fuel cards at trucker fueling stations

Executive wrote:
The Flying J/Pilot/GoodSam card is a credit card.

There's also a "Swipe and Save" discount you can get by using just a plain GS membership card. It can apparently be used with any payment type (such as PenFed CU that gives 5% cashback.)

I was wondering if Swipe and Save is bigger/smaller/different than the other poster's "Rewards card" discount, which, is again different than the PF/J credit card.

It's getting a little confusing, all these offers.

What I do is use the card and get the bill via email...now if goes over 1000 (which I do keep track), then I go online and pay the bill on their website...never had a problem doing that...a real six cents off the cash price and pump start and never having to go inside....

I too pay my Pilot/FJ card by my CC which gives me another 5% discount on all fuel charges. So I get the .06 cents off at the pump, and then the additional 5% off the total price when I pay my monthly bill.

However, that said..... I mostly use the Pilot/Flying J fuel stations for the convenience of being able to get in and out without any hassle. The discounts on price is just an added feature as far as I am concerned.

Ron

The Flying J/Pilot/GoodSam card is a credit card. You can elect to have it direct debit from your checking account, as Mark described, OR you can elect to have it billed monthly like a regular credit card. The only hitch is it must be paid in full each month. It also has a $1000/mo limit unless you contact them to have that limit increased. Ours is $2500. It has the pump start feature and you do not ever need to go inside the store unless you want to.

Here's what we do:
1. Pull up to pump.
2. Insert card..activate pump start..
3. I pump while DW goes inside.
4. When done, I text her with amt so she can verify and get a receipt.
5. I pull forward, but she's usually coming out by then.
6. She also activates and pays for the weight ticket if I'm weighing.
7. Save 8 cents off the CASH price.

Dutch_12078 wrote:
I use my Pilot/Flying J "RV Real Value" card (now called "MyRewards") that carries a smaller discount on fuel than the PFJ/GS card. It's a loyalty card, not a charge card, so I can use it along with my 5% fuel discount PenFed credit card for payment, saving even more than using the PFJ/GS card while still getting the pay at the pump option.

Is the P/FJ "RV Real Value" card a bigger, smaller or the same discount than a GS "swipe and save" discount for just having a regular GS (non P/FJ) card.

I use my Pilot/Flying J "RV Real Value" card (now called "MyRewards") that carries a smaller discount on fuel than the PFJ/GS card. It's a loyalty card, not a charge card, so I can use it along with my 5% fuel discount PenFed credit card for payment, saving even more than using the PFJ/GS card while still getting the pay at the pump option.

We use the Pilot RV card also and elect to pay once a month. I get a fuel discount and can fill my 100 gallon tank in minutes all while the DW and kids run inside to do what they do.

darsben wrote:

Mr.Mark wrote:
We have not signed up yet with one of those programs. What I don't like, is that they deduct the funds from your checking acct. the night of the transaction.

People that I know that use the program, say take a picture of the pump as you don't get a receipt unless you go in which defeats the purpose of paying at the pump.

The way that so many things can be hacked, maybe the checking acct.?, I'm OK with paying a few cents more. If my checking ever got hacked, it would cause me major pain and headache.

MM.

That is why you use a credit card. Account hacked is the credit card companies problem.Pay the bill each month and be done worrying

Yes, I agree as we use a CC too, but 'we' don't get the cash price at the pump.

MM.

Mr.Mark wrote:
We have not signed up yet with one of those programs. What I don't like, is that they deduct the funds from your checking acct. the night of the transaction.

People that I know that use the program, say take a picture of the pump as you don't get a receipt unless you go in which defeats the purpose of paying at the pump.

The way that so many things can be hacked, maybe the checking acct.?, I'm OK with paying a few cents more. If my checking ever got hacked, it would cause me major pain and headache.

MM.

You can opt to pay your monthly statement online or by check instead of by auto-draft.

Mr.Mark wrote:
We have not signed up yet with one of those programs. What I don't like, is that they deduct the funds from your checking acct. the night of the transaction.

People that I know that use the program, say take a picture of the pump as you don't get a receipt unless you go in which defeats the purpose of paying at the pump.

The way that so many things can be hacked, maybe the checking acct.?, I'm OK with paying a few cents more. If my checking ever got hacked, it would cause me major pain and headache.

MM.

That is why you use a credit card. Account hacked is the credit card companies problem.Pay the bill each month and be done worrying