If hobby shops were SMRAT they would do this with more then just glow fuel, but also trainers and other certain models and items with good margins like parts. Perhaps random products like grocery stores do with their club cards, AMA club card products. This would make the AMA card like their own hobby shop club card discount program and would get potentially a lot more repeat business if they "captured" a potential, then becoming a loyal hobbyist. Hobby shops have this one potential to use over an online retailer because you can't show your AMA membership card to an online retailer. Finally ... the hobby shop would have an advantage!!!

This is exactly what the EAA does, just about everywhere you shop for experimental parts/planes/training materials you give them your EAA membership, you get a discount. Same with AOPA. Shop at Sporty's (the Tower Hobbie of GA) and get a discount with your AOPA. Same with just about every pilot shop and FBO in USA, they all give discounts for fuel and pilot accessories with AOPA card.

Now just pass the idea on to your local hobby shop. This way your hobby shop would be paying your AMA membership and making money at the same time, really a no brainer. Then there sure would be a lot less whining about how the AMA takes your $58 every year and spends it on their magazine like Y'ALL do. Instead Y'ALL would find something else to whine about, I'm sure Y'ALL would find something.