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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 $0.019 per gallon. Giant deducts 2200 points and then credits 220 ( 2.20 - 1.98; gas price adjusts down to account for the price you paid). The credited points get a new 30 days from starting in the credit date. This has been the case at three different Shell stations in NoVA using inside and pay at the pump. YMMV.
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Old Jun 13, 2014, 12:09 pm
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Originally Posted by bryan995
Grabbed 1 x Gray VGC and 1 x Blue Birthday Cake VGC today at SS, earned 3000 gas points total - sweet! Now comes the logistics re. filling up 35 gallons across two vehicles in one transaction.... Hmmm - I think i might need to buy some 5gal gas cans
One thing you'll realize quickly -- how long it takes to empty the f*!%$ 5 or 6-gallon gas can!
(Especially when you have to lift & hold 40-48lbs)
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Old Jun 13, 2014, 12:39 pm
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Originally Posted by nopoints
One thing you'll realize quickly -- how long it takes to empty the f*!%$ 5 or 6-gallon gas can!
(Especially when you have to lift & hold 40-48lbs)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BMRZN66/

If you read the reviews, quite a few of them are from people mentioning they do the same thing we do, fill up gas cans with their fuel points from grocery stores.
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Old Jun 13, 2014, 12:45 pm
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Originally Posted by nopoints
One thing you'll realize quickly -- how long it takes to empty the f*!%$ 5 or 6-gallon gas can!
(Especially when you have to lift & hold 40-48lbs)
Gasoline weighs about 6.25 lbs per gallon. So it's actually 31- 38 lbs.
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Old Jun 13, 2014, 1:47 pm
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Try carting around 55 gallon drums of it.
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Old Jun 14, 2014, 7:30 am
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Is there some delay in the gas points being available? I bought $1K, showed 3000 points on my receipt. I then went straight to shell and it tells me I have no points available to use.
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Old Jun 14, 2014, 8:39 am
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Originally Posted by ibleed0range
Is there some delay in the gas points being available? I bought $1K, showed 3000 points on my receipt. I then went straight to shell and it tells me I have no points available to use.
S&S says it can take up to 24 hours to become available, although I have never had it take more than 6 hours.
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Old Jun 14, 2014, 10:31 am
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Originally Posted by SpeedingLunatic
Try carting around 55 gallon drums of it.
That goes under the "MSing gone wild" category!

Hmm... When time the kids open up the lemonade stand, I'm going to
have a pop-up gasoline station next to them!
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Old Jun 14, 2014, 12:32 pm
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Somewhat frustrated by my experience when I went to fill up. The closest Shell to me refused to take my S&S card and said they didn't participate in the program despite them being on S&S's page as a participating location. I guess I will have to find other Shell's in the area, oh well lesson learned.
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Old Jun 14, 2014, 12:45 pm
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Originally Posted by Macmaniac
Somewhat frustrated by my experience when I went to fill up. The closest Shell to me refused to take my S&S card and said they didn't participate in the program despite them being on S&S's page as a participating location. I guess I will have to find other Shell's in the area, oh well lesson learned.
Was in the same boat. There is one Shell station between my house and my weekend home. It's listed on the Giant website as participating. Got there and they told me they don't participate. Had to fill up with enough to make it the rest of the trip at full price.
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Old Jun 14, 2014, 2:02 pm
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Originally Posted by vodafone
Store CS can only do 500 points a time. They won't be able to give you 1500 in one transaction. Next time, feed them this info.
This doesn't hold for Giant. I actually forgot to have them scan my card once. CS in the store had no problem giving me 2,500 points. Actually she gave me 5x because she thought it was the same deal as a previous promo.
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Old Jun 14, 2014, 9:02 pm
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Found a Giant about 30 minutes from me that sells ReloadIts with CCs. Jackpot. I bought 3x$500 worth today along with 2x$500 VGCs and a $200 Lowes GC (need a dehumidifier, might as well get 600 gas reward points and 5% CB out of it). Plan to go back for $4500 tomorrow. I'll load them to various T-Mobile prepaids and bill pay at a 7-11 ATM
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Old Jun 15, 2014, 7:40 am
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Originally Posted by nopoints
That goes under the "MSing gone wild" category!

Hmm... When time the kids open up the lemonade stand, I'm going to
have a pop-up gasoline station next to them!
BOOM! goes the gasoline.
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Old Jun 15, 2014, 9:49 am
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Originally Posted by tuphat
I know that Harris Teeter is 99 cents with $500 max per MO. I'm pretty sure Giant is the same. More convenient for me personally to cash them out that way, vs. BB.
Will S&S/Giant drain balance of a gift card and ask for second source to complete transaction? If so, what is the limit on number of sources per transaction?
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Old Jun 15, 2014, 3:17 pm
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Originally Posted by smoothmunkey
Will S&S/Giant drain balance of a gift card and ask for second source to complete transaction? If so, what is the limit on number of sources per transaction?
I don't know, but the limit on MO value at my Giants is $500. So unless you're unloading a bunch of small value GC's I don't see that number of swipes would be a problem.
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Old Jun 15, 2014, 4:21 pm
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Originally Posted by smoothmunkey

Will S&S/Giant drain balance of a gift card and ask for second source to complete transaction? If so, what is the limit on number of sources per transaction?
Mine do. I have used 2 cards to purchase vgc at the register, 1 AGC and 1 regular CC.

When I do MO I split vgc for the total purchase. I've done 4 cards per transaction.
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