Flying J and Visa

Jeff B had the answer.

We need to fill up at McDonalds on fryer oil. I suppose we could use the drive thru.

[=win42;15006]As per usual we all have problems here and no clear answers. I usually look for Flying J BUT Recently all the Flying J terminals are selling CITGO Fuel. You Know CITGO as in the Dictator Chavez,...

Harry, Bob's with you, no CITGO stations for us:rolleyes: We tend to use the Love's Travel Stops when traveling in the south. You can earn fuel points with their points card. I know they started in OKC but I cannot remember who's fuel they use? I am sure JDUB can tell us more since he is the OK guy:D Shouldn't he be home by now??

Folks, I purchase my fuel at the lowest possible price.....I and do not care who is selling it! Exxon is making obscene profits while most Americans are struggling to purchase gas to get to their jobs. Wal-Mart is the #1 importer of Chinese goods which has replaced American made products....yet Americans flock to their stores? Has our gov't stepped in to release reserves or lower fuel taxes? Of course not......special interest ( oil companies ) make huge campaign contributions. Many foreign countries enjoy the profits from American commerce, but dislike America! Just my 2 cents. Just Ken

Harry, I didn' realize that Flying J was selling CITGO fuel. How did you find that out? I try to avoid CITGO for the reasons we all know about. Are all of the Flying J's selling CITGO Fuel or just some? Is there somewhere on their website that tells us this information?

Thanks for the heads up. How is it going with your new addition? No problems I hope?

Gary S

On our last two trips from TX to CA and OK to Ca all we passed were Fly. J's CITGO. We could file protests to to Flying J, but it would probably fall on deaf ears. They are probably making a killing using the stuff.

Jon's point of having cash is to me the most important. What ever country/company you chose to support, minimize the amount by paying in cash. We always keep some cash handy. There are those times when a credit card just wont move the wheels like a twenty dollar bill will and the 5 to 10 cents a gallon discount you can receive with cash is significant.

Also, like Jon, I prefer to deal with the smaller truck stops, but never the little car fueling stations that sell diesel. That fuel has usually been around for a while and is often very dirty and poorly filtered.

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Jim C- I did not need a wad of cash until last Thursday when I pumped $288.00 in bluevost and went in to pay with my visa card. That's when I found out!

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Ken, this is a dumb question, but every time I have ever used a Flying J I've had to go in in advance, and put a credit card down, before pumping. How in the world were you able to pump, and then get the "I need cash" surprise? I've never been able to pump without going in for pre-authorization.


Ray

Ken; I think you better watch this program JDUB sent us:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_XMzh2rg_s.

Ray,

Flying J has a card available to all rvers that can be used to activate the pump for fueling. When you use that card, you get an additional one cent per gallon discount off the cash price. Then you use your visa card to pay, and you get 30 days to boot. This was the best of all senarios.

Very interesting, I've got a flying J card. I didn't realize it could start the pumps. I tried other credit cards in the past, with no luck. I assumed it had to be a commerical card of some kind.