Fueling/Flying J discounts/other fuel discount cards

[Henry Jay Hannigan]

---George:

You sure live in a nice town..very green when we came through last
month....looks like a nice place to live..near Vegas ..great....
Also..plenty of LX's FOR SALE at the BIRD NEST at the bird
factory...probably some good deals too..The factory is selling birds
direct now..


LOL
Hank Hannigan
90SP36 for sale in Vegas
80FC31 for dale in Florida






In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Joe Hagan"
wrote:
>
> I drive tour buses in my retirement years - reliving my career of
the
> 50's and 60's (Continental Trailways). I've talked to RV drivers
who
> are driving diesel pushers (SOB usually)and they tell me that they
> thought they had to use the pumps where the signs specify RV
fueling.
> I've convinced many that they are welcome at the truck/bus pumps.
>
> They find it much easier and quicker - plus, it's less confining.
> Most truck fueling bays have attendants who can be most helpful to
> those who feel a little unfamiliar and perhaps somewhat intimidated
> with all those rigs surrounding them...and there is plenty of
overhead
> clearence. :-) Sorry I haven't posted in a while - still a Wannabe
> and don't want to intrude. Great discussions in this group - one of
> the best I've seen.
>
> Joe (Pappy) Hagan
> St. George, UT
> LX Wannabe
>
>
>
> - In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Leroy Eckert"
> wrote:
> >
> > I use the truck lanes when I fuel.
> >
> > Leroy Eckert
> > 1990 WB-40
> > Niceville, FL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: mbulriss
> > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 4:28 PM
> > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Fueling/Flying J discounts/other
fuel
> discount cards
> >
> >
> > Re the recent topics above, I am surprised that any BB drivers
use the
> > RV lanes at Flying J since, as Bruce said, they are typically
very
> > tight, usually backed up and have the slow (typically 5-10 gpm
> > depending on pump setting and age) passenger car pump nozzles.
I
> > personally use the truck islands with the high speed (up to 30
gpm)
> > fuel nozzles and spend 10 minutes fueling rather than half an
hour or
> > more. Besides, the one time I pulled into a spacious Flying J
RV
> > island (just to top off) when the RV pumps were all empty and
the
> > truck islands were all backed up, the manager came running out
shaking
> > his head and waving me over to the truck pumps! I personally
have
> > never seen a Flying J (or any other real truck stop) restrict
fuel
> > purchases to any dollar amount at the truck pumps.
> >
> > As an example of why not to use passenger car pumps, I
recently filled
> > up at a grocery store near the house that was 20 cents/gal
lower than
> > the truck stops and it took ~45 minutes to get 200 gallons
using the
> > passenger car pumps! The attendant was kind enough to ask if we
> > needed a larger $ limit before we started. She set it at $300
and
> > then re-set it again when we maxed that out. Oh yeah, got a
call from
> > the credit card fraud department before I got home regarding
the
> > back-to-back purchases. I gave them my cell phone number and
they
> > usually call me immediately after I buy fuel for the Bird! I
actually
> > appreciate them checking.
> >
> > The Flying J RV card I have was sent to me as part of my FMCA
> > membership. It does a couple of things. It allows you to
receive the
> > cash price even when using a credit card (3 cents per gallon
> > discount). And then they give you the 1 cent per gallon
discount on
> > top of that. As someone else mentioned, that discount
supposedly
> > can grow depending on total monthly purchases, but I've not
seen it.
> >
> > FYI, no one has mentioned gas discount cards, but we also pay
for all
> > of our fuel purchases with the Discover 'Gas Card' which then
gives us
> > a 5% cash rebate. That's way better than the 1 cent. The
Discover
> > Gas Card is a separate program from the regular Discover
cards. I
> > saved about $200 on fuel last year using that card. Yes,
that's a lot
> > of fuel.....
> >
> > FWIW,
> > Mike Bulriss
> > 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> > San Antonio, TX
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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