Originally Posted by ClassCAir

See, and thats why I like Discover in the gas situation. I requested my reward (I opted for the gift certificates to up my cash back) and had it in the mail in about 4-5 days. Also, I can redeem at only $20 which is a huge bonus especially for us impatient ones. You do have to watch your rewards balance though and actually request to redeem, but that isn't bad. I'd rather have them do it that way than automatically because I might loose the chance to up my awards with the gift certificate option otherwise.

A while back Discover had a promotion where you would get $10 cash back for using the card for ANY purchase at Sam's Club. I spent about $8, and got $10 for doing it! Has anyone heard of them doing this again? (Warning though, I had to call them about 4 times to actually get the reward credited and I had to save the receipt for 6 moths until it credited)

Originally Posted by outoftown

Thanks to all for the good tips.

I economize on gas by using both the Citi Platinum Select and Chase Rewards for the 5% discount on gas ($300 savings on each card). I am on my third hybrid vehicle, so even with 50mpg +, every little bit helps . I run the AC all the time however, since it does not run off the engine in my car. Checking gas prices on line (my local site is http://www.raleighgasprices.com/ and gasing up at Costco helps, when I'm in the Durham area. Changing driving patterns and methods also helps. I'm trying to pretend there is an egg under my accelerator and drive accordingly and it does bump up the mpg by a few. I have always combined errands...I hate to make a trip for one reason, but I am particularly conscious of this when I take the 4Runner. I ride my motorcycle when I don't have to carry a load. Since I am really "outoftown" a lot, most of my miles are on rental cars, so someone else is usually footing my gas bill. Out of habit, I still fill up at the cheapest station which I try to note when I leave the airport, so I can catch it on the way back. It irks me that people think the Texaco on Century near LAX is convenient for gasing up, even tho it's the highest price station in the continental US.

Outoftown, ORD on Monday, MCO Tuesday, Chattanooga today

Originally Posted by GoingAway

For what it's worth .... I called Speedpass... followed up and found out that they manually overrode something when I called earlier this week and I s/be receiving the Speedpass shortly, but because it wasn't activated by 9/21 (the date they were using as an extension to 8/30), I wouldn't be able to be part of the promo. When I complained some more and asked to talk with the Supervisor, he came back and offered me a $10 gift card -- the promo was good for a max of $20 so its not a horrible exchange.
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Originally Posted by scooper

Sadly, I just discovered (no pun intended) that the "Get More, Get Out There" has a limit of $400 of gas purchases that qualify for the full 5% rebate. With today's prices, we hit that pretty quickly. I don't remember that in the fine print when I initially signed up but it was probably there.

Originally Posted by bratton

When filling up at LAX, take Airport (the street you take to go back to Hertz Return) North to Manchester, take a right (East) and in about one block there is a discount station on the right hand side that is much, much cheaper than that rip-off Texaco on Century Blvd. That is where I always fill up my rentals before return.

Originally Posted by Vip4me

Does anyone have a link to this Get More, Get Out there promotion? or is it over?

Originally Posted by cepheid

The Get More promotion for gasoline ended last month. The current Get More promotion is for restaurants, movie theatres, etc. You can see the current promotion by going to http://www.discovercard.com and looking for the "Get More" image, which is usually near the top left or top right.