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jn804 OP t1_ja3rwd9 wrote

Reply to comment by gericks in A Giant Eagle question. by jn804

I prepaid. So it stopped before I could use Advantage Pay, but I just wanted to know if anyone else experienced this. Like I would have put $1 on it with Advantage Pay if it would have taken the 30 cents off the whole thing. I just didn't think about doing that at the time.

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Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_ja473dz wrote

you're not thinking about this correctly. you don't reach the discount by spending a certain amount for the gas you're pumping.

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jn804 OP t1_ja47i2k wrote

It's a discount that's always there when you pay with Advantage Pay at GetGo. That doesn't change the question I'm asking...

I'll just try it one day. Thanks.

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Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_ja4csmb wrote

Then I don't understand the "it stopped before I could use advantage pay". You're not doing something right.

To use advantage pay hit "yes" on the pump, scan your advantage card, put in your pin, and it works. That assumes you signed up for advantage pay.

If you prepay inside then you're not using advantage pay, which is linked to your checking account and is done at the pump.

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jn804 OP t1_ja4ddge wrote

Then the last one. I didn't do any of this transaction at the pump. I just thought I'd get the discount because they scanned my card. Oops.

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Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_ja4f5jw wrote

No. It's linked to your checking account for advantage pay. You need to sign up an advance for this and give her a third party or checking account which is the one that actually does the payments for advantage pay. Then when you want to pay you have to do it at the pump by putting in your pin.

There's no discount just for using the Giant Eagle card anymore like there used to be

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jn804 OP t1_ja4ig6b wrote

I've been a member of Advantage Pay since February 1st... I know what it is. I thought I would have gotten the discount. I didn't.

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tesla3by3 t1_ja4k3bm wrote

You can prepay inside using Advantage Pay.

From what I understand OP only had a couple bucks in his bank account that’s linked up his Advantage Pay. So he paid with a gift card. The question is if he added another dollars worth and paid that dollar on Advantage Pay, would he get the 30 cent discount applied to all the gas?

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Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_ja4l1w6 wrote

I'm so confused. Advantage pay discount only comes when you use advantage pay. Op would need to put $$ in the debit account or be prepared to get an overdraft fee

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tesla3by3 t1_ja4mzao wrote

OP wanted to pay most of it with the gift card, but put just $1 on Advantage pay to trigger the 30cent per gallon discount.

The question is, would that discount apply to the whole purchase.

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Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_ja4qcte wrote

No. If it's a 30 cent advantage pay discount then it's just on the advantage pay part. You can't use advantage pay with multiple payment methods. You'd need a 2nd transaction for any other payment method.

Also the getgo by me only has a 15 cent advantage pay discount. I be surprised if it's 30 cents anywhere though the person may be getting confused with the 30 cents off of gas through fuel perks. GetGo seems to make their advantage pay discount comparable to a 4% credit card, gas money back type offer.

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tesla3by3 t1_ja4xzk3 wrote

You're correct. I was just trying to reframe the question as posed by OP.

I stated in other comments that I'm pretty sure Advantage Pay has to cover the entire purchase.

I've seen 25c discounts for advantage pay. I suspect they are using that as a type of loss leader to get people to sign up. Because ~15 cents would probably be the break even.

When I initially signed up they did give an additional 30c off per gallon for, I think it was a month.

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