buy something just to complete a mission. Scan, take what lands, and let the Cashpot build in the background.

If you split your shopping between supermarkets, it's worth comparing schemes. Our guide to the Tesco Clubcard covers a scheme that rewards every pound you spend, while the Morrisons More Card works differently again. And whichever store you're loyal to, you'll find the latest offers on our supermarket and groceries deals page.