The 8 Best Fuel Cards for Truckers 2022

WEX is one of the US's most popular fleet card suppliers, and for good reason: it has an incredible network of gas stations, and all of its fleet cards are universal, which means they can be used at all of these stations. Long story short, WEX's cards can be used at 95% of the country's fuel stations, as well as 45,000 service locations.

Of WEX's fleet card programs, the Fleet Cross Roads Card is our top pick for truckers and trucking fleets. That's because it can also be used at a number of truck stops, including Pilot Flying J, Love’s, TA, and many more independent brands. It also gives you access to WEX EDGE, the company's fuel discount network. Through this, you can save an average of 15 cents per gallon at over 3,400 travel centers or truck stops across the US. For fans of scalability, it's worth knowing that this is a good catch-all option, too: it's suitable for fleets of all sizes, and fleets with a variety of different vehicle types (as well as just trucking fleets).

Fuelman offers two strong fleet card options for truckers and trucking fleets: the Deep Saver Card, and the Simple Saver Card. In particular, we're big fans of the generous rebates that both cards offer on diesel (in other words, for every gallon of diesel your truckers buy, you'll earn a certain amount of money back, which will be credited to your account).

While the Simple Saver Card does offer a chunkier rebate of 10 cents per gallon at select gas stations, we think the Deep Saver Card has the edge. It offers a rebate of 8 cents per gallon of diesel, which is an average amount, but that rebate can be earned at loads more stations – over 40,000 of Fuelman's 50,000-strong network, in fact.

The Comdata Card was designed primarily for fleets of up to 50 trucks, but Comdata does say it's suitable for larger businesses, too. Its key benefits include discounts on fuel at Pilot Flying J truck stops (though we're not sure how hefty those discounts are), as well as 65% off tires and retreads at over 3,000 locations in the US – which is bound to come in handy!

Overall, though, the Comdata Card is our top pick for convenience-loving truckers. That's because, as Comdata cardholders, you and your truckers will gain access to a variety of different time-saving tools and apps. For example, Comdata's CAT Scale app enables truckers to automatically find and pay for CAT Scale transactions, with no parking or waiting in line needed. Meanwhile, Comdata Mobile Fueling can connect your truckers with mobile fueling vendors, so they can get fuel delivered straight to them when they need it.

ExxonMobil's BusinessPro fuel card program comes with some solid benefits, including fuel rebates of up to 6 cents per gallon at Exxon and Mobil stations. But what we like best about it is that, instead of giving you a confusing array of card programs to choose from, ExxonMobil offers just this singular option – but makes it customizable, so you can set it up to suit your truckers. Do you have enough Exxon and Mobil stations near your area of operation, or will you need to be able to use it at 95% of stations across the US? Are you happy to pay it all off once a month, or would you prefer to be able to carry a balance? These are options you'll be able to choose.

The only potential concern is the geography of the ExxonMobil's 11,500 gas stations. If you own a smaller scale trucker business that works along the East Coast, this is a great piece of plastic to have in your back pocket. Anywhere east of Mississippi and you'll likely need to plump for access to more stations.

Shell's Fleet Plus Card is a rare breed: it comes with solid benefits for truckers, but you won't have to pay a monthly card fee to access them. First off, you'll get rebates of up to 6 cents per gallon, with higher rebates for truckers who buy bigger volumes of fuel. You'll also get discounts on vehicle maintenance and supplies at Jiffy Lube, which is bound to come in handy.

Shell's Fleet Plus Card can only be used to buy fuel at Shell stations, but with 14,000 stations covering 47 of the lower 48 states (Montana is the exception), the coverage may well be good enough for your fleet. Shell's Fleet Navigator Card, by contrast, is issued by WEX and so can be used at 95% of US stations – but the fees associated with that card aren't public knowledge.

We like BP's Business Solutions Mastercard for medium to large trucking fleets because, while it does come with a monthly $10 account fee, that fee is waived if your fleet buys more than 5,000 gallons of fuel each month (which shouldn't be too difficult for a large fleet of heavy duty trucks!). The card can be used at any station that accepts Mastercard payments – that's a very big chunk of the country's gas stations – and, unlike BP's Business Solutions Plus Card, it can be used to pay for maintenance services, too.

As well as the above, the using the Business Solutions Mastercard will earn you rebates of up to 6 cents per gallon of fuel, with higher volumes of fuel netting you the bigger rebates. As with most branded fleet cards, though, these rebates only apply when your truckers buy fuel at BP or Amoco stations.

RTS Financial's single fleet card program – simply called RTS Fuel Card – was set up with truckers and trucking fleets in mind. And you'll probably be pleased to hear that this fleet card program is all about the discounts. It has a very small acceptance network of over 2,000 US stations, but RTS Financial claims that cardholders get awesome average savings of 25 cents per gallon of fuel at those locations. The program also offers point-of-sale discounts at 1,000 Pilot Flying J and Speedway truck stops across the country.

The RTS Fuel Card will also get you exclusive discounts on preventative maintenance, tires, and more at 90 truck care locations, including Pilot Flying J, Boss Shop, and Sapp Bros. You can also get discounts of 35% off your fuel tax software. Is your head swimming with dollar signs yet?

The Shell Refillable Card offers good gas station coverage, with over 14,000 refuel locations across all 50 states. Most gas stations will charge you cash price, so you benefit from the security of a pin number without the credit card charges.

You can load up to $300 onto the card at any one time via your online account and track the balance and spending. Most importantly, the Shell card keeps things simple by limiting spending to fuel, so you have peace of mind that your employees aren’t using business money to purchase things they shouldn’t.