Comments on: Shell Credit Card Saves You 30 Cents a Gallon!

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:25:20 +0000

I have a Cap One card that I use for gas. I travel to a lot of different areas, so a rewards card for a particular station doesn’t make sense for me. The Cap One is good for gas, dinner and for “floating” anything else (I pay it off monthly).

Typically, I’ll build the rewards and trade them in for a flight once a year or so.

By: Phr3dly

Phr3dly — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:50:47 +0000

Definitely meh.

The only card I use is my Schwab card. Only 2% back on gas, but then again, it gives me 2% back on everything else as well. With no limit. No need to think about which card to use.

And it deposits my “rewards” in cash form, into a Schwab account every month. I opened the account in January and my Schwab account now has $1200.

I do actually use one other card, my Costco Amex card. But I only use that at Costco.

By: kosmo @ The Casual Observer

kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:25:13 +0000

We have a credit card from Amoco that gives us 5% back on gas (it gives 10% back during the intro period, but we’ve had the card for years).

With my daily commute (70 miles, round trip) we rack up the miles quickly, and our gas bill is typically $200 – $400, depending on the price of gas. That’s $10 – $20 in savings each month.

We’d probably buy gas at Amoco anyway. Not that I am a big fan or anything, just that the locations are very convenient.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:20:07 +0000

That 45 cent debit fee is the reason I avoid Arco like the plague. Also the lack of taking my credit card.

By: Erica Douglass

Erica Douglass — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:11:25 +0000

Shell has expensive gas; I wouldn’t shop there anyway.

Arco seems to be the dominant low-price gas company; I did sign up for their debit card. Their “rewards program” is a ripoff, but the card is great; it waives the 45 cent debit fee and deducts from your current checking account.

-Erica