Does Boots Parenting Club give points on infant formula in the UK?

What do current Boots terms say about infant milk?

Two Boots documents, checked on 10 September 2026, still name infant milk up to six months as an exclusion. That is the first-infant-formula window, not follow-on or growing-up milks as a group.

Boots' Parenting Club FAQ: “Boots reserves the right to determine which products should be in this offer and it excludes infant milk (up to six months), prescriptions and gift vouchers/cards.” The same exclusion is in the Advantage Card collecting and spending lists.

What did GOV.UK change in December 2025?

On 3 December 2025, GOV.UK announced measures on how infant formula is displayed and said supermarkets and retailers would get updated guidance confirming the products can be bought using gift cards, vouchers, loyalty points and coupons. The notice quotes the Prime Minister on clearer guidance for retailers. It does not name Boots, and it does not rewrite a shop's loyalty T&Cs by itself.

The Competition and Markets Authority had recommended that governments amend guidance (and, if needed, the infant-formula regulations) so parents can use those cash-equivalents. The government response accepted that recommendation in principle and said the current legislative framework did not appear to block supermarket gift cards and similar cash-equivalents — while the law still restricts promotion of infant formula.

So there are two different questions. May a retailer accept points as payment for formula? GOV.UK says guidance should confirm that. Does Boots Parenting Club award 8 points when you buy that milk, or let you tender points for it today? Boots' published terms still say no on both collect and spend for infant milk up to six months.

Why do some money pages still say points cannot be used?

Which? wrote in April 2023 that parents were not allowed to use Boots Advantage Card points, Nectar or Clubcard points to bring formula prices down. That article is older than the December 2025 announcement.

Which?'s later formula-buying guide (updated after the announcement) reports the government line that consumers will be allowed to use gift cards, vouchers, loyalty points and coupons — “something that has not been possible in the past.” It is describing the policy change, not a Boots receipt.

MayTally does not infer till behaviour from either page. If a colleague overrides a line, that is a store decision. The documents you can quote are the Advantage Card terms and the Parenting Club FAQ.

Does the brand of first infant formula change the points rule?

No. The exclusion is about infant milk up to six months, not about a brand name. GOV.UK's December 2025 notice also repeats NHS advice that, by law, all infant formula sold in the UK must meet the same standards. The NHS types of formula page is the clinical starting point for which milk is suitable; it is not a loyalty-points manual.

Follow-on and toddler milks sit in a different legal and marketing category. Boots' Parenting Club exclusion is written as up to six months. Do not assume a stage-2 tin earns 8 points — Boots still “reserves the right to determine which products should be in this offer.” Check the points line on the receipt.

In shortCite Boots for what the card does today: no 8 points, and no spend, on infant milk up to six months. Cite GOV.UK for the 2025 guidance to retailers. Those two sentences can both be true at once.