Fueling/Flying J discounts/other fuel discount cards

[Leroy Eckert]

Hey Pappy:
How's St. George and Hurricane coming along. I love it in your area, Utah's
Dixie. My good friend owns Grassy Meadows Sky Ranch South of Hurricane and owns
lots of land around or near the new reservoir. Hope to get back out there next
summer.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40
Niceville, FL






----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Hagan
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 12:05 AM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Fueling/Flying J discounts/other fuel discount
cards


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:
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> I use the truck lanes when I fuel.
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> Leroy Eckert
> 1990 WB-40
> Niceville, FL
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> ----- 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.....
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> FWIW,
> Mike Bulriss
> 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> San Antonio, TX
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