Accelerate your Flybuys points with Shell Coles Express

Dreaming of an escape and flying to a remote domestic destination? Well, if you buy more than 80 litres of fuel every month at Shell Coles Express and also spend $10 in-store – whilst also switching your fuel preference to points on your Flybuys account – you could get there sooner than you think. That’s especially the case if you use your Coles supermarket fuel discount dockets!

How it works

If you play it smart, you can collect up to 12 Flybuys points per litre* every time you fill up. Here’s how:

  1. If you haven’t already done so, open your Flybuys app or sign-in on the Flybuys website. Just change your fuel preference to ‘points’ rather than ‘cents’.
  2. Every calendar month, buy 80 litres or more of fuel and spend $10 or more at Shell Coles Express. If you do this, you will automatically be able to collect an EXTRA 4 Flybuys points per litre (excluding LPG, tobacco or smoking accessories).
  3. Present a valid Coles supermarket fuel discount docket with your Flybuys card when paying for your fuel and in-store goodies. This is where the benefits really flow your way – you can collect 8 Flybuys points per litre (rather than 4c per litre discount). All up, you could collect 12 Flybuys points for every litre you put into your vehicle each calendar month.

Then all you need to do is use those Flybuys points to top up your Velocity balance. If you link your Flybuys and Velocity accounts, you will be able to transfer your Flybuys points at a rate of 500 Velocity Points for every 1,000 Flybuys points.*

Making it work for you

With more than 700 Shell Coles Express locations across Australia, you’ll have no problems spending $10 per month in-store. Perhaps your local Shell Coles Express is the place to buy your bread, milk and choccies on the way home from work, or where you can pick up your daily coffee and newspaper ... maybe even your toilet paper.

If you spend at least $30 at Coles supermarkets, you’ll find a fuel discount docket at the bottom of your receipt. If you bring it along to Shell Coles Express and present it with your Flybuys card when you fill up, you’ll really accelerate your points advantage.

How much does it add up to in the real world? According to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the average vehicle travelled 12,100 kilometres in the year to June 2020. If you drive just over 1,000 kilometres every month – using 100 litres of fuel over that time – let’s see how many Flybuys points you can earn over the next three months from March to May.

In the first calendar month after switching your fuel preference to ‘points’, if you only buy fuel at Shell Coles Express – while spending $10 in-store and presenting your Coles supermarket fuel discount voucher every time – you could collect up to 1,200 Flybuys points . That means in the next three months, you would collect 3,600 Flybuys points. For every 1,000 of those Flybuys points you transfer to Velocity, you’ll now earn an impressive 500 Velocity Points (T&Cs apply).

There’s never been a better time to switch your fuel preference to points with Flybuys.

Find out more or switch to points here.

*Terms and Conditions

Shell Coles Express Fuel Accelerator Terms and Conditions:

Up to 12 points per litre terms and conditions
You can collect up to 12 points per litre on your fuel transactions each month by combining the 8 points per litre offer on your Coles fuel discount docket with the 4 points per litre fuel accelerator offer, valid from Mon 1 Feb until Mon 31 May, 2021. These offers can be used separately or together. See below for details on each offer.

4 points per litre fuel accelerator offer:
The 4 points per litre fuel accelerator offer is valid at Shell Coles Express and only available to Flybuys members who (1) present their Flybuys card and (2) have switched their fuel offer preference to “POINTS” (instead of “CENTS”) in their Flybuys settings via Flybuys.com.au or the Flybuys app and (3) meet both of the following thresholds (Accelerator Offer Thresholds) within a calendar month:
a) member must purchase at least 80 litres of fuel (excl. LPG) during the calendar month AND
b) member must spend at least $10 in store at Shell Coles Express during the calendar month
Qualifying fuel purchase and in store spend can be made in one or multiple transactions during the calendar month. For the fuel purchase threshold, purchases exclude LPG. For the in store Shell Coles Express $10 transaction threshold, eligible in store purchases means purchases made in Shell Coles Express Convenience stores excluding the purchase of Fuel, Tobacco and Tobacco related products, Gift Cards, Mobile Phone, Recharge, Calling Cards, AdBlue, Trailer Hire and Lottery (Eligible Instore Purchases). If the Accelerator Offer Thresholds are met within a calendar month, all fuel (excluding LPG) purchases (including transactions that occurred before the date the Accelerator Offer Thresholds were met) made at Shell Coles Express within that calendar month where the fuel offer preference is set to “POINTS”, will qualify for 4 points per litre. If at any time during the calendar month your fuel offer preference is set to “CENTS”, the transactions made while set to “CENTS” will not count towards the fuel or shop thresholds. There is no limit to how many Accelerator Offer points a member can collect however there is a fuel purchase limit of 150 litres maximum per transaction in one vehicle andapproved containers only.
On the first day of each calendar month, the member’s progress towards the Accelerator Offer Thresholds will reset. Progress towards the Accelerator Offer Thresholds can be monitored on the Flybuys app in the ‘My Fuel’ section available on Android devices on 1 Feb and iOS devices by 15 Feb. Points collected from the 4 points per litre fuel accelerator offer will appear in qualifying members’ accounts within 48 hours of the member achieving their fuel and spend thresholds. Points for subsequent transactions made in that qualifying month will appear in the members’ account within 48 hours of the transaction. This offer excludes Adblue, Fleet Card, Shell Card, Motorcharge and Motorpass purchases.

