fuel cards

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Chicago123456, Mar 6, 2022.

  1. bad-luck

    bad-luck Road Train Member

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    That sucks, I do agree they offer the best discounts
     
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  3. cke

    cke Road Train Member

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    @God prefers Diesels 2% is .02 on the dollar. Not .02 per gallon. $5 per gallon equals .10. If my math is correct.
     
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  4. Rickp

    Rickp Heavy Load Member

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    If you switched companies, did you have the card through the previous company? Maybe the carrier was the one paying it?
     
  5. GYPSY65

    GYPSY65 Road Train Member

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    My previous company had their own card and charged us a percentage to use theirs and if you used your card you lost direct deposit, discounts and some other things
    They switched that way of business after about 7 years so I switched to NASTC
    I got NASTC on my own and had no affiliation with the previous company

    The new company has the same discounts without the money grab the previous company had so it didn’t matter who’s card I used
     
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  6. Rickp

    Rickp Heavy Load Member

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    I bet thats the difference. The required safety program is for the mc number not an individual. Prob dont have to do it if running someone elses.
     
  7. GYPSY65

    GYPSY65 Road Train Member

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    Not sure
    I would have given them my own mc number when I joined if they needed it
    Don’t remember but I do also have my own numbers
     
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  8. God prefers Diesels

    God prefers Diesels Road Train Member

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    Yes, but percentage is percentage.

    Say it's $5.00 per gallon. His 2% return on credit card equals $0.10 per gallon. Ten cents. The higher fuel price gets, the better off he is, because it's always a percentage basis.

    Thing is with Mudflap, your brute force saving so much per gallon that fuel would in some cases need to hit $40 per gallon to compete with Mudflap.

    Of course it varies from truck stop to truck stop, but I don't think I've ever saved less than 2% on a purchase.
     
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