tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post4182485459437127692..comments2024-03-28T01:37:16.911-04:00Comments on Our Odyssey: Back in the RV-unfriendly EastLouisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306854459459257368noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post-29849181509270728762008-11-19T10:04:00.000-05:002008-11-19T10:04:00.000-05:00First, let me clarify my comment: the truck islan...First, let me clarify my comment: the truck islands are still open to anyone (so long as the filler on your rig will accommodate the much larger diameter truck nozzles). What has changed is that your Flying-J RV ("Real Value") card will no longer garner you the "Cash" price at those dispensers if you choose to pay by credit card. Since the cash discount (or credit surcharge, as I prefer to think of it) is now 9 cents per gallon (gulp), that's as much as $20 when we fuel.<BR/><BR/>This is, apparently, a nationwide change. I can't say exactly when it was enacted, other than that we fueled up at the truck islands in July and still got our cash discount.<BR/><BR/>This is a real pain in the butt for us. It used to take us under 20 minutes to put 200 gallons in at the truck islands, where we could also simultaneously fill our water tank and add air to our tires, if needed. Now we need to spend a full hour at the RV island to put in that much fuel, and twice that at a car island (the RV island, at least, has nozzles on both sides), then spend fifteen minutes or so at the truck islands anyway, topping up the tires and adding water. So basically, this adds an hour to every fuel stop.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17930398671280529448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post-48260089303433776412008-11-19T02:31:00.000-05:002008-11-19T02:31:00.000-05:00"Flying-J (which took forever at the RV island, no..."Flying-J (which took forever at the RV island, now that the truck islands are off-limits)"<BR/><BR/>Sean when did Flying-J change there policy and say you understand it is it in force through out the country?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com