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Old Jun 28, 2014, 2:30 pm
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If you buy GCs when they are not on promotion, you get no gas points. Zero, Zero, Zero. NOT 1X.

Current GC Promotion: None (so you will get zero gas points for buying Amex, Visa, or MC gift cards)

Stop & Shop (S&S) and Giant Food Stores (Giant) offer points for purchases which can be redeemed for discounts off gas purchases at select gas stations. The rules are different depending on whether you shop at S&S or Giant and within the Giant chain, the rules vary by your location.

Feel free to update this Wiki or suggest improvements. The goal is to help all of us spend less on gas!

S&S Gas Rewards website

Giant Gas Rewards website

IMPORTANT: Giant Food Stores, LLC and Giant of Maryland, LLC are different chains and the rules are different for redemption! For a great explanation of why they are different read Post #839.

Current S&S promo: none

Current Giant (PA) promo: 2X points on AMEX ends 12/10

Current Giant (NoVA, DC, MD) promo: none

Past S&S promos (will help track the cycle of when these bonuses start and end):
6/20/14 - 7/10/14 4x for VGC purchase

Past Giant (PA) promos (will help track the cycle of when these bonuses start and end):
6/22/14 - 7/12/14 4x for VGC purchase
6/07/15 - 6/13/15 3x for VGC purchase
7/5/15 - 7/11/15 2x for VGC purchase
8/2/15 - 8/8/15 2x for VGC purchase
10/16/15 - 10/22/15 2x for VGC purchase
12/4/15 - 12/10/15 2x for AMEX GC purchase

Past Giant (NoVA, DC, MD) promos (will help track the cycle of when these bonuses start and end):
6/20/14 - 7/10/14 4x for VGC purchase
12/4/15 - 12/10/15 2x for AMEX GC purchase

FAQs

You need to obtain a Rewards card at the Customer Service desk before you can start getting gas rewards.

Cards that work are listed in the current circular. They do change occasionally. VISA and MC from Metabank or US Bank for $20-$500 (plus $5.95 fee) work. For GCs, if it meets the previous requirements, the packaging (blue, silver, birthday cake, etc.) doesn't matter! Check the issuing bank.

S&S and Giant (NoVA, DC, MD) allows you to redeem gas points only up to $2.20/gallon and points expire after 30 days. Giant PA can redeem full amount.

Points earned in one program cannot be used in another program, BUT there are reports that you can call Customer Service and x-fer points to the other programs. See post #512

S&S allows you to fill up more than once per day.

Giant may ask for your name and driver's license to write in a book if you make a certain level of purchases. Some stores it is for >$2k and some for $5k. YMMV.

You can access your Giant Gas Rewards online using the link at the top of the thread.

Most people report they can buy a single $500 MC or VISA at any register without an issue. Generally, if you spend more than $1,000 a manager will be required to come over to the register with a key. It's not been reported that this is an issue, just to be aware if the register is busy. You can go checkout at Customer Service to avoid this hassle.

Giant Eagle (Pittsburgh area) is not the same as Giant Food Stores and this deal doesn't work.

If you have more points than are required for your redemption they will remain in your account until they expire. i.e. If you have 10,000 points and you redeem 2,200 for a fillup, you will have 7,800 points left in your account.

If your bonus card is not scanned with your gift card purchase because of a system or cashier mistake, you can get the points manually added at the cust. svc desk at your local store. Show your receipt, and the employee may need reference to the gift card promo in the Giant sales flyer. It generally takes manually added points 24 hrs to post to your account.
[*]How do gas rewards work when gas is less than $2.20 (based on NoVA Shell stations)?

Giant deducts 2200 points from your account (usually) wishing 24 hours of your gas purchase. In the next 24-48 hours, Giant credits your account for the different between the actual gas price reduction and the 2209 points. Example: 1.999 gas has recently required (late Dec 2015/Jan 2016) paying $0.019 per gallon. Giant deducts 2200 points and then credits 220 ( 2.20 - 1.98; gas price adjusts down to account for the price you paid). The credited points get a new 30 days from starting in the credit date. This has been the case at three different Shell stations in NoVA using inside and pay at the pump. YMMV.
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Old May 2, 2014, 8:56 am
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Anybody have success in PA? I checked the weekly circular but didn't see the ad in there.
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Old May 2, 2014, 8:59 am
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had to dig around to find a couple of variable load cards. Seems this store is switching to the 100 max cards.

Got 2 in NY to get my 3k fuel points.
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Old May 2, 2014, 9:07 am
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PA Giants' circular runs Sunday-Saturday. Cool it and wait until Sunday.
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Old May 2, 2014, 9:20 am
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good to go.



edit: bought variable VGC. i hate dealing with MCGC, will only buy if VGC not available.

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Old May 2, 2014, 10:18 am
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Originally Posted by Nucstorm
Anybody have success in PA? I checked the weekly circular but didn't see the ad in there.
It's in PA circular for next week on the first page.
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Old May 2, 2014, 10:27 am
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Please ...

can the people reporting in be very specific as to the card(s) being purchased?
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Old May 2, 2014, 11:51 am
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20-500 metabank Visa gets 3X gas points.
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Old May 2, 2014, 12:29 pm
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20-500 MasterCard works
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Old May 2, 2014, 1:02 pm
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Was a lot nicer getting 25,000 gas points per stop but I cant complain about 15,00 either. Is the mother day promo normally 3X or historically has it been 5X? I am wondering if 3X is the new 5X.
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Old May 2, 2014, 1:10 pm
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The old normal promo was 2X. Only in recent times it went up to 4X, 5X and now 3X.
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Old May 2, 2014, 1:12 pm
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Originally Posted by xp0
Was a lot nicer getting 25,000 gas points per stop but I cant complain about 15,00 either. Is the mother day promo normally 3X or historically has it been 5X? I am wondering if 3X is the new 5X.
Sooo... if 100 gas points = .10 off/gallon, what happens when you have more than 3,790 gas points (or $3.79 off/gallon)??
Gas points in PA reset on May 11...
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Old May 2, 2014, 1:35 pm
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Originally Posted by Tuppins
Sooo... if 100 gas points = .10 off/gallon, what happens when you have more than 3,790 gas points (or $3.79 off/gallon)??
Gas points in PA reset on May 11...
In CT max $ off is $2.20/gallon (2,200 points). Points expire in 30 days.
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Old May 2, 2014, 1:37 pm
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Originally Posted by hmmurdock
In CT max $ off is $2.20/gallon (2,200 points). Points expire in 30 days.
It's a little different at Giant in PA. I don't know if there's a max $ off, but I do know that everyone's gas points reset to 0 on the same day. You can always tell what day that is by the lines at the gas pump.
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Old May 2, 2014, 1:49 pm
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Originally Posted by hmmurdock
In CT max $ off is $2.20/gallon (2,200 points). Points expire in 30 days.
Same in VA for 'Giant' branded AHold stores - it mentions the 30-day expiration on the receipt, but when you use your points at Shell, it tells you that the limit is US$2.20 off.

Thanks all for the reports on which cards work - i'll be buying some this weekend!

-jeremy
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Old May 2, 2014, 5:35 pm
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Metabank VGC works for 3x in nj.
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