According to NAC's website they promote long cross country trips so they hardly deter people from taking long trips.
Hooverdam, New York and so on.
Will add quite some money to the bill without a proper reimbursement.
If you pay $3.60/gallon and get $1.80 back that will add an additional $14.40/hr @ 8 gallons/hr.
So that would put a 172 at $103.40/hr instead of the advertised $89/hr.
But apart from their reimbursement policy,
that Cessna 152 flight should have been planned with a fuel stop.
Curious as to why neither the student nor the instructor pulled the brake and insisted on refueling.
It's rarely worth risking your life for $20....