The costs of petrol and filling up your car can be a big part of your weekly budget. Petrol prices move up and down in regular patterns or cycles. The cheapest and most expensive days to buy petrol can change from cycle to cycle. If a public holiday occurs soon then phases will alter again. Across Australia we are experiencing higher than usual fuel prices at the moment, IDEAS has tips to help you save - every drop counts.
An effective way to monitor fuel prices is to save a fuel app on your desktop or smartphone.
Some use government data for information, and some use crowdsourced information from users, and some a combination of both.
Pay from your car
Not necessarily how to save on fuel costs, this handy hint is that some stations now allow you to pay from your car.
If you would prefer to pay from your vehicle, apps like BPme lets you pay contactless from your car through Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Paypal.
Caltex App also offers contactless payments via apple pay.
Pay at Pump is a feature at most Shell service stations. This uses Apple Pay, Android Pay or Paypal.
To find cheap fuel
National Coverage
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7 Eleven offer a Fuel lock in their app. You can search 7 eleven stores in your area to find the best local price on their fuel. Then you can lock it in for 7 days. When you fill up, you scan your MyCard at the counter to redeem the locked in fuel price.
Other ways to save
Rewards Cards
Stores Like Coles and Woolworths have rewards programs that with qualifying transactions offer discounted fuel vouchers.
