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Old Nov 19, 2014 | 1:28 am
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Originally Posted by rayonline
For us ..

To accumulate:
Wait for the 8c off specials or the 10c recently.
$40 petrol each time and accumulate 8 or 10c each time.
If I put in $80 I would only get 8c off, not 2x 8c.
You can do $40 put the hose back up and back down and do another $40. Then pay 2x separate $40 if not you would only get one discount.

Then just before the end of the next month for us, our car is just a VW Bora so it has a 60L tank only. We use all the points for that one trip.

You can obviously shop at partner stores and get more points there and give a linked AA card to family / friends so you can pool the credit together.
Cool. So I do have to physically swipe my card two separate times and make two completely separate payment transactions to double up?

Also, the 8/10c specials are for accumulating, not redeeming, right? I should accumulate on special days and then redeem on any other day?

It's starting to make sense, now, but we'll see when I do my final fill-up before returning the car in AKL.
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