partnership card™ is issued and managed by John Lewis Financial Services Limited which is a covered by the HSBC Group of Companies, formed for the purpose of providing financial services to customers of the John Lewis Partnership . The partnership card is only available to persons aged 18 or over, who have a residential address in the UK, subject to status and conditions.

Points are earned on purchases made with the partnership card (but not on balance transfers, storecard transfers, payments by cheque and cash advances) at the rate of 1 Point for every £1 spent at John Lewis, Waitrose and at the rate of 1 Point for every £2 spent elsewhere. Points will be earned on whole pounds only on each purchase. The maximum number of Points that may be earned in any calendar year is 100,000. Points will be redeemed automatically three times a year at the rate of 100 points to each £1 of vouchers (minimum redemption 500 Points). Vouchers may be used at John Lewis, Waitrose and at John Lewis Direct. The partnership card Reward Programme is subject to the Reward Programme Rules which may vary from time to time.

For details of key product features please see the Summary Box.

partnership card is a trading name of John Lewis Financial Services Limited. John Lewis Financial Services Limited is incorporated in England with limited liability under Company Number 4645530. Registered office: 8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ. Written quotations are available on request.

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Neither John Lewis Financial Services Limited nor any of its Directors, employees or other representatives will be liable for loss or damage arising out of or in connection with the use of this site. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including (without limitation) compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the exclusions and limitations on this site are intended to limit any rights you may have as a consumer under common law or other statutory rights which may not be excluded nor in any way exclude or limit John Lewis Financial Services' liability to you for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or that of our employees or agents.

Your private information should remain just that. It is stored on a computer and guarded both physically and electronically by our 24-hour surveillance system, which has been designed to be one of the most secure around.

If you wish to access and manage your partnership card account online, we ask you to have a Windows PC with Explorer 5.5 or above, or Netscape 6.0 or above.

You are also covered by our Safe Shopping Promise. This gives you an extra layer of protection when you're shopping online.

If you would like further details, please take a look at our help page.

Our staff are trained to provide the highest standards of assistance and care to our customers, and are committed to providing you with the best possible service at all times. Even the best organisations sometimes make mistakes, and if we do, or we fail to meet your expectations in some other way, we would like the opportunity to put things right as quickly as we can. We operate a simple 3-step complaint procedure, which aims to resolve any problem quickly and effectively. In addition, John Lewis Financial Services Limited, which issues and manages the partnership card™, is a member of the Financial Ombudsman Service (www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk).

Step 1

If you have a complaint, please raise it with partnership card services, by telephone (0845 300 3833).

If you telephone and the matter can easily be resolved, we will endeavour to do so, and that will be the end of the matter. Where we are unable to resolve a complaint, or where you have written in the first instance, we will write and tell you who is dealing with your complaint and when you can expect a response.

Step 2

If you feel that your complaint has not been resolved, it can be progressed to the next stage. Please contact our team of specialist complaint handlers, care of the following address.

partnership card services
Customer Complaints Team
PO BOX 5140
Coventry
CV3 9ES

We expect that this will bring the matter to a mutually agreeable solution.

Step 3

If you remain dissatisfied you can ask for the matter to be referred to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). You will need to set out your reasons for dissatisfaction, and the CEO'S office will ensure that your complaint is reviewed objectively, fairly and reasonably. We always seek to resolve complaints internally, but there may be instances when we cannot reach an agreeable solution. Where this is the case we will send you a letter confirming our final response. This means you have reached the end of our Internal Complaints Procedure, and if you are still not satisfied you may be able to refer your complaint to an external arbitration scheme, namely the Financial Ombudsman Service. We will provide you with details of how to do this.

A copy of our Internal Complaints Procedures and details of the Financial Ombudsman Service can be obtained upon request.