8 points per litre with Coles fuel discount docket:
The ‘8 points per litre’ offer is valid at Shell Coles Express when you (1) scan your Flybuys card, (2) hand over a valid ‘4 cents or 8 points’ per litre Coles fuel discount docket and (3) have fuel offer set to “POINTS” instead of “CENTS” within your Flybuys settings prior to the fuel transaction. The Coles fuel discount docket is printed on your receipt when you spend $30 or more in one transaction in-store at Coles Supermarkets (excludes Coles Online and purchases of all gift cards, iTunes cards, charity items/donations, tobacco and tobacco related products). There is a limit of 1 Coles fuel discount docket per fuel purchase of up to 150L, per vehicle, per customer. Your fuel offer settings can be updated at Flybuys.com.au or via the Flybuys app. If “CENTS” is selected as the preferred fuel offer in the settings on the Flybuys account at the time of purchase, the Shell Coles Express 4c/l fuel discount will be awarded as default and points will not be collected in respect of that fuel transaction. The selection of either “CENTS or “POINTS” will apply to all fuel offers available and to all members under that specific Flybuys account. A member can switch their fuel offer preference at any time during the calendar month, and the reward they will receive in respect of each fuel transaction will depend on the fuel offer preference as at the time of the fuel transaction. The 8 points per litre offer can be redeemed multiple times, provided a valid Coles fuel discount docket and Flybuys card are presented each time. This offer excludes Adblue, Fleet Card, Shell Card, Motorcharge and Motorpass purchases. The valid Coles fuel discount docket can only be redeemed once and copies of the Coles fuel discount docket will not be accepted. The Coles fuel discount docket must be surrendered upon redemption. Coles fuel discount dockets that have been defaced, damaged or altered, or have passed their expiry date, are not valid for any fuel offer.

Velocity Transfer Terms and Conditions:
If you’ve linked your Velocity Frequent Flyer membership to your Flybuys household account, you can choose to manually transfer a minimum of 1,000 Flybuys points at a time to receive 500 Velocity Points per 1,000 Flybuys points transferred to Velocity. Or, you can turn on Auto Transfer and if you choose to do this, your entire existing Flybuys points balance (to the highest multiple of 1,000 Flybuys points) will be automatically transferred to your linked Velocity account, and every 1,000 Flybuys points you subsequently collect will be automatically transferred into 500 Velocity Points. From 1 November 2020, the annual transfer limit has been removed, meaning there’s no limit to the amount of Flybuys points you can transfer to Velocity. Only one Velocity membership can be linked to a Flybuys household at any one time. To turn on Auto Transfer, the full name and date of birth on your Flybuys household account and linked Velocity membership must match. You can de-link or manage your linked accounts at any time at partners.flybuys.com.au/velocity-frequent-flyer/. Visit flybuys.com.au/transfer to manually transfer your Flybuys points. Alternatively, to turn on Auto Transfer, visit partners.flybuys.com.au/velocity-frequent-flyer/ and sign in to your Flybuys account then turn your Auto Transfer preference to ‘On’. This selection will apply to all members under that specific Flybuys household account. You can turn your Auto Transfer preference to ‘Off’ at any time and will still be able to manually transfer your Flybuys points to Velocity.

Please allow up to 48 hours for Velocity Points to be credited to your linked Velocity account and for your Flybuys points balance to be updated. Once Flybuys points have been redeemed for Velocity Points they can’t be returned to your Flybuys account. Standard Flybuys Terms and Conditions (https://www.flybuys.com.au/about/#/flybuys-terms-and-conditions) apply to the collection of Flybuys points. Velocity membership Terms and Conditions (https://experience.velocityfrequentflyer.com/member-support/terms-conditions) apply.