Flying J RV Plus Card from Good Sam

[steelpony5555]

Well for the past 2 days of travel I have kept an eye on fuel costs at the interchanges where I get off for Flying J/Pilot. Using the discount card my fuel was cheaper then any of the other stations/truck stops near the interchange that I could see.

[JandC]

quote:Originally posted by dieselguy

While you're beating a dead horse and never never never seeing big price differnces ... come on out to Emporia, Kansas this weekend ... you'll see a 25 cent a gallon difference between Flying J and another fuel stop right across the turnpike. Everyone has their comfort zone ... I'm 68' long and have little issue with saving 25 cents a gallon by having to turn the steering wheel a bit more to pull out of a fuel stop.

Checked GasBuddy and my Pilot app, guess this just shows me I can't trust the internet and these different sites because the cheapest diesel in your area at a regular gas station is $3.69 and your closest Pilot is selling it for $3.63 before the discount. Prices change constantly so maybe a few days ago Pilot was .25 different.

[dieselguy]

Gas Buddy is helpful. but it relies on individuals (John Q Public) in a given area to report in on fuel prices. Just drove thru Emporia a few hours ago ... diesel at Flying J $3.85 (charge card) before discounts ... Pilot at Ottawa, KS was $3.89 just off I-35. Both places within 1/2 mile had gas 20 - 24 cents cheaper at a major brand station with easy access to a 35 - 40' fiver. I notice you're on the other side of the Misissippi ... fuel supply must be different for youse guys.

[DQDick]

Since it's a 50 mile drive to shop one way or the other we are frequently in Emporia, Ks and that Flying J consistently has ridiculously high prices. I have no idea what their thinking, but seldom see the pumps empty so I guess a lot of the public just doesn't care.

[JandC]

quote:Originally posted by dieselguy

Gas Buddy is helpful. but it relies on individuals (John Q Public) in a given area to report in on fuel prices. Just drove thru Emporia a few hours ago ... diesel at Flying J $3.85 (charge card) before discounts ... Pilot at Ottawa, KS was $3.89 just off I-35. Both places within 1/2 mile had gas 20 - 24 cents cheaper at a major brand station with easy access to a 35 - 40' fiver. I notice you're on the other side of the Misissippi ... fuel supply must be different for youse guys.

Now I know their app is out of date because they are showing $3.79 at the Emporia Flying-J (raised it a little yesterday) and they don't even show any Pilots on I-35 at Ottawa KS. And to make matter worse, GasBuddy shows the cheapest diesel in that whole area to be $3.69, which of course if you believe these apps would mean that if the $3.79 price includes your discount, then Pilot would be .10 more per gallon. I have not known these apps to be so wrong before, you must have tons of idiots in that area false reporting these prices all the time.

[richfaa]

Now gas buddy is suspect. The prices listed on gas buddy for around here are right on. There are about 10 stations that I run by most every day and the prices are good. Why would anyone post false prices???

[JandC]

quote:Originally posted by richfaa

Now gas buddy is suspect. The prices listed on gas buddy for around here are right on. There are about 10 stations that I run by most every day and the prices are good. Why would anyone post false prices???

I have only known GasBuddy to be wrong on one other occasion, and that was down by Fort Myers Beach this winter. Some idiot kept reporting a Shell station (on Summerlin) had diesel at a certain price and that station had never even sold diesel. I thought maybe I was missing something so I even stopped and went inside and asked them about diesel and they said they had never had it. About every 2 or 3 weeks the same guy would report on that station again with the price of diesel, drove me crazy. He probably just had his stations mixed up.

[richfaa]

I had a bunch of running around to do today and there I am checking gas buddy with every station I passed. No errors. I would like no know what is up with a few F J/pilot stations like the on on Rt 27, Hanes City Fl being consistently 20/30 or more cents higher than those around them and other FJ/pilot's.
there is also a shell on Rt 27 near our C.G that is also 20 /30 cents higher all the time Meanwhile a shell not 5 miles away is at a normal price....

from what I have been told a company station has the price set by the company were a independent station the price can be set by the owner so I am told by my friendly BP station. The stations look exactly alike but one can be a company station and the other independent.????

[mail2us]

Love Pilot and FJ. No issues. Fill at tractor side, get 9 cents off on diesel, go inside, use kiosk to get receipt and on the road. Yes cheaper.

[dieselguy]

OOps ... may have been a Love's in Ottawa. I don't deny the convenience for some ... I'm just not paying the price here in Kansas.

[DQDick]

Diesel Guy is correct. It's a Love's near Ottawa and two private truck stops up the road at Beto Junction.