Discount Fuel - Fuel / Fleet cards

**travelrover** · 18th April 2017, 07:17 AM

Hi all

I have had a searched through this site but have not found anything on Fuel/Fleet cards. I recall almost 30 years ago this was a hot topic at the Range Rover Club, but it was decided the responsibility to manage the accounts was too great a burden for the club to engage in, and certainly not really a club activity.

Technology has certainly moved on a little in the intervening years as have the options available from the providers and the onus now seems very much on the individual rather than an organisation to service your debts.

All these cards offer discounted fuel and this seems to vary from 4 – 6 cents a litre, roughly a saving of between $3.00 - 4.50 a tank full on a Defender 110 ($156 - $234 annually if you fill up once a week). There are all sorts of cards from company specific ones, BP, Caltex and Shell (Canstar Blue - Australian Fuel Card Comparison), Caltex seems a clear winner here, to Fleetcare, Motorpass and others which seems to be company agnostic.

Does anyone have any experience with any of these cards? Do you think there may be some value in AULRO (as a potentially large fleet) looking into the benefits of a ‘bulk buy’ type arrangement?

**crash** · 19th April 2017, 07:02 AM

I would think the administration of an AULRO group would be HUGE.
Do you have to be an organisation or can you get them as an individual?
I would stay away from Motorpass and Fleetcare as I use to regularly see signs at pumps saying they were not accepted.
When I had a novated lease I had a Motorpass card. Advantage of the Motorpass card you were not tied to any particular fuel brand.

**sam_d** · 19th April 2017, 09:47 AM

I was about to start a thread / ask a question about fuel cards. Sorry for hijacking this one but I think my question would fit nicely here...

I am about to embark on a biggish trip (approx 15,000km) and I'm trying to find the best way to get discounted fuel. A few cents per litre here and there is always good and will add up over this kind of distance but, what the best options? I don't have an ABN so can't get one of those fleet cards but I can get 5% discount on Woolworths Gift Vouchers via an employee benefits scheme however, not all Caltex stores accept them (for example, only 10 Caltex stores across the whole of the greater Melbourne area accept gift vouchers).

Any help appreciated! Thanks in advance!

**V8Ian** · 19th April 2017, 03:48 PM

Puma offer 4cpl off simply by asking for a loyalty card, that goes on your keyring.

**cjc_td5** · 19th April 2017, 03:50 PM

Being a RAC member will get you 4c off at Puma in WA. Do other motoring organisations have similar deals?

**LandyAndy** · 19th April 2017, 08:46 PM

Coles/Woolies do it with shopper dockets.Coles (Shell) seem to be a tad dearer CPL.
Andrew

**AK83** · 20th April 2017, 03:21 PM

use a service like fuelspy to locate fuel .. and hopefully cheaper retailers whilst you're at it!

I just did a trip out to Broken Hill(from Melbourne) and used it mainly to see where fuel is located, and then of course that one place was 121.9/lt, whereas the place just up the road was at 129.9/lt!
Of course I filled up at the 121.9/lt place.

etc, etc ....

**LandyAndy** · 20th April 2017, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by AK83

use a service like fuelspy to locate fuel .. and hopefully cheaper retailers whilst you're at it!

I just did a trip out to Broken Hill(from Melbourne) and used it mainly to see where fuel is located, and then of course that one place was 121.9/lt, whereas the place just up the road was at 129.9/lt!
Of course I filled up at the 121.9/lt place.

etc, etc ....

WA has a government run system.Fuel Watch.Fuel sellers must nominate their CPL prices the day before.They cannot change that price.Infact,one seller was fined for selling fuel at a stupid low price due to a decimal place error which led to people paying next to nothing CPL.It was an unmaned credit card site.

FuelWatch | Department of Commerce

Andrew

**LandyAndy** · 20th April 2017, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by AK83

use a service like fuelspy to locate fuel .. and hopefully cheaper retailers whilst you're at it!

I just did a trip out to Broken Hill(from Melbourne) and used it mainly to see where fuel is located, and then of course that one place was 121.9/lt, whereas the place just up the road was at 129.9/lt!
Of course I filled up at the 121.9/lt place.

etc, etc ....

WA has a government run system.Fuel Watch.Fuel sellers must nominate their CPL prices the day before.They cannot change that price.Infact,one seller was fined for selling fuel at a stupid low price due to a decimal place error which led to people paying next to nothing CPL.It was an unmaned credit card site.

FuelWatch | Department of Commerce

Andrew

**travelrover** · 21st April 2017, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by sam_d

I was about to start a thread / ask a question about fuel cards. Sorry for hijacking this one but I think my question would fit nicely here...

I am about to embark on a biggish trip (approx 15,000km) and I'm trying to find the best way to get discounted fuel. A few cents per litre here and there is always good and will add up over this kind of distance but, what the best options? I don't have an ABN so can't get one of those fleet cards but I can get 5% discount on Woolworths Gift Vouchers via an employee benefits scheme however, not all Caltex stores accept them (for example, only 10 Caltex stores across the whole of the greater Melbourne area accept gift vouchers).

Any help appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Hi Sam

I think some such as motorpass require an ABN/ACN not sure about the others. Also some appear to have a minimum number of vehicles to qualify, say 3. Am sure there will be other qualifying requirements but I have not investigated this yet. It was just an idea :-)

On the east coast the NRMA have a fuel watch type app that seems to be available to everyone not just members and I think they have a fuel discount system but that is probably dependent on the level of your membership, requires more investigation.

It maybe worth a few local members getting together and creating a smaller local group rather than all AULRO Ozzie based members and see if that would work.

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