BP/Fuel Filling up stratagy for best savings

[Joker]

on your AA card you only get the discount on the FIRST 50L, anything after that is at normal rate (unsure on the points you accumulate but possibly the same)

SO if you are going to fill up, do it in 2 goes (the pump can handle 2x transactions without you hitting the counter to pay

(especially for us Legacy owners/Bigger cars)

and BP currently have another 4c on offer by visiting https://bpwin.co.nz/ and entering your receipt transaction details

add your tips here!

[greatdanz]

Yup thats the way i do it too. Easy way to accumulate points fast, highest Ive got off was 50c a liter,

[Kiwi_Fozze]

recent trip to foxton and back, i had like 84 cpl off, from $40 fills and finding the little bonusses here and there. seriously, NOTHING to loose, EVERYTHING to gain from the offers

[johnny5]

I thought the discount is only after you spend 40 bucks on petrol

[Joker]

wasting your time collecting points on Fuel then spending it back on fuel : might as well try and dig a hole in water

and yea only can collect/use on purchases over $40

[Timmah]

Sweet, free 4 cents off for doing nothing much. I can live with that.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

can use on any purchase of gas, however anything over $40 you can use then and there or store them up.

if you spend more than $80 at strongs, they do a 10 cents per litre, plus discounts from aa, burger king, repco etc etc, so just in buying new oil for yer car and some lunch you can get discounts there too.

[Disruptz]

yep, plenty of people do the double sale, no shame in that. Today is also 8c off at bp \'thirsty thursday\'.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

and the special "enter online for extra 4c per litre"

[Jord]

My best was $1.06/l. Pretty sweet getting a tank of gas for half price!

[duddley]

I find it cheaper to fill up at the Mobil by my house then it is at any bp even after getting 6 cents off with my AAcard.

[Marky]

We were doing theory of $40 a visit and adding the points up, and just using the accumulated points to knock off the cost of a big fill every month or two (like if going away or something)

Never really worked out the figures and if it makes sense to do it that way though, just like going "yuss" when it shows like $40 off a tank or whatever

which I promptly spend on overpriced food and a carwash

[pedro]

B P = Boss Pays....Well it does in my case...100% discount...

[blonky]

Haven\'t calculated it recently but when it was 6c/L discounts ideally you would do between 2 and 6 $40 fills and accumulate, then do a full tank and redeem. Any more than 6 accumulated fills (36c/L total) and there were diminishing returns.

6 fills * 6c/L = 36c/L accumulated

6 fills * $40 of 98 (17.7L) = 106.2L

7th fill of 50L, using your 36c + 6c from this visit: 67

50L * 42c = $21 saved

Total gas purchased: 156.2L

21/156.2 = effective 13.44c/L, which is greater than 6c/L haha

So basically if you redeem instantly you get 6c/L. If you accumulated once then filled you save 8.9c/L overall. Accumulate 6 times and fill you save 13.4c/L overall

Clear as mud? Since you are giving up you discount on your earlier $40 fills, the final discount needs to take this into account. So even if you got 36c/L saved up, it isn\'t really worth 36c/L when you remember the times you paid full price.

From what I understand now you score 4c/L then register your receipt online for another 4c. Which is fine if you accumulate but if you redeem then you only get to use 4c and the other 4c is loaded on your card for next time.

Same principle applies I guess

[Joker]

 blonky']

So basically if you redeem instantly you get 6c/L. If you accumulated once then filled you save 8.9c/L overall. Accumulate 6 times and fill you save 13.4c/L overall

thats the exact kind of techiques I\'m looking to hear

because I thought :

[quote name='JoKer said:

wasting your time collecting points on Fuel then spending it back on fuel : might as well try and dig a hole in water

your math seems solid!

[blonky]

Yeah it does seem like you\'re achieving much but it\'s a free discount...just gotta maximise it

And of course if you were to accumulate heaps then use it on a $40 fill then you might as well not accumulate at all; it works out saving you 6c/L no matter how many times you saved up! As long as the you fill you tank from as empty as possibly when you redeem you will get a better return

[Drunkenmonkey]

This is why I like the supermarket ones and fill 100l, old safari was 90l to fill and I would full a Jerry can for last 10l

[GTJamie]

If you fill up, make sure to round up your dollar amount to the nearest four cents, it rounds down

[optmspotts]

Anyone else notice the whopping 20c per litre saving for an AA WOF recently went down to 15c?

[thorpy]

30c a litre when you spend over $80 at repco this weekend

[ClubSub Mum]

 thorpy said:

30c a litre when you spend over $80 at repco this weekend

Also 30c a litre off when you spend $200 at new world