Costco membership gives you discounted gas prices, so fill up before or after shopping. As a member, you also have a dedicated Costco team to handle travel issues…here’s the current story. Reserved an intermediate car from Budget for a week; pick up and only a behemoth that won’t fit in garage! No choice, so we take it, hoping to swap out in a day or two. Next morning find all paperwork is for another car: license, odometer, level of gas in tank (this was only half full). Call location a few times, but get forwarded to international call center, who can only help with reservations.
Called Costco in frustration who not only made a new reservation at another location for an intermediate size car, they did the paperwork so all we had to do was show up and swap out. Yes, they have a dedicated team for auto rentals.
This Costco deal on Groupon continues. Get all your household shopping done (buy a car!) and enjoy lots of samples. Groupon deal costs the same as buying directly from Costco, but you get shop cards plus travel promo codes. The $130 Executive membership is also available and that one snags not only the gift card, but you also earn 2% back on purchases, a nice benefit (This is the card we have and sigh, use heavily). Your $65 yearly Gold Star Membership Package includes:
A membership card for the Primary Cardholder and one additional Household Card for anyone living at the same address, over the age of 16 and a $40 Digital Costco Shop Card (valid at Costco locations and Costco.com).
Costco is good for more than toilet paper and eggs; gas is always cheaper so fill up before or after you shop. Costco offers discounts on car rentals (Budget, Enterprise & Avis were all listed using my zip code). Membership also entitles you to add another driver for free instead of paying the usual extra charge. That discount paid for a yearly membership at either level!
I normally won’t post Flash Sales, but if you’re looking for stock up or donation items, the crackers are always welcome, but a trifle pricey for multiples. Skip chips & pretzels because my pantry at least get tons of expiring snacks. Grab some $2 Häagen-Dazs for the holidays!
Normally I wouldn’t post Jewel Flash Sales because they’re really not all that, but if you’re looking for stock up or donation items, ramen and Jiffy are always very popular and both only 25¢. A positive is that you won’t need to clip those annoying digital coupons.
One Save insert in this week’s paper (11/2). Not all papers carry the same coupons or values, so this national list might show coupons not found in the Chicago Tribune.