Load 1 ST staying busy?
- Thread starter JimF51
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That is the problem...you need 50 G's to get 1 credit...it takes a sprinter 3 fills to get that....we'd have to run darn near empty just to make it twice...
so ya see while it good for most....it is just not for me..and that is my problem...
JimF51
Seasoned Expediter
Their card gives u a shower credit, when your total purchase is 50 gallons in a 5 day period. Their Expediter card does, not their regular one.
Guess i thought u guys would use 50 gallons every cpl or 3 days, so would get a shower credit each time you did.
mcavoy33
Seasoned Expediter
I thought this is the way it works at Pilot as well. When I amon most runs, I need to fill up 3 times anyways but my tank is only 22 gallons.
At the Pilot Flying J, when you get anywhere between 14 and 49 gallons in a fillup, you get ½ shower credit that is good for 5 days. You stop twice, getting 14 gallon each time, the two ½ credits equals a full shower credit.
$3.80 a gallon cash price, 28 gallons = $106.40 spent to get the free shower. Minus the $10 free shower, is $96.40, divided by 28 gallons is $3.44 per gallon, a savings of 36 cents per gallon.
At the TA it takes three 17-gallon fillups to get one shower credit that lasts 10 days.
$3.80 a gallon cash price, 50 gallons = $190.00 spent to get the free shower. Minus the $10 free shower, is $180.00, divided by 50 gallons is $3.60 per gallon, a savings of 20 cents per gallon.
To further monkey wrench the works, if you are with Load 1 and use the Fleet Card, not only do you get an additional 5 cents per gallon off the cash price at the Pilot Flying J, but it also gets you a full shower credit with a mere 15 gallons. Three fillups, three showers.
$3.80 a gallon cash price, minus the 5 cent per gallon discount, 15 gallons = $56.25 spent to get the free shower. Minus the $10 free shower, is $46.25, divided by 15 gallons is $3.08 per gallon, a savings of 72 cents per gallon.
There ya go.
$3.80 a gallon cash price, 28 gallons = $106.40 spent to get the free shower. Minus the $10 free shower, is $96.40, divided by 28 gallons is $3.44 per gallon, a savings of 36 cents per gallon.
At the TA it takes three 17-gallon fillups to get one shower credit that lasts 10 days.
$3.80 a gallon cash price, 50 gallons = $190.00 spent to get the free shower. Minus the $10 free shower, is $180.00, divided by 50 gallons is $3.60 per gallon, a savings of 20 cents per gallon.
To further monkey wrench the works, if you are with Load 1 and use the Fleet Card, not only do you get an additional 5 cents per gallon off the cash price at the Pilot Flying J, but it also gets you a full shower credit with a mere 15 gallons. Three fillups, three showers.
$3.80 a gallon cash price, minus the 5 cent per gallon discount, 15 gallons = $56.25 spent to get the free shower. Minus the $10 free shower, is $46.25, divided by 15 gallons is $3.08 per gallon, a savings of 72 cents per gallon.
There ya go.
mcavoy33
Seasoned Expediter
Now if you could only make it so that I didn't have to go in the store 3 times to fill up my tank once, I'd be in heaven. Ok, maybe its only 2.5 on average, its still annoying.
Usually this is my routine at pilot / flying J's.
park at rv islands / auto diesel, go in, give fleet card, make sure they know what your talking about, aka turn on the pump out front, go outside, start to fuel up, 50% of the time, they get sidetracked, forget about you, start washing floors / picking their noses, so you have to go back inside to remind them to turn you on, then go out fuel up and come back in and do paperwork.
paullud
Veteran Expediter
mcavoy33
Seasoned Expediter
No, well it does in the back except I'm lazy and I don't want to sit and hold the nozzle on at half throttle for 5 minutes until its full in the back.
But no, in the front, they don't have letters to enter my driver ID at the pumps in the front, I have a fleet one card so I need to enter both letters and numbers, which the pumps in the front don't have.
I usually also have to pee after 4 hours, so I can't sit there for 10 mins in the back and listen to diesel pumping for 5 mins before I pee either.
Its a rough life I tell ya.
mcavoy33
Seasoned Expediter
Its smart business, Pilot is trying to expand, buying up flying J, etc... its obvious they are in growth mode, John being the smart business man sees this, sees the discount everyone offers for cash, well why not tell all your drivers to shop at one place.
it can be a win win, I'm glad that load one is doing that for its contractors. I'm not a huge fan of pilot but you know what, I've been pretty **** loyal to pilot becuase they give incentives.
If my carrier is getting a piece of action for me going to company A, well you know what, I want a piece of the pie too, if not, if company B is offering me my own slice, I'd probably go to them if they made me feel special.
This is not entirely true but I'll pretend it is. I have hurt myself personally in terms of points, etc... because it saves my carrier money, but I believe in a win win relationship between my carrier and me.
for the sprinter guys the flyin pilot is the best for them as far as showers go and maybe even the discount. as far as straight trucks go the other discount program fleet one offers is much more lucrative. the other program that is through fleet one / petro, t/a and some other private fuel stops offer discounts of .15 to .40 per gallon at some places. we were averaging .28 per gal on this program. really is quite a bit more in savings than the current plan at the flyin pilot.