[Richard]

Used the fuel card today for the first time. We fueled at Pilot. The posted price was 305, and we paid 273 for fuel. The very best price for diesel I saw posted anywhere around my trip was 281 at a Circle K with only a car island. I think Loves may have been a little better pricing, but I needed fuel and Pilot was convenient.

To really calculate how much this is saving me, I look at the best prices I could find (credit) and compare to what is paid. We all know the Loves/Pilot/TA price is around .20/gal high. I still think this a a fantastic bargain if I get .10 to .15 /gal discount and I simply slide the card at the pump.

Rhonda loved that she did not have to go into the store, stand in line to preapprove the credit card, and wait till I finished.

We did something a little different to handle the finances. We set a sub account with our bank that is attached to our main account. We can instantaneously transfer funds into the account via internet, but the sub account has different routing and account numbers. We didn’t want our main account, with a decent amount of working cash, to be accessible to a somewhat unknown entity. For grins, the name on this account is Newell Fuel.