BP Rewards Changes Coming

Current Rewards Program

BP Rewards program has been around for a little over a year and was detailed on DoC by Josh from Frugalhack.me along with every other gas program under the sun here.

The basics of the current program are as follows:

• Sign-up Bonus: $0.10 off per gallon when you register.
• Everyday Bonus: None
• How to Earn:
  • Fuel Purchase – $0.05 off per gallon for every 20 gallons purchased. There is a minimum of two transactions that must total 20 gallons.
• Gallon Limit: 20 gallons
• Rewards Expiration: 90 days to redeem rewards

Rewards Changes

Changes are coming to the rewards program are coming on May 18th, 2015 the details can be found here and detailed below:

• There will now be 2 different bonuses that can be earned:
  • Everyday Bonus: None
  • How to Earn each bonus:
    • Recurring Bonus – $0.10 off per gallon after every $100 of gas purchased.
    • Ultimate Status Bonus – $0.15 off per gallon after spending $300 in a calendar year.
      • ONLY 1 Ultimate status reward can be earned per calendar year
      • Exclusive promotions – No details provided
  • Restrictions:
    • Gallon Limit: 20 gallons
    • Rewards Expiration: 365 days to redeem rewards

 

Verdict

My personal opinion is this change helps simplify the program without downgrading the program at all. We no longer need to count gallons in order to receive a discount.  The added second bonus of $0.15 off per gallon is a great way to keep loyalty to the program in addition to the exclusive promotions mentioned.

In regard to the Exclusive promotions, I have received gas rewards bonuses after not using my rewards card for a certain amount of time. They also had a Amazon gift card promotion when the program was first introduced. Hopefully they expand on these and offer more promotions for loyal customers.

In order to maximize the rewards I would suggest having multiple rewards account for each person in your household if you frequent BP. This would help in hitting the $300 per calendar year $0.15 off per gallon bonus on multiple accounts.

Tip: You do not need to have your BP Rewards card on you, the phone number associated with the account can be entered at the terminal. This is even possible in NJ where we don’t pump our own gas.

Don’t forget to use you most rewarding gas credit card when filling up. Our most updated list of best Gas credit cards can be found here.