Comments on: Speedway Gas Discount In Michigan

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:07:21 +0000

Shaun -

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It really is a great deal……Check it out…

By: Shaun Carter dot Com » Blog Archive » Michigan Bans Fuel Discount Coupons

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:25:27 +0000

[...] had discussed in an earlier post the rumor I heard from a Speedway clerk here in Holland about the fuel discounts being discontinued [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:47:00 +0000

Well, after talking to my manager and calling Speedway, I think I finally have an answer to this. It is a state law, not national (as I had heard from my ass’t. mgr.), and it makes fuel discount COUPONS illegal. So, reductions at the pump are still allowed, i.e. with the Chase credit card. The lady on the phone said that the law “makes it illegal to get gas coupons with the rewards card”, so I assume that the Summertime Gas Rollback will not be affected, since it is a price reduction, not a coupon.

Hopefully that clears things up - I am surprised I haven’t heard/read anything on the news about this.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:43:21 +0000

My manager left early yesterday unfortunately; however, the assistant manager said that the decision was a “federal” decision. He didn’t seem to know much about it, though. We got our January signage kit up today, though, and they are running a promotion for a 5 cent/gallon gas discount (and some bonus point thing) tied to the credit card, through June 08. We will honor current fuel discount coupons until the 7th, and the gas discount coupons that are printed using points have already been removed, as of today, as options for rewards you can print out.

This is confusing to me, because it doesn’t make sense (from my point of view, anyway) for certain discounts to be illegal and others (such as the credit card offer) to work. I sent an email to Speedway and asked for more information about this; it is not only important for consumers to understand what is going on, but as a CSR it is important for me to be able to answer any questions they have, or at the very least tell them where to direct their questions - whether it be the governor, the Dept. of Energy, etc.

I’ll let you know what I find out when they email me back, presumably tomorrow.

Happy new year!

By: Shaun Carter

Shaun Carter — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:52:37 +0000

Thanks for the info Jason. I love my Speedway Credit Card because of the discount and bonus points… my first month I earned about 13,000 points with the sign up bonus. But now it might not be as great.

I look forward to hearing back from you about what you find out from your manager.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:34:54 +0000

I actually work at a Speedway here in MI, and a lady came in today and mentioned something about it (and, as you suggested, said it had something to do with the state not getting their full tax amount from discounted fuel). I hadn’t heard anything about it, but I haven’t seen my manager since last week. I asked one of my co-workers when she came in later and said that they were getting rid of the fuel discount, starting Jan. 1. She also said there were two other things (I assume related to the Rewards program) that they were getting rid of, but she could not remember them. I have to stop in and talk to my manager tomorrow anyway; I am going to ask her about this.

Like you, I Googled it, and searched Michigan’s website - couldn’t find a thing.

I hope it’s bogus - our government (not necessarily state gov’t.) is part of the reason we’re paying so much for gas in the first place - what’s wrong with a little discount here and there?

I was also thinking about getting a Speedway Chase credit card, because of the fuel discount and bonus points…but if this turns out to be true I’ll forget about that.

I’ll make another comment if I find anything out from my manager tomorrow.

By: Click for Nick

Click for Nick — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:31:00 +0000

yea i actually enjoyed having a sppedway michigan card

Click for Nick