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Super cheap AA & RAC breakdown cover loophole...
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There are currently a number of ways to get cheap breakdown cover from the two big providers. The AA is currently giving away a £20 M&S voucher when you sign up to its £35 basic (or any other) cover.
For the RAC, as usual you can get it for £14 if you pay in Tesco Clubcard points or alternatively get £25 cashback via a special site bringing its basic price down to £8.
The deals
It's worth noting that there are many other cheap standard roadside recovery deals with other companies before looking at these promotions starting... see Breakdown Cover: Get the cheapest.
AA vehicle only cover for £35 plus £20 M&S vouchers
Sign up to the AA at the moment and it has a promotion on that it'll give you £20 M&S vouchers for any policy you take out.
Its basic roadside policy is just £35 so you can effectively get cover for £15, provided you use the vouchers for something you'd have got anyway. This only covers the one car though, rather than a person.
You still get the vouchers with bigger policies, but the relative discount is diminished. You can get this via its £20 M&S vouchers promo or by calling 0800 294 7817 and quoting 1081. (Note there have been some problems with this link, so if you click it and it doesn't have the get £20 M&S voucher on the page - call the phone number instead)
Who is it open to? New customers and those that cancelled more than 6 weeks ago.
If you've got an AA policy and are coming to renewal, you won't be eligible for this deal, but it's great for your haggling arsenal. Many who've told the AA they're unhappy with the renewal price and are considering trying elsewhere, have been given heavy discounts... throw this deal in the conversation and it should help.
RAC membership for 1/4 price using Tesco Clubcard deals
Tesco shoppers can swap their points for Clubcard Deals vouchers which are worth four times the face value. One of the deals available is RAC cover; the basic cover will cost you £14 worth of points, but there are a whole other range of deals too.
Cashback sites are specialist websites that list retailers/product providers and get paid if you click through them. Importantly they then give some or all of this cash to you. If you're new, please read the Best Cashback Sites guide before continuing.
Right now, sign up to the breakdown cover via a cashback site and you can get up to £25 cashback for doing it. You could also opt for higher cover, and get the same (or increased cashback