Originally Posted by
shitrus
So let me get this straight,
You go buy a $10 kroger gift card from in store. Go out to the gas station and have them add $490, then $500, to get to the 1k limit.
Doing this nets you 1k in gas points (or 4k this weekend)? Or are you just using it as a way to get gas bonuses (like Ink 2x or Amex BCP 3% or PenFed 5x)? EDIT: Or both?
You then go in and buy two $500 Gebits and incur the $11.90 fee?
Then you can just go out and reload 2x$500 and repeat the process?
That's only partially correct. Kroger points (fuel) are not earned on variable GC or Kroger GC. They are earned when you drain the GC buying fixed value cards or other retail GC. The best and simplest way to do this is to simply buy a Kroger $200 gift card directly from the gas station (They stock the actual store cards inside the gas station cubicle) using a chase freedom (5x points right now) or ink (2x) and then go inside and get 2 fixed value $100 cards (fixed value earnes rewards). Go through self checkout and swipe your two cards and the total will be 211.90. Pay 200 with the Kroger GC you got and the the remaining 11.90 fee with anything else. You should get 800 pts which is $28 saved on 35ga - although actually a little less at $16.10 after subtracting the fees...but still worth it to me.
Repeat tomorrow if so desired.