Patent ID: 8332136

Claim:
A method of providing aviation fuel at a discounted price-per-unit to a customer, said method comprising the steps of: maintaining an electronic database containing a plurality of fixed base operators, wherein each fixed based operator has an associated airport and a current price-per-unit for at least one type of aviation fuel; analyzing at least a flight plan portion received from a remote user over a network to determine at least one refueling location using a first server; determining a fuel type required for said flight plan using said first server; providing a discounted price-per-unit for at least a first fixed base operator associated with an airport matching said refueling location based on said current price-per-unit for said fuel type associated with said first fixed base operator in said database using said first server; transmitting said discounted price-per-unit for a set of fixed base operators to the remote user over said network, wherein said set includes said first fixed base operation; receiving over said network a selection for a fixed base operator from the remote user, wherein said selected fixed base operator is selected from said set of fixed base operators; transmitting an electronic fuel purchase reservation to said selected fixed base operator over said network in response to said receiving; and collecting a fee for the transaction associated with said fuel purchase reservation from said selected fixed base operator.