Everyone who has a diesel pusher knows what a hassle it can be to fill up on diesel sometimes. You can pull into the truck area and use their really fast diesel hoses or can risk the low roofs on the auto side with their really slow pumps. Once in a great while you can find a station with designated RV pumps somewhat out of the normal traffic flow.
But our motor homes have big tanks. Most of the pumps have cash limits on how much diesel you can pump. Often it's $50 worth. If you're lucky, you can insert the same card again and it will let you do it one more time. Or you go into the store, get in line with the truckers, give your credit card to the clerk and ask to have the pump turned on. Often they ask how much fuel you want? So you've got to guess: when did we fuel up last? How low was the gauge? How much was it a gallon? So you give them a guess and they fill out a charge slip for you to sign. Then you go back out and tell your spouse they can go ahead and start fueling. Then you go back in, get in line, get your credit card back and get a new charge (for the fuel you actually used). By the time you get back outside, hopefully your partner will have pulled out of the refueling line and is waiting to pick you up.
Then Pilot/Flying J came out with a Frequent Fueler ADVANTAGE card that you could insert at the pump along with your credit card. It allowed the pump to turn on without a trip inside AND gave you a 3 cent per gallon discount. You still had to go in and sign the charge slip. But it was a whole less hassle!
Recently we read about the arrangement that Good Sam Club had made with Pilot/Flying J to issue a new Pilot RV Plus charge card that would give an 8 cent discount. We sent the application in and got an email in a week or so saying we were approved, but they were swamped with applicants and it would be a while until we got our card. The cards finally came during our two month stay at Mouse Mountain RV Park, so we didn't get a chance to use them until yesterday. With the cards was a letter giving us a password to activate the cards. We had also gotten an email telling us the User ID (I think they did it separately so that intercepting one would not have been enough...) and control numbers.
Yesterday we pulled into Flying J #626 on State Road 2, Exit 305 on Interstate 9 near St. Augustine. They had an RV island over on the right with one side vacant, so we pulled right in. With a bit of trepidation as to what would happen, I inserted the new card. The screen asked for the Control Number, I punched it in and VIOLA! the pump turned on. We pumped $383.95 of diesel (76.628 gallons) with nary a pause! The receipt came out showing the price to be $4.019 a gallon -- 8 cents less then the listed price on the pump. Forry pulled in the fuel slide-out and off we went!
All in all, a VERY GOOD -- and FAST -- experience!
We got one, too, and so far have used it with the car twice. Works great and it's simple! We'll fill up the truck soon.
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