Offer has been extended until August 4th, 2016. Thanks to reader Chris P and Kroger Krazy.
The Offer
[Update: This offer is now available through August 9th, and it doesn’t need a coupon.]
- Receive 4x fuel points on gift cards purchased from Kroger by adding the digital coupon to your Kroger card
Valid through July 26 August 4th, 2016August 9th, 2016- Unlimited use
This deal should be valid at Kroger and all other Kroger-affiliated stores, like Ralph’s, Smith’s, Fry’s, etc. Check out your online account to find the offer at your local store.
The standard deal at Kroger stores is 2x fuel points on gift card purchases, and they’ll occasionally release offers like this one to get 4x fuel points.
All third-party gift cards seem to be included in this offer. In the past, there have been mixed reports on whether fixed-denomination Visa/MC/Amex gift cards worked to trigger the bonus fuel points. The terms imply that they do work, but it’s YMMV in practice.
Double Points on Weekends
We already posted this offer previously, but we’ll add it here again as a reminder since it’s valid until the end of July.
- Get double fuel points on weekends the entire summer through July 31
- Weekends are defined as Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
This offer for double fuel points the whole summer is valid only on ordinary grocery purchases (not gift cards). The other offer mentioned in this post of 4x is valid on gift cards only.
Our Verdict
Always good to see fuel points deals, especially during the summer driving season. If you go shopping on this weekend (Fri-Sun), you’ll get double fuel points on groceries and 4x fuel points on gift cards.
Good time to stock up on gift cards to places you’ll shop like eBay, Amazon, etc. There’s also a couple of discounted gift card deals (Sephora and Skype) at Kroger which can be viewed here.
Usually, every 1000 fuel points will get you a discount of $1 per gallon with a 35-gallon limit, a max value of $35 per 1000-points. These details do vary by store and region.
To maximize the deal even further, remember that you can get free cell phone service with Kroger when you earn fuel rewards points; no points are used up with this benefit, it’s just an additional free perk which you get from fuel points, aside from the free gas.
HT: Slickdeals
To anybody still reading this article, the Visa/Mastercard gift cards DO NOT count as 4X/2X reward options for fuel points, they don’t even count as 1X point purchases, BUT the set amounts of $25, $50, and $100 Visa/Mastercard ones do. I asked a manager about this today and this is what they told me, and I purchased a $100 one to see if it worked and it did, however the $500 one did not. Also if you purchase over $2,000 worth of gift cards in a single transaction they make you go to customer service… I did not ask what else was entailed with that but I assume they take your ID and write your name down… Just in case. Kroger currently has the 2X/4X points going on right now, in my area at least.
Here’s an update. I went to Kroger and bound $100 worth of Ebay GC. The receipt did show 4X points earned for a total of 400 points. So, even though the 4X offer cannot be loaded via kroger’s website the offer is still ON and is valid till Aug 9th. As I was walking out the door, I saw the poster on the door saying 4X till Aug 9th. Just wanted to let ya’ll know.
Cannot see the offer in Texas.
Note: the fuel points expire the end of the following month and you cannot use more than 1000 at a fill up. So if you were to rack up say-3000 fuel points by spending $650 on cards and $200 on groceries in July, you’d have to be able to fill your car(s) up 3 times in 4 weeks in August. If you don’t have a long commute-you may not reap all the benefits. Or invest in some Jerry cans.
A lot of people I know bring their fill up containers for lawn mowers or boats when doing this especially because you can only use it on 35 gallons a transaction anyways.
Same here. When I click on Direct Link it says not coupons available. Also, the existing coupon that I added last week is no longer there. Any idea how to get this promotion working?
The link is saying it is not available for me and the old one is no longer in my coupons?
I updated the link.
The new deal doesn’t even need a digital coupon, apparently. Let me clarify that in the post.
Awesome thanks Chuck!
@ Pooja-
Sounds like you need to change your diaper, get a pacifier and take a nap…. Wahhhh waaaah waaaah
The offer is not showing up on the East Coast in Richmond Virginia. It always has in the past. I asked at one local store and the manager and she said the only offer was for two times fuel points.
Pooja,
You probably dont know how to rack up points using docs blog. This one will also give you enough points for a $1 saving at frys/kroger if done correctly using the right card
Thanks for the update doc
Anand
Extended till August 9th… All gift cards with usual vgc card and kroger gc exceptions.