How to save it...

FOCUS ON FILM FUN
January saw the launch of US film download site NetFlix in Britain - meaning there are really cheap deals around for movie-lovers this month.

While NetFlix is trying to get new customers, rival Lovefilm is aiming to do the same plus keep hold of its old ones, and both are proffering freebies to do so. The sites allow you can download unlimited films and TV programmes streamed over the internet to a laptop or (via an HMDI cable) TV. On Netflix's website, you can sign up for a month's free trial, but if you do so via cashback site Quidco you'll be paid £15 for joining that deal, meaning you actually get paid for a month's subscription to movies. Alternatively, paying £12 to sign up to Netflix via moneysavingexpert.com provides three months' membership plus a £24 Marks & Spencer voucher. Or for Lovefilm aficionados, Quidco offers £18 cashback to anyone who signs up to a month's free trial. On the High Street, all new customers at Blockbuster can nab a free DVD rental every night for the first 14 days of their membership. So anyone renting a new release (at £2.99 per night) for a fortnight could secure just over £40 worth of films for free. It's available to new customers who walk into a Blockbuster shop, but not online.

SHINY JAM JAR
Car looking filthy thanks to the frost and salt on the road? Print off a voucher from BP's website - https://offers.bp.co.uk/Offers/MyCar/108 - and you can use a drive-in car wash at one of its garages for 60p. Check that it's available from your local garage before setting off, because the voucher isn't valid everywhere.

TICKETS TO RIDE
If you're holidaying in the UK with family or friends this summer - or just travel on the trains in a group a few times each year - work out whether it's worth buying a Family & Friends Railcard. The scheme saves users a third off adult ticket prices, and 60% off children's tickets. But the twist is that the card itself currently has a sale offer: the normal price of £28 is down to £22.40 if you buy the card online at familyandfriends-railcard.co.uk and type the code MONEY20 into the promotional code box. To use the railcard, the holder needs to travel with up to three other adults, plus at least one child age five to 15, and up to four. Kids under five don't have to pay. The offer runs until the end of this month.

CUT COSTS IN STORE...
It really is worth making sure supermarkets keep to their moneysaving promises, says reader Steff Lever, author of blog Diary of a Publishing Intern. "The Asda price checker (asdapriceguarantee.co.uk) only takes three minutes to complete," she says. "So I use it to find out whether my weekly shop was the cheapest it could be. Last time, I found that if I'd done the same shop at Sainsbury's, my basket would have cost £7.31 more. Since it promises that if it's not 10% cheaper than one of the big rivals, it will pay back the difference, it's worth keeping checking."

...AND ON iTUNES
Anyone planning to splash out on music from iTunes shouldn't go direct to Apple. Instead buy a £25 iTunes giftcard from Boots or Sainsbury's shops, where they cost only £20. The deal ends today at Boots but you can still take a £25 iTunes giftcard to the checkout until the end of the day and get the £5 discount. At Sainsbury's, the deal also covers App Store vouchers, and doesn't run out until next Tuesday. But they're only at some stores so check it's the right price before buying.