What is your preferred auto parts store rewards program and why? Does that get you to buy from that source more than others, even if the purchase price may be a few dollars more (it's getting you that much closer to a reward, after all)?
I am currently signed up for AutoZone's and Pep Boys'. I will probably sign up for O'Reilly's the next time I am in-store to buy something, but it seems pretty weak (spend $150 and get a $5 gift card...so 3.3% reward?!?).
I have used AZ's to get one $20 gift card. Theirs is tricky, as you have to make 10 purchases of $20 or more and purchasing a $100 part counts as one purchase, but if you are buying $100 of smaller parts (spark plugs, wires, oil, filter, etc.), you could theoretically break it up into 5 purchases and be halfway there in one visit. I buy my $30+ parts online anyway, so it has worked out pretty well for me thus far. I do not often shop at Pep Boys, so have not amassed many points there and have not looked too closely at their rewards structure, but I know it is dollars-for-points.
I am currently signed up for AutoZone's and Pep Boys'. I will probably sign up for O'Reilly's the next time I am in-store to buy something, but it seems pretty weak (spend $150 and get a $5 gift card...so 3.3% reward?!?).
I have used AZ's to get one $20 gift card. Theirs is tricky, as you have to make 10 purchases of $20 or more and purchasing a $100 part counts as one purchase, but if you are buying $100 of smaller parts (spark plugs, wires, oil, filter, etc.), you could theoretically break it up into 5 purchases and be halfway there in one visit. I buy my $30+ parts online anyway, so it has worked out pretty well for me thus far. I do not often shop at Pep Boys, so have not amassed many points there and have not looked too closely at their rewards structure, but I know it is dollars-for-points.
