Fuel Cards

[fattony]

Been looking into fuel cards recently and I cant seem to work them out, they seem to be a glorified credit card, you pay pump prices limited to a certain brand of garages and pay the bill once a month - or am I missing something?

Just trying to reduce diesel costs where possible

 

[speed]

you are correct
its ideal when you have people working for you, saves giving them cash to fill up they just put it on the card,

 

[kevindgas]

some give you a weekly price, some a bunker price (BP) but they are more trouble than they are worth in my opinion.
i just use Morrisons and get my £5 reward vouchers which my good lady uses on the shopping. they are also 3 - 4p cheaper most of the time.

 

[fattony]

fair enough just thought I'd look into them wont bother wasting my time

 

[seaop]

Our company gives us one, and I think its a hell of a lot better than giving the employees cash, all sorts would go on with that, we can buy fuel and oil on the card, for a one or two person team Im not sure it would be worth it though.

 

[jeepman]

My company uses them and they are a nightmare,
i drive a 7.5 ton truck all over the south and have a bp card which means i can only fill up at a bp garage so if i running low on fuel i might have to drive miles out of my way to the nearest bp garage.
also you need a pin number to use it as well so if you use another bp card you need the number as well
stick to cash alot better and can fill up anywhere

 

[Inky Pete]

I've got an All Star card from my company which I can use just about anywhere.

Mainly fill up at Tesco as it's one of the cheapest, convenient, and I still get to collect the clubcard points.

Company pays the bill, I provide a mileage record sheet each month, they charge me at a reasonable rate for any private mileage at the weekend or whatever, and there's no VAT receipts to lose.