How to get free Gas discounts

cindybythesea · 06-06-2008, 11:00 AM

I was surprised how many of my friends haven't heard about these! I guess to each their own, but I think they're great. Does anyone else here use these gas cards that give a free 5% or 10% rebate on your gas? I've had one since I want to say last June or July and I LOVE it! When I'm at the pump I actually recalculate the price in my head... $4.00 a gallon? No, that's $3.60 for me

I just assumed everyone knew about them. Then I was reading reviews online to find a credit card for my daughter (she's 19 - to have at school) and they had a big writeup about the the gas discount cards and what ones they thought were the best on their homepage http://www.creditcardforum.com What I really like is you can use it at any station. So I use it at the cheapest station I know of AND I get the rebate. I know it's no fix to these ridiculous prices but anything to help for free ya know? I just make sure to pay the balance every month. That way there's no finance charges. Plus there's no annual fee so that makes it free for me to use the card. It's like free money

lucille · 06-06-2008, 05:05 PM

One of the local grocery stores gives out gas discounts when you buy groceries. But they have about a two month window they are good for and you can combine them to use as many as you want together. So say I go to the store 5 times for food items over 2 weeks and I get 5 gas discount coupons that is .25 off each gallon of gas. I had a bunch saved up and got .50 cents off each gallon once.

purplefdu · 06-12-2008, 07:19 PM

Our Shaws did that (and may be again so the rumor goes) and we enjoyed them as well. Especially as they calculated the savings on pre-coupon prices. When you save 50%+ I was spending half as much or less and saving just as much as other people.

Jason830 · 06-13-2008, 06:28 AM

There are like no deals in NY on gad that I know of...which is sad, since Im driving 30min each way to work.

jkuo13 · 06-23-2008, 08:24 AM

Discover (regular card, not the "open road" card) has 5% back on gas from July to Sept, so I'll end up purchasing all of our household gas needs for the next few months. Other card do 5-6% back on gas, but are often introductory rebates (like 3-6 months). There's also usually an upper limit to how much you can get back in rebates (usually around $300 IME), but that's probably not so bad. Even at today's gas prices, I think I'd be hard pressed to max out my gas CC rebate ($300 / 0.05% = $6000!).

billytickets · 06-29-2008, 01:36 PM

BP VISA gives u a 5% rebate ongas and 2% on airlines and restuarants and 1% on others. That money has totaled over 8000 for me

cindybythesea · 07-16-2008, 10:24 AM

Guys just so you know the discount on that Amex card is now 3% instead of 5%

the other one is still 5% though.

06-06-2008, 11:00 AM	#1
cindybythesea Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 25 Reputation: (15)	How to get free Gas discounts I was surprised how many of my friends haven't heard about these! I guess to each their own, but I think they're great. Does anyone else here use these gas cards that give a free 5% or 10% rebate on your gas? I've had one since I want to say last June or July and I LOVE it! When I'm at the pump I actually recalculate the price in my head... $4.00 a gallon? No, that's $3.60 for me I just assumed everyone knew about them. Then I was reading reviews online to find a credit card for my daughter (she's 19 - to have at school) and they had a big writeup about the the gas discount cards and what ones they thought were the best on their homepage http://www.creditcardforum.com What I really like is you can use it at any station. So I use it at the cheapest station I know of AND I get the rebate. I know it's no fix to these ridiculous prices but anything to help for free ya know? I just make sure to pay the balance every month. That way there's no finance charges. Plus there's no annual fee so that makes it free for me to use the card. It's like free money

06-06-2008, 05:05 PM	#2
lucille Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 444 Reputation: (31)	One of the local grocery stores gives out gas discounts when you buy groceries. But they have about a two month window they are good for and you can combine them to use as many as you want together. So say I go to the store 5 times for food items over 2 weeks and I get 5 gas discount coupons that is .25 off each gallon of gas. I had a bunch saved up and got .50 cents off each gallon once. __________________ Dark Style Blog http://darkstyleblog.blogspot.com/

06-12-2008, 07:19 PM	#3
purplefdu Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Eliot, ME USA Posts: 496 Reputation: (27)	Our Shaws did that (and may be again so the rumor goes) and we enjoyed them as well. Especially as they calculated the savings on pre-coupon prices. When you save 50%+ I was spending half as much or less and saving just as much as other people. __________________ Homeward Bound Puppy Blog&Personal Blog best general coupon site & organic grocery coupon help

06-13-2008, 06:28 AM	#4
Jason830 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 42 Reputation: (10)	There are like no deals in NY on gad that I know of...which is sad, since Im driving 30min each way to work. __________________ Financial Consultant with a concentration in debt counseling.

06-23-2008, 08:24 AM	#5
jkuo13 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 134 Reputation: (35)	Discover (regular card, not the "open road" card) has 5% back on gas from July to Sept, so I'll end up purchasing all of our household gas needs for the next few months. Other card do 5-6% back on gas, but are often introductory rebates (like 3-6 months). There's also usually an upper limit to how much you can get back in rebates (usually around $300 IME), but that's probably not so bad. Even at today's gas prices, I think I'd be hard pressed to max out my gas CC rebate ($300 / 0.05% = $6000!). __________________ JohnnyKuo.net \|\| Zenfulness

06-29-2008, 01:36 PM	#6
billytickets Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3 Reputation: (10)	BP VISA gives u a 5% rebate ongas and 2% on airlines and restuarants and 1% on others. That money has totaled over 8000 for me

07-16-2008, 10:24 AM	#7
cindybythesea Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 25 Reputation: (15)	Guys just so you know the discount on that Amex card is now 3% instead of 5% the other one is still 5% though.

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