Chadstroma
Footballguy
I had been hearing commercials on the radio a while for this app called Upside. The gist of it is that you use this app to buy gas and then you get cash back. Being a bit on the skeptical side, I was thinking that it would likely be some scam or hard to use or you really didn't get much from it or you would end up having to go to random, out of the way gas stations, etc.
For whatever reason, a couple of weeks ago, I decided to really look into it. I signed up and have used it to buy two full tanks for our cars since and I currently have a balance of $10.59. I have an intro thing where I am getting an extra 5 cents a gallon which would amount to an extra $2 than 'normal' but pretty close to $5 back for each full tank fill up. I use my Speedway rewards and then my Costco 4% cash back card to purchase so I am getting the cash back on my card and then points on my rewards on top of the extra money back.
It is super user friendly. The way it works is that you go into the app and it will have your location and show the nearby gas stations. From what I can tell, all the gas stations in my area are part of this so you don't have to skip where you normally go for some other place. Each gas station will have a different offer... typically something like 30 centers per gallon back or 15 cents per gallon back and 15% inside the store or whatever else. You select the offer you want, tell it which credit card/debit card you are using and then you go pump your gas just like you normally would. It processes it and then something like the next day will show your additional funds.
I also noticed that there are offers for restaurants and groceries as well. Though these are populated a lot less, for example, the grocery option is a bit of a drive so not a place that I would ever normally go (but might give it a try as I think their deli section is supposed to be really good).
I figured some of you guys would be like me and not have tried it yet being skeptical or haven't heard about it so I would spread the good news so you guys can get value out of it too.
For whatever reason, a couple of weeks ago, I decided to really look into it. I signed up and have used it to buy two full tanks for our cars since and I currently have a balance of $10.59. I have an intro thing where I am getting an extra 5 cents a gallon which would amount to an extra $2 than 'normal' but pretty close to $5 back for each full tank fill up. I use my Speedway rewards and then my Costco 4% cash back card to purchase so I am getting the cash back on my card and then points on my rewards on top of the extra money back.
It is super user friendly. The way it works is that you go into the app and it will have your location and show the nearby gas stations. From what I can tell, all the gas stations in my area are part of this so you don't have to skip where you normally go for some other place. Each gas station will have a different offer... typically something like 30 centers per gallon back or 15 cents per gallon back and 15% inside the store or whatever else. You select the offer you want, tell it which credit card/debit card you are using and then you go pump your gas just like you normally would. It processes it and then something like the next day will show your additional funds.
I also noticed that there are offers for restaurants and groceries as well. Though these are populated a lot less, for example, the grocery option is a bit of a drive so not a place that I would ever normally go (but might give it a try as I think their deli section is supposed to be really good).
I figured some of you guys would be like me and not have tried it yet being skeptical or haven't heard about it so I would spread the good news so you guys can get value out of it too.