Tool

Fuel card savings estimator

Enter your weekly diesel usage, the pump price, and your fuel card's per-gallon discount to see what a retail-minus card saves you per week, per month, and per year — and how that translates to cost per mile.

Your numbers

Fuel usage

Current pump price

$

Fuel card discount

¢

Retail-minus discount is deducted from the pump price at time of purchase. Common range: 15–50 ¢/gal depending on card and network.

Savings estimate

Net price per gallon with card
$3.45
Pump price per gallon (no card)
$3.75
Discount per gallon
30 ¢/gal

Weekly savings
$90.00
Monthly savings (4.33 weeks)
$389.70
Annual savings (52 weeks)
$4,680

Fuel cost per mile without card
$0.450
Fuel cost per mile with card
$0.414
CPM improvement from card
$0.036/mi

Weekly fuel cost (with card)
$1,035
Annual fuel cost (with card)
$53,820

How the savings are calculated

The tool starts with your pump price and subtracts the card discount to get the net price per gallon. It then multiplies the weekly gallon purchase by the discount per gallon to get weekly savings. Monthly savings use a 4.33-week multiplier; annual savings use 52 weeks.

Net price = pump price − (discount ÷ 100)

Weekly savings = weekly gallons × (discount ÷ 100)

The CPM impact divides the weekly fuel cost by weekly miles to show how fuel card savings lower your cost per mile — one of the most direct ways to improve load profitability without hauling more freight.

What this calculator does not account for

Some fuel cards charge a transaction fee, weekly fee, or account fee — these reduce net savings and should be subtracted from the annual savings figure to get the true benefit. Cards with network restrictions may not always provide the full discount at every stop — actual savings vary by location. The pump price input uses a single average; real diesel prices fluctuate daily, so savings estimates will change when prices move significantly.