FINDLAY, Ohio, April 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Marathon
Petroleum Company LP (MPC) today announced that the Marathon brand
is collaborating with Southwest Airlines, La Quinta Inns &
Suites, the Arbor Day Foundation and Marathon's own My CentsOff™
fuel savings program to launch a unique rewards program for its
brand network featuring these partners.
The new rewards program, titled "MakeItCount™," offers consumers
the opportunity to earn points for their purchases of both fuel and
featured non-fuel items at participating Marathon branded
stations.
MakeItCount™ members will earn points directly in their choice
of Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards®, La Quinta Returns®, Sustain®
tree planting program in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation,
or the My CentsOff™ fuel savings program. The MakeItCount™ program
will also support achievement-based rewards, based on member
purchase activity at participating Marathon branded stations, in
the form of bonus partner points or fuel discounts.
To enroll, consumers may text "Join" to 40244, download the
MakeItCount™ app, or go through the MakeItCount™ website
(http://www.makeitcount.com), and then simply pick a rewards
partner and start earning points. Program members can change their
partner choice at any time. To make it as easy as possible, no
program cards are needed; members just enter 11+ their registered
phone number with every purchase.
"This rewards program and our partnerships create a unique
loyalty offering that our customers have been anticipating and
brings added value to the Marathon brand," states William D. McCleave, Marathon Brand director.
"We believe MakeItCount™ offers consumers an ideal mix of choices,
and as a result of the program structure, is differentiated from
other major oil brand programs."
About Marathon Petroleum Corporation
MPC is the nation's second-largest refiner, with a crude oil
refining capacity of approximately 1.9 million barrels per calendar
day in its six-refinery system. Marathon brand gasoline is sold
through approximately 5,600 independently owned retail outlets
across 20 states and the District of
Columbia. In addition, Speedway LLC, an MPC subsidiary, owns
and operates the nation's second-largest convenience store chain,
with approximately 2,740 convenience stores in 21 states. MPC owns,
leases or has ownership interests in approximately 10,800 miles of
crude oil and light product pipelines. Through subsidiaries, MPC
owns the general partner of MPLX LP, a midstream master limited
partnership. Through MPLX, MPC has ownership interests in gathering
and processing facilities with approximately 5.9 billion cubic feet
per day of gathering capacity, 8.4 billion cubic feet per day of
natural gas processing capacity and 610,000 barrels per day of
fractionation capacity. MPC's fully integrated system provides
operational flexibility to move crude oil, NGLs, feedstocks and
petroleum-related products efficiently through the company's
distribution network and midstream service businesses in the
Midwest, Northeast, East Coast, Southeast and Gulf Coast
regions.
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SOURCE Marathon Petroleum Corporation