Credit card rewards programs could ease sting of high gas prices
With gasoline prices hovering near $4 a gallon for regular, people are looking for ways to save money.
We've all heard such advice as consolidating trips, carpooling, maintaining your vehicle, properly inflating tires and driving the speed limit.
Another way to save is to take a close look at credit card rewards and discounts and use the best one. Yours might not be what you assume. For example, some give cash back in terms of cents per gallon, while others give a percentage.
While discounts for paying cash are available, paying with a credit card is more convenient and faster. But even with a credit card, rewards and discounts are possible. The problem is, there are so many to choose from, and figuring out the differences is difficult and involves reading the dreaded fine print.
Now Card Hub, a credit card comparison website, has come up with a list of the best and worst gas credit cards, after surveying more than 1,000 credit card offers. Rewards and discounts vary widely, it found.
Want The Best Mileage? Keep It Simple
These days, filling up can leave you pretty empty.
Gas prices are pinching every pocketbook and drivers are looking for anything and everything they can do to boost those miles per gallon.
"Tire pressure is probably the simplest thing you can do," said Highland Park Goodyear manager David Dockery.
Dockery said maximizing gas mileage is easier than you think. Things like making sure your tires are filled to the right pressure, to taking off that roof rack to keep wind resistance down -- that alone will boost your mileage by 4 percent.
Your gas mileage has a lot more to do with you than it does necessarily your car. Better driving habits, like starting and stopping slower will actually help your gas mileage much more than doing a whole lot of work to your car.
Dockery said there's no need to get fancy when trying to get every mile out of your gasoline, either.
