Update: This promotion has ended early (October 😎 and is no longer available.
This might appeal to anybody who has a Mastercard and a nearby Shell gas station, and more so if you collect Air Miles.
Right now, Shell has a promo with Mastercard, where you get back 10% of purchases over $50. And, most Shell stations that sell gift cards also has Public Mobile top-up vouchers.
Here's the play:
- Go to http://shell.ca/fuelupforless and register your Mastercard number
- Go to a Shell station (avoid those with a Circle K or Mac's or other non-Shell convenience store), and optionally grab a Public Mobile prepaid/reload card from their Gift Card rack (not actually necessary, since the card doesn't have a barcode, and the attendant needs to find/scan a barcode from their binder). At the Shell I went to, it looks like this:
- Specify that you want a $48 or $60 (or maybe even $100) Public Mobile top-up.
- The attendant will scan the appropriate barcode and activate a 12-digit code ("voucher") for you, and charge you tax on top of the selected amount. This will cost at least $50, meeting the requirements of Shell's promo.
- Have attendant scan Air Miles (if you collect them)... right now there's a promo so you'll get $10 + $1 for every $10 spent (up to $100 I think?), so the $48 top-up ($50+ including taxes) would get you 15 Air Miles.
- Pay using your registered Mastercard.
- Wait a few days (~7 days), and your MC will be credited 10% of the amount paid including taxes. For example, a $60 reload will cost $63 in Alberta, so you'll get a $6.30 credit back onto your Mastercard within a few days after the transaction posts (but only if the transaction shows up on your CC as SHELL and not something else).
Shell has a $100 PM barcode in their binder (at the location I went to), but the attendant refused to try scanning it because this denomination isn't on the card shown above. But you might want to aim for that (and rinse/repeat) to maximize the offer on fewer vouchers, and pre-pay for several months. I'm not sure if there's an upper limit to the amount you can pre-load into your PM account.
As with all things, YMMV, but this is a valid promo that goes beyond just fuel purchases.
If you've never used a top-up voucher before, simply dial *611 and follow prompts, or log into your Self-Serve account, and then navigate Payment --> Make a Payment --> One Time Payment --> and then specify Payment method = Payment Voucher, and then enter your 12-digit Payment Voucher Number, printed at the top of the Activation Receipt.
By the way, no worries if you're registered for Autopay... you'll continue to enjoy the $2 discount every 30 days if you don't disable Autopay. The system will just draw from your available funds instead of hitting your credit card, until the balance is depleted and it needs to supplement from your CC or Visa/MC debit.
@CalgaryBen Thanks for the heads up. Just registered my card. Please note MasterCard reserves the right to end registration at any time. Here are the terms and conditions:
GET 10% cash back at Shell
Now through December 30th, get 10% discount as a statement credit on any purchase of $50 or more.
Terms & Conditions
This offer is non-transferable and available to eligible Canadian Mastercard cardholders who have successfully registered their Mastercard card number on the fuelupforless.com (redirected from Shell.ca/fuelupforless) website. This offer is valid for a limited time and eligible purchases must be made on or before December 30th, 2019 after the card has been successfully registered on the fuelupforless.com (redirected from Shell.ca/fuelupforless) website. Once credit card is registered, all purchases at a Shell location made with the registered credit card over $50 and within the offer time window will receive 10% back in the form of a statement credit rebate. The credit is applied to your Mastercard Account and will appear on your statement as a rebate. The credit will appear no later than your next statement (and typically between 3-5 business days) after the transaction from Shell is posted to your Account statement.
Advertising pertaining to cents off per litre of fuel language is an approximation based on current fuel prices. Actual conversion of cents per litre will depend on the fuel price at time of purchase and an assumption that fuel was purchased during the qualifying purchase. For example, in some regions if fuel is priced at $1.70 per litre, the actual cents per litre discount will be 17 cents per litre, conversely other regions have fuel prices closer to $1.20 per litre and the actual cents per litre discount will be 12 cents per litre.
By registering your credit card in connection to this offer, you authorize Mastercard to monitor transactions made with your registered credit card in order to: a) identify Shell transactions that you have made during the offer window, b) determine whether the conditions for a rebate to be credited to your registered credit card have been met, and c) enable the credit of the rebate on your registered credit card. The transaction data monitored will be used solely for the purpose of enabling participation in the offer, enable to processing of the rebate, and to assess results of the offer program. Offer is limited and Mastercard has the right to end card registrations for offer before offer end date.
©2019 Mastercard.
@CalgaryBen wrote:
@cellphoneuser1 wrote:Do gift cards qualify for 10% and will they give hassle if you use gift cards to buy vouchers?
Yes, all purchases (including non-fuel) qualify:
Many people are using this to get 10% off Amazon.ca gift cards, as well as other GCs carried by Shell. I'm not sure what you mean about being hassled "if you use gift cards to buy vouchers" -- this thread suggests using a Mastercard to buy PM vouchers (or gift cards of your choosing, really).
I wouldn't want too many vouchers at once. Gift cards can be used for gas or snacks. Do you think they will allow Public vouchers to be bought with a Shell gift card?
@cellphoneuser1 wrote:Do gift cards qualify for 10% and will they give hassle if you use gift cards to buy vouchers?
Yes, all purchases (including non-fuel) qualify:
Many people are using this to get 10% off Amazon.ca gift cards, as well as other GCs carried by Shell. I'm not sure what you mean about being hassled "if you use gift cards to buy vouchers" -- this thread suggests using a Mastercard to buy PM vouchers (or gift cards of your choosing, really).
