My last stop at Pilot/Flying J was a pleasant experience and with discount was cheapest fuel in that area (somewhere east of Greensboro, NC). I only bought fuel. So far never had a bad experience at Pilot. Hope my good experiences continue.
larry cad wrote: We just finished a 5000 mile trip around the good old USA. We fueled exclusively at Flying J because of several reasons:
1. They had the cheapest fuel around by several cents/gallon
2. I can fuel at the RV lanes or at the truck lanes as I use diesel.
3. They have propane which saves me an extra stop somewhere else.
4. I can dump and fill up with water. The dump is $5 and the water is free.
5. We use the dump and water because we stay the night at FJ frequently. It is quick, convenient, and FREE!
6. If we need something like milk, etc, we walk inside and get it.
7. If we are hungry, we go inside to a Denny's and get a decent meal at a decent price, and I get additional 10% discount for being a vet.
8. Once you take the time to understand the Pilot/FJ system, it seems to work at all the stations very consistently.
Given the various fringe benefits, the cheapest fuel, the convenience, I will continue to be a FJ customer.
Do you ever stay at campgrounds? They usually have full hookups. You can dump there and you shouldn't have to dump agin for a couple of days.
I just can't imagine a trip around the good old USA staying at Flying J a lot of nights--actually any.
Actually, I stay at campgrounds quite a bit. This summer, between now and October, we have 91 days of camping already paid for. We also travel a lot, with about 12,000 miles of driving scheduled. We stop at Flying J and sleep for several hours because we are courteous to other RVers. We typically drive late, and leave early. We are the worst kind of neighbors at a campground at such times. We CHOSE not to bother folks in a campground with our travel schedule, particularly when we drive a diesel and would have to start up and run for 10 minutes at 5 AM before we pull out.
We dry camp at Nascar tracks, in Flying J, in national parks, and other locations. It adds to the adventure of RV travel. We enjoy it. It has nothing to do with money, it has to do with things like what we listed above, and what we described above.
Sorry if what we do with our RV, on our time, in some area of the country where you aren't even located, seems to bother you.
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It's all sounds good untill you actually stop to buy fuel. Sometimes three different prices, discounts given at time of purchase, some discounts will be given later. Price is usually cheaper across the street and no hassels. I hope they get it worked out. Shouldn't have to contact headquarters everytime you buy fuel to figure out how much you are actually going to pay.
We have all the cards that Flyin J offers except credit.
Once in a while, before the merger we found some of their stations where we just pulled in and used our debit/credit card and were on our way of parked and shopped.
Now we stop sometimes. Invariably it is and adventure and takes anywhere up to an hour to fuel and pay. Pumps that say 495.00 card limit or whatever aren't. We have to pump 75.00 at a time. Many times they won't work at all and most are unreadable. We don't get or didn't get pump start they said because the feature was never started on our card after 500 gallons. Two or three other versions from staff as to why cards didn't work. Contacted Calie once at least and card was supposedly straightened out. Now we have the latest card and the same story. Really odd stuff by staff at El Paso last trip. In Texas Pilot and Flyin J stations with RV pumps we were not able to get in. One we got in and had to contend with cars jumping in front of us. The other one the only way out was the way in. What would be logical exit said no exit and so on. Irritating to spend an hour fueling up and pay higher prices generally than most other stations. There are some good access Flyin Js but you still have to contend with a
rv customer hostile process to pay. When we fuel now we just go and don't attempt to park and eat or shop because we end up irritated by the fueling issue and time consumed. They don't appreciate our business apparently.
Especially when on our extended RV trips (6-9 months) we use our AAA credit card. Charging $300.00 (other than fuel) gets us a 5% discount on fuel. $4.00 a gallon diesel is a $0.20 a gallon discount. We do use our old Flying J card that gets another $0.01 a gallon discount.....hardly worth messing with.
Our 1996 Dodge truck has a 35 gallon tank and at about 400 miles (fuel gauge quit working years ago) after filling we start looking for a station with diesel.....Flying J or whatever. Seems we've always found Flyhing J to be the least expensive fuel.
Due to some medical problems we haven't been out in the RV for about 1.5 years, but we're within days of hitting the road again so it will be interesting to see what we find with fueling.
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funny, I don't remember being absent minded
Luke Porter wrote: Why do you have to run the diesel for 10 minutes?
Seems like it's kinda like freeloading at WalMart. I understand when folks are on their way to a destination with limited time, WalMart or Flying J would work better for them.
You mentioned a trip around the good ole USA, so I thought it was a trip for pleasure. And you said you stay at Flying J frequently. I don't picture staying at FJ as a nice way to see the country. I'd prefer to settle in a beautiful state park for a few days and not be concerned what time things start to happen the next day.
And I guess I thought most other folks on a long trip would prefer that also.
Sorry you felt obliged to offer a meaningless apoligy.
Luke, you're doing the same thing you chastised someone else for just a couple days ago. Your way is your way, not everybody else. We do the same thing Larry does and feel the same way, so now its 2:1, are you still the only one right....No, each of us do things our way and there is no way your preaching or finger pointing will change anyone. Have you been taking lessons from someone on the far east part of North America..
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Luke Porter wrote: Why do you have to run the diesel for 10 minutes?
Seems like it's kinda like freeloading at WalMart. I understand when folks are on their way to a destination with limited time, WalMart or Flying J would work better for them.
You mentioned a trip around the good ole USA, so I thought it was a trip for pleasure. And you said you stay at Flying J frequently. I don't picture staying at FJ as a nice way to see the country. I'd prefer to settle in a beautiful state park for a few days and not be concerned what time things start to happen the next day.
And I guess I thought most other folks on a long trip would prefer that also.
Sorry you felt obliged to offer a meaningless apoligy.
Luke, since you asked, I run the coach for about 10 minutes to get the airbags inflated after sitting all night. It is a necessity when you drive a diesel coach, and as I explained, I stay at FJ when I am in the process of actually traveling from point A to point B. I stay at A and I stay at B, but when driving between, and when I get tired, I tend to stop at FJ, get a bit of rest, and then finish the trip. You see, I stay at a lot of nice campgrounds, relax and enjoy myself, but I also drive a lot.
I can't use my GM card at FJ because 4 years ago coming home from Az I filled up at the caldwell Idaho FJ and they claimed I drove off without paying. This is something I didn't do or how can it even happen.
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..No, each of us do things our way and there is no way your preaching or finger pointing will change anyone. Have you been taking lessons from someone on the far east part of North America..
