6 Kroger Fuel Points Rules That Cost Alabamians at the Pump
The tax and service fees on your Kroger receipt don’t earn you a single fuel point.
Alabamians who fill up with Kroger Fuel Points can get confused by rules like that.
Here are the Kroger Fuel Points rules that cost Alabamians at the pump.
1. Skipping Your Alt ID
Only purchases rung up with your Rewards Number or alternate ID (Alt ID), a ten-digit number you choose online, earn Kroger Rewards Points.
If you forget to enter it at the register, no Rewards Points come from that whole buggy of groceries.
No rewards program gets every rule right, but we’d check this rule before the rest, since a missed ID costs you the entire trip’s Points.
2. Monthly Points Expiration
Your Kroger Rewards Points expire on the last day of the month after you earn them.
October’s Points expire Nov. 30, and November’s last through Dec. 31.
Each month counts as a separate earning period, so October’s balance and November’s don’t combine.
At a Kroger fuel center, you can choose which month’s balance to use, so you can spend the oldest Points first.
What Kroger Fuel Points Are Worth
Kroger Fuel Points currently convert at 10 cents off each gallon for every 100 Points.
So 500 Points take 50 cents off each gallon.
On a 15-gallon fill-up, that’s $7.50 less, and you give that up if those Points expire first.
3. Fill-Up Limits
Kroger fuel center discounts top out at $1 per gallon on up to 35 gallons, though locations can differ.
Your Points cover one purchase of fuel, and local officials in certain jurisdictions can order a limit below 35 gallons.
The discount also isn’t valid with any other fuel offer.
You pick one.
Rewards members also get 3 cents off a gallon at participating fuel locations before spending any Points, though that discount varies by location.
4. Fees and Tax That Earn Nothing
Service fees, tax, tobacco and product deposits are excluded from earning Points, including pickup and delivery fees.
Your $100 grocery order earns 100 Points at a rate of 1 Point per $1 on most groceries, worth 10 cents off each gallon.
But $100 in fees and tax earns you nothing.
Fuel purchases are off the list too, except at certain fuel centers or during promotions that say otherwise.
Kroger gift cards and prepaid reloadable debit cards, such as Green Dot and Netspend, don’t earn Points unless noted otherwise.
Alcohol, fluid milk and milk products are excluded in some areas too.
5. Federally Funded Prescriptions
A prescription at a Kroger pharmacy earns 25 Points if it isn’t federally funded, but a federally funded prescription earns 1 Point for every $1 you pay out of pocket.
A $10 copay on a federally funded prescription adds 10 Points.
That’s 15 fewer Points than the 25 a non-federally funded prescription earns, a gap worth 1.5 cents off each gallon.
Kroger pays 75 Points for each qualifying 90-day refill, though earning categories can vary by location and some pharmacy exclusions apply to what you fill.
6. Unlinked Delivery Apps
Orders from Instacart, DoorDash and Uber Eats can earn Points when your Kroger account is linked to your account with those platforms.
If you never link your Kroger account to the app, those groceries may add nothing to the balance you’re saving for the pump.
At 1 Point per $1 on most groceries, a $60 order that never links could miss out on 60 Points, or 6 cents off each gallon.
Fuel Center Locations
Kroger lists 10 gas stations across six Alabama cities: Decatur, Hartselle, Huntsville, Lanett, Madison and Opelika.
The grocery list covers 11 stores in seven cities, and that list adds Auburn.
Auburn isn’t on the fuel list.
Kroger now calls the program Kroger Points, but its Alabama fuel page still uses the Fuel Points name.
Participating partner gas stations vary by region, and they use your oldest Points first.
You can’t pick the month there the way you can at a Kroger fuel center.
Program Terms
Under the Points terms Kroger last updated Sept. 23, 2026, the company can change or discontinue the program or any benefit in it at any time without notice, except where applicable law prohibits that.
It may post changes to its website, and your continued use of the program counts as accepting them.
Selling or buying Points is prohibited, and Kroger can suspend you from the program or from earning Points over actual or suspected fraud.
Psst! How much do you know about Kroger? Take our quiz and see if you can ace it.
Quiz
Kroger Pop Quiz
Answer these questions on Kroger’s history and rewards. We bet you can’t get them all right. Prove us wrong?
According to Kroger’s company history, Barney Kroger delivered groceries around Greater Cincinnati with a wagon and a horse. What was the horse’s name?
Redeeming Points for Groceries
Your Points don't have to go to fuel, since Kroger lets you split them between fuel and dollars off groceries.
Every 100 Points equals $1 off groceries, and you can redeem up to 1,000 Points a day.
Once you redeem Points for groceries, they come out of your monthly balance, and Kroger won't reinstate, refund or reverse them.
The grocery reward then expires on the last day of the month after it's issued, and the expiration date shows on the reward.
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