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April 06, 2006
Three ways to save money on gasoline
As I was putting gas into my slightly used Lamborghini Diablo last night (or was it my Porsche 968?), I sure was happy I had two free, $10 gas cards earned through the MyPoints program. That meant I only had to pay another $20 to fill up the tank. Woo hoo. MyPoints sends you a couple of emails a day that you read (or not read). After you click on a button at the bottom of the email, you earn points that you can then redeem for stuff. I always go for the gas cards.
From April through June of this year, Discover Card is paying a 5% rebate on gas purchases. Just login to the website and click on the offer if you already have a card. So for the next three months, I'll get a $2 rebate from Discover whenever I shell out $40 for a tank of the 91 premium that my not so new Ferrari Testarossa requires. Also, Discover has introduced a gas card that permanently earns 5% cash back on gas, so if you don't have a Discover Card, you might want to apply.
Finally, Gasbuddy.com has put together a map of the U.S. showing average gas prices per county. That's not really useful day-to-day, although I'm getting excited to save $0.30 per gallon when I'm in Tucson this weekend. Woo hoo! Anyway, GasBuddy also lists gas prices of thousands of stations in a ton of cities. Just start clicking on the map.
Posted by brian at April 6, 2006 08:58 AM