BUSY FMCA RALLY Issue 29 (post of 19 Jul)

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TIPS THIS WEEK –
NOTE: Tips/Promos from Issue 30 (post of 26 July) will be added Monday 28th to avoid confusion

ADD A USA ADDRESS TO A CDN (USA) CREDIT CARD: This is a tip mainly for Cdns but it may also work for Americans who spend extensive time in Canada. A letter in a recent RV Times magazine may be a good solution to a major problem. Many Cdns (& vice versa) do not carry a USA (Cda) credit card – as a result we do not have a ZIP (Postal) code to insert when pumping gas etc. Yes it is possible to open an account in a USA (Cdn) bank but since many of us travel around to various places and we choose not to do that. BUT if you have a semi permanent address in another country (of the park you regularly visit or a USA (Cda) mail forwarding service like us) your Cdn (USA) Cr Cd Company may add that location to your file. We did this last week to BofM MC. It does not change any aspects or payments or anything else with our Cdn Cd but it is supposed to allow us to punch in a ZIP code so we do not have to leave our Cr Cd in an office while we pumping. Although we added our address, at this point we have not had a chance to test it. This should work for on-line sales as well. For us that would mean Wal*Mart (previously we had to buy a store card) or Verizon (better deals for customers when we buy on line) etc. I hope this works out – at least I now have a USA address on my Cdn BofM Cd.

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FLY J DISCOUNTS. We all know Flying J is going through discount changes. On the present program if you spend money in the store one month you worked up to a higher discount for next months gas/propane. But this program has been very confusing. For instance Cda’s 64+ locations are not giving discounts for any D purchases even if you spent money in the store/restaurant the previous month – gas/propane-yes, diesel-no. Many of us go to Fly J for a number o reasons – RV Island, small D pumps, dump station etc. but in this era of extra high gas/fuel prices any discount is appreciated. FMCA negotiated a special $.01 cent p/gal D Jun-Aug for its members if you had an FMCA Fly J card. Well now FMCA members can call Fly J at 888-438-3537 and they will add that discount to your original card if you share your F#. Fly J is again planning to offer the $.01 cent discount on D as of September if you use any RV Real Value Card. Not sure where the new rules stand ref gas/propane.

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HELPFUL WEBSITES. In the July issue of the Fulltimers News two websites caught my eye.

***SIMPLE WEATHER offers relative weather right now – hour-by-hour daily forecasts plus a brief 5-day prediction. No extras such as maps, highs and lows, etc
***LOCATE FREE WI-FI HOTSPOTS IN USA – Listing of free hotels, resorts, coffee shops, stores, eateries, etc.
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