While gas prices are finally falling again, I would not count on them staying this low forever. Even still, anything over $3 is not very cheap and most people are barely able to afford to fill up their tanks while paying for other bills and necessities. To help combat the steep price of gas, several gas stations are offering some sort of special discount on their gasoline prices.

One of the best programs around is Giant Eagle’s GetGo fuelperks. With every $50 spent in either the grocery store or gas st while using your Giant Eagle Advantage, you earn 10¢ off per gallon which is redeemable at any participating GetGo station. If you have a big family, one trip alone to the grocery store will probably earn you at least 40¢ off per gallon on your next fill up. That would be a savings of approximately $6 on a fill-up with current gas prices in the mid $3.60s in a vehicle with a 15-gallon tank.

Saving a little bit of money on gas is nice, but it is even better when you can get a lot of gas for cheap or even free! Giant Eagle designed the program so that a customer can get up to 30 gallons per transaction with the fuelperks discount, even when you have achieved enough points to get free gas. But here is the dilemma: your car does not hold 30 gallons of gas and the store clerks will not let you fill two cars at the pump because it is against company policies… How do you get all 30 gallons at the discounted price now?? BRING GAS CANS!! You can then take the gas home in government-authorized containers and fill up that second vehicle without the hassel of taking it all the way up to the gas station, just to be told you cannot fill it up at the same time as the other. Also, it saves you from having to fill up that second vehicle at higher gas prices as well.

Getting the full 30 gallons is a great idea even if you have only one vehicle because that is at least 2-3 weeks worth of gas for most people. Why waste your money getting more expensive gas on your next fill-up when you can easily store your next tank of gas in the garage for the time being? Think about it, if you get your gas for free and take all 30 gallons at one shot, that is like getting almost a whole month’s-worth of gas for free! How can you turn that down??

 So, the next time you go to the gas station to redeem your perks, think about how you can save yourself more money in the long-run by purchasing some extra gas in the short term.

For more details on Giant Eagle’s savings program, visit the GetGo Fuelperks website.

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