The price of gas (petrol) has gone up over the years, but there is nothing we can do about it. If there is at least a small degree of comfort, it is that with strategic use, you could get something back from the gas stations or companies, and this is in the form of the now-favourite points.
The series of essays will consider some of the benefits offered by the gas stations. We will only consider the status in Ontario, and also only the following four majors – Petro-Canada, Shell, Esso and Sunoco.
In Part 1, we analyse some of the benefits of the Petro Points Card offered by Petro Canada.
Petro-Canada’s Petro Points Card
This is a free card, with great benefits.
Collecting Points
If you are buying SuperClean or SuperClean 94 gas — 10 points for every litre
If you are buying PlusClean fuel – 7 points per litre
If you are buying RegularClean – 5 points per litre
If you are buying anything from the gas station’s convenient store – 20 points per dollar
Car wash – 20 points/dollar
Certigrad services – 20 points/dollar
Besides this, every now and then there are special offers, such as cheaper gas for a limited amount if you buy a particular number of car washes.
Direct Rewards
10,000 Petro Points will get you fuel worth $5.00
Petro-Canada’s advantages do not end here, though. The card is tied with a number of other retailers and you can use your points to exchange or redeem.
Canadian Automobile Association (CAA)
Once you link your CAA card to your Petro Points account, you will get 20% more points each time you use the PP.
Besides, 75,000 Petro Points will get you a basic CAA membership.
Sears
Once your Petro Points membership has been linked to Sears Club card, you can collect points whenever you use the latter to shop at Petro-Canada.
You can also exchange points between Sears and Petro-Canada at the following rate: 20,000 Petro Points=1000 Sears Points= Cdn$ 15.00
Citicard Petro Points MasterCard
You will earn 2 cents off every litre/
You will earn 10 Petro Points for every dollar you spend at the tank
Amazon.ca
You can buy Amazon gift certificates using your Petro Points. The value is: 16,000 Petro Points = Cdn $ 10.00
- You can collect Petro Points when you use Itravel2000.com to book your flights, cruises, vacation packages, hotels and rental cars. The value is 10 Petro Points per every dollar spent.
- If you have CitiCard Petro-Points MasterCard, then you earn double the points.
- You can also redeem your Petro Points towards your purchases at the value of 10,000 Petro Points= Cdn$ 10.00
And if you want to donate your Petro Points to a great cause, then connect to Canadian Cancer Society.
Your money goes towards two key programs: Cancer Information Service, which is a bilingual service giving out information on cancer, and CancerConnection, which is a telephone-based one-to-one help service connecting cancer patients or their caregivers with volunteers who have experienced cancer either as victims or as caregivers.
