What services can you enjoy with your fuel card?

Business fuel card helps you manage professional fuel expenses better. While some fuel cards give their users access to discounts on petrol and diesel pump prices, the most interesting benefits they bring lie somewhere else. Indeed, services included with fuel cards are the main assets of these precious tools. 

Comparing business fuel cards is a must when planning to introduce fuel card programs into an organisation. Included services must be evaluated as part of this benchmarking effort, as depending on card, some services are included and others are not. The first service to look into is the online account management platform. Account managers need to make sure online tools offered do match their company’s needs in terms of management accounting. These tools should allow individual vehicle consumption and mileage monitoring. Some companies require a finer level of detail than others. The online platform also enables account managers to set card features, including authorised fuel type and driving style, fuel-saving patterns analysis. This helps improve vehicle use and fuel saving.

Among other services included with fuel cards, the following can be mentioned:

• Electronic toll payment support,
• Free car parking, which helps further restrain reliance on expense accounts and rationalise costs,
• VAT computing and reclaims, which is especially useful when staff do business trips to and from European countries. Most fuel card providers offer this service.

Some fuel cards also include additional services related to vehicle maintenance such as:

• Car wash,
• Oil change,
• Free supplies of certain products like lubricants.

While most fuel card offerings do include assistance services or an emergency number, it’s also possible to add more complete vehicle insurance products to the service package.

In order to differentiate themselves and help you literally go the extra mile, some fuel card providers include a service allowing users to pay for speeding or parking tickets right from their account management platform.