Well, let me start off by saying you won’t be getting a buy one fill up get another free with this deal, a guy can dream right?  So bare with me and I can show you how to ease the latest gas prices just a little bit.

Super America and Speedway both offer the Speedy Rewards card.  All it entails is a free discount card that racks up points as you spend your hard earned cash on everyone’s favorite expense, gas.  The card also ears points on just about everything found in the store as well.  For gas you typically earn 10 points per gallon.  Most in store items reap 20 reward points for every dollar spent, sometimes more for bonus items.  Only a few categories do not earn points like tobacco, lottery, etc.

So right now it takes 24,500 points to get a free $25 gas card.  Yes, you’re absolutely right, that takes a lot of spending to rack up that many points.  However, here is a little trick that will help you get there faster.

When you purchase giftcards, you get a bonus of 1,000 points for every $50 put towards the giftcard.  So when I go to the gas station, I put on a few hundred dollars until it runs out, then repeat.  Gas is a fairly fixed expense so if you budget you should be able to do this as well.  Once the cash is on the gift card, you use that to purchase your gas replacing your cash or credit card.  In addition to the bonus points from purchasing the gift card, you also earn points when you purchase the gas.

Picking up the gift cards in $50 incriments will sure help you get there faster.  While you won’t get a ton in free gas, a little extra never hurts.