Squeezing the max out of Giant points

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DW and I like to accumulate 600 Giant points, then meet up after work at the same Shell station to fill up both cars on the same pump.

Stupid, right?

It's embarassing to cheat like that. do you still try to sneak into movies too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DW and I like to accumulate 600 Giant points, then meet up after work at the same Shell station to fill up both cars on the same pump.

Stupid, right?

It's embarassing to cheat like that. do you still try to sneak into movies too?

Actually, before the kids were born, back when we used to go see movies, we loved to make a "double feature"... Cheap thrills, livin' on the edge, what can I say.

[Anonymous]

I thought the Thursday discount was only for premium gas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you get both cars filled up at once time? We tried it once, but the sale closed before we could get the second car up to the pump.

Never done it but I'm sure all you need to do is pull one car in and back the other in behind it so each tank is relatively close to the pump and after you finish one you go to the other.

[Anonymous]

I do the safeway promotion. Any daily deals at Exxon?

[Anonymous]

Seriously? We just buy our gas at Costco.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you get both cars filled up at once time? We tried it once, but the sale closed before we could get the second car up to the pump.

Never done it but I'm sure all you need to do is pull one car in and back the other in behind it so each tank is relatively close to the pump and after you finish one you go to the other.

Aahhh. So obvious, and yet I didn't think of it!

[Anonymous]

This week's flyer has 5x points for tide laundry detergent. Time to stock up!

[Anonymous]

Anyone know if the Thurs. 5 cents off works in VA? Yes, I did a brief google search before posting but didn't find anything. DH is usually in charge of this and he has never heard about it. TIA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you get both cars filled up at once time? We tried it once, but the sale closed before we could get the second car up to the pump.

Never done it but I'm sure all you need to do is pull one car in and back the other in behind it so each tank is relatively close to the pump and after you finish one you go to the other.

Aahhh. So obvious, and yet I didn't think of it!

Without putting the gas nozzle back to end the sale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did not know this about Thursdays or the sunday paper
i will definitely be strategizing and maximizing our gas consumption

Just as a FYI, I always find the coupons for the extra 300 or 400 points in the paper that comes on Wed. There is always a sale ad for Giant, Shoppers and Safeway. I am in Fairfax. I don't remember seeing any coupons in the one that comes with the Sunday paper, but I could be wrong on that. Not sure also if the insert is in the paper you buy at the store or only the ones that are delivered. I do seem to recall buying a paper once when ours was missing and the insert was not there. Hope this helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did not know this about Thursdays or the sunday paper
i will definitely be strategizing and maximizing our gas consumption

Just as a FYI, I always find the coupons for the extra 300 or 400 points in the paper that comes on Wed. There is always a sale ad for Giant, Shoppers and Safeway. I am in Fairfax. I don't remember seeing any coupons in the one that comes with the Sunday paper, but I could be wrong on that. Not sure also if the insert is in the paper you buy at the store or only the ones that are delivered. I do seem to recall buying a paper once when ours was missing and the insert was not there. Hope this helps.

+1 one week I forgot to bring my coupon from my home delivered paper and picked one up at the store, but it didn't have the coupon in there. They will add the points on if you go back with the receipt and the coupon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did not know this about Thursdays or the sunday paper
i will definitely be strategizing and maximizing our gas consumption

Just as a FYI, I always find the coupons for the extra 300 or 400 points in the paper that comes on Wed. There is always a sale ad for Giant, Shoppers and Safeway. I am in Fairfax. I don't remember seeing any coupons in the one that comes with the Sunday paper, but I could be wrong on that. Not sure also if the insert is in the paper you buy at the store or only the ones that are delivered. I do seem to recall buying a paper once when ours was missing and the insert was not there. Hope this helps.

thank you - that was helpful. I never check the Giant ads but had reason to this week and was searching in the bunch that often come with the saturday/sunday paper (delivered to home). I hadn't thought about wednesdays. thanks.

[Anonymous]

Or you could take a couple of 5 gallon gas containers to fill up...

[Anonymous]

What kind of savings are we talking about here? how much is the overall savings for two cars when you have 600 points?