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On Feb 24, 9:28 am, "JimH" wrote:
"Bryan" wrote in message

. ..

The news ticker tape just said that Bay Area (San Francisco) gas prices
are expected to increase by 40 cents per gallon over the next two
weeks!
What's the explanation for that? Anyone know some facts?

Nope.

Except for boating we rarely have to *pay* for gasoline.

My car is a company car so I don't have to pay for gasoline.

We get points every time we use our BP Visa and use them to purchase gift
cards for use at BP stations. We normally reach $50 in reward $'s every
2
months. We gave a $25 card to my son yesterday and are mailing another
$25
card to my daughter.

Our grocery store (Giant Eagle) has a "fuel perks" program
(http://tinyurl.com/yukz5u) with $0.10 earned for every $50 spent and
redeemable at their gasoline pumps. We redeem the $ once it reaches the
pump price and bring along a couple of 5-6 gallon cans to use up the
entire
30 gallon limit. .

Life is good. ;-)

That's a great idea for a Visa reward....gas. Trouble is...BP's are
hard to find around my parts. Do you know if other companies, like
Chevron, does the same thing?

-Greg



Sorry but no I don't.

"Bryan" wrote in message
. ..
The news ticker tape just said that Bay Area (San Francisco) gas prices
are expected to increase by 40 cents per gallon over the next two weeks!
What's the explanation for that? Anyone know some facts?

Gasoline futures have gone up about that in the past month - from ~$1.35 to
~$1.75. Local price are up about 23¢ the last 2 weeks.

mike in montana