AA discount

**steve_t** · 8th March 2012, 21:42

Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve

I don't think you seem to get it. It is the retailers that decide the price point NOT AA
Caltex & BP don't have to offer any discount at the pump, but they do. They just ask you spend 40$ to get it.
Telastra clear asks you to spend 75$ to get 3c/l discount I don't see you complaining about that & how you can't get it with your bike. Or repco offer 2c/l when you spend 60$ or more, they don't do bike's or bike parts, yet I don't see you complaining about that either.
But somehow you think it's right to complain about AA because BP & caltex make you spend 40$ which you can't put into your bike.

If you don't like AA & want to bitch about them that's one thing, but to bag them for something they effectively don't control, that's retarded.

Who are you and what are you doing on Scuba Steve's account?

**Woodman** · 8th March 2012, 22:04

Originally Posted by aiki

I'm impressed you have such a big tank and astounded by the stupidity. The exclusion is to the majority of the biking fraternity if that helps clarify.

Is that you John Campbell? Probarbly not but you seem to have latched onto basically a non issue and blown it out of all proportion.

**jafar** · 8th March 2012, 22:09

Originally Posted by ffirman

What I ended up doing was to apply for a Shell (now Z) fuel card. It has no min monthly spend, costs $2 mn, they bill you at the beginning of the next month, and they knock off 5c/l no matter what. So if you buy at least 40l /mn that will cover the cost of the card, and then you get the extra savings. That is outside of the convience of not having to pay up front, and getting a month of basically free credit.

I got it in new years, and so it has been great....

Fran

Yep I did the same, got my one last year via the suzuki website. $.05 per litre off the pump price & pay next month.

Not rocket science is it

**aiki** · 9th March 2012, 07:00

Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve

I don't think you seem to get it. It is the retailers that decide the price point NOT AA
Caltex & BP don't have to offer any discount at the pump, but they do. They just ask you spend 40$ to get it.
Telastra clear asks you to spend 75$ to get 3c/l discount I don't see you complaining about that & how you can't get it with your bike. Or repco offer 2c/l when you spend 60$ or more, they don't do bike's or bike parts, yet I don't see you complaining about that either.
But somehow you think it's right to complain about AA because BP & caltex make you spend 40$ which you can't put into your bike.

If you don't like AA & want to bitch about them that's one thing, but to bag them for something they effectively don't control, that's retarded.

They do control it as it is their card that gathers revenue for their company, it would be a simple thing for AA to say to the gas retailers to allow for the users of smaller tanks so as not to discriminate against them. We live in a computerized society that functions on 0's & 1's, this discussion is proof of that. Change a few 1's or 0's and everyone is catered for. It is just an example of poor planning without thinking through the consequences, much the same as some comments on this discussion board.

**Scuba_Steve** · 9th March 2012, 07:28

Originally Posted by steve_t

Who are you and what are you doing on Scuba Steve's account?

What? I actually get the spelling right for once or something

**Shadows** · 9th March 2012, 10:10

The AA are a bunch of cunts which is why I canned my membership.

**Robert Taylor** · 9th March 2012, 16:49

If you dig only moderatley you could come to the conclusion that to varying degrees all businesses ''discriminate''. Or should I say target differing customer groups.
Just get over it, the world isnt going to change just to pander to every minority group, and the brutal truth is thats what we are.

**p.dath** · 9th March 2012, 19:36

Originally Posted by aiki

You tag line should read:
Bad public relations: The result of a failure to plan.
Not:
Accidents: The result of a failure to plan.

Understand now.

Lots of AA members need $40 of Petrol or more when then go to a service station. Some can't buy that much. Believe it or not, some AA members use diesel as well. Some even use LPG, and a small number like, like Bogan, now also use electricity. Some just want to fill up the lawn mower or chainsaw. Some just want a pie at 2am.

If the AA could get a diesel discount for all it's members I'd say got for it! If they could get half price pies for those people who wanted them at 2am in the morning I say go for it!
There is no reason to deny all the members who use diesel a special discount because petrol users can't get it, or late night people cheap pies because most people weren't hungry at 2am.

There is no bad public PR involved here. The AA is just simply getting whatever deals it can for its members, and those members are free to pick and choose what deals they want to use.

Listen, if you're really that upset why don't you go and buy a 44 gallon drum and get it filled up at the service station so you can still claim your fuel discount. You can then fill up your bike at home whenever you want, without the inconvenience of having to even go to the service station. Hell, just imagine how much extra you'd save on all those extra journeys!

**steve_t** · 9th March 2012, 19:43

Originally Posted by p.dath

Listen, if you're really that upset why don't you go and buy a 44 gallon drum and get it filled up at the service station so you can still claim your fuel discount. You can then fill up your bike at home whenever you want, without the inconvenience of having to even go to the service station. Hell, just imagine how much extra you'd save on all those extra journeys!

The AA discount is limited to the first 50 litres each time