Jet Fuel Cards or Amex? Recommendations?

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Re: Jet Fuel Cards or Amex? Recommendations?

by ingramleedy » Mon May 16, 2022 5:59 pm

Thanks for the great comments -- Good information to know!

Re: Jet Fuel Cards or Amex? Recommendations?

by photoSteveZ » Sat May 14, 2022 2:24 am

CFIDave wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 6:19 pm I finally joined CAA after JetA prices went up 50% this year.
Up only 50%? You’re living large… :D

Re: Jet Fuel Cards or Amex? Recommendations?

by CFIDave » Fri May 13, 2022 6:19 pm

The CAA app for iPhone/iPad has a convenient map that you can use to quickly zoom to your geographical area of interest -- and show all the JetA prices at airports in the vicinity with CAA pricing. BTW, CAA offers the first 3 months membership for free to try it out.

I finally joined CAA after JetA prices went up 50% this year.

Re: Jet Fuel Cards or Amex? Recommendations?

by Colin » Fri May 13, 2022 3:27 pm

I spent a couple years buying paper charts and getting all the updates for the little brown books so that I could fly across the country and have an awareness of an airport in the middle of Kansas. If you've done that for a few years *before* ForeFlight, then FF seems like a huge bargain even at the most expensive levels.

Re: Jet Fuel Cards or Amex? Recommendations?

by photoSteveZ » Fri May 13, 2022 12:05 pm

Seeing fuel card prices on Foreflight’s Map page and in FBO detail data is only one of several reasons to spend the extra $100/yr.

Re: Jet Fuel Cards or Amex? Recommendations?

by haykinson » Fri May 13, 2022 8:07 am

As I’m days/weeks away from taking on my new DA40NG as well, does anyone also spend the extra $100 per year to upgrade Foreflight so that it shows the card-discounted prices? Or is that overkill?

Re: Jet Fuel Cards or Amex? Recommendations?

by Boatguy » Fri May 13, 2022 12:44 am

I also use CAA. It's a bit of a weird game as the bigger FBOs jack up the Jet-A price, but "nobody pays retail" since all the jet guys have fuel cards. Retail Jet-A at smaller airports can be lower than the CAA price at a larger airport. But at KTUS the last couple of days I got the CAA price on 26g and no ramp fee while the plane was there for two nights.

At KELP I saved $1.50 on fuel, then got a hangar for just $55 and no "security" fee, about half the cost of a hangar at KTRM.

Re: Jet Fuel Cards or Amex? Recommendations?

by Colin » Fri May 13, 2022 12:11 am

I hadn't seen the Go Rental connection. Does it make their prices reasonable?

CAA was a big revelation for me.

Re: Jet Fuel Cards or Amex? Recommendations?

by photoSteveZ » Thu May 12, 2022 10:30 pm

Put me down as another CAA advocate. I fly about 300hr/yr, so it’s worth every penny of the $500 annual membership. Their partnership with Go Rentals at many major FBOs is also a useful feature.

Re: Jet Fuel Cards or Amex? Recommendations?

by Donkadillapig » Thu May 12, 2022 10:53 am

Congrats on your DA40 NG, its a cracking plane.
Ditto for C.A.A, I also got an Avfuel card as my homebase runs AvFuel but tbh it doesn't do much for me, the "negotiated rate" for our volume is nada and it's a pain to pay off the balance.

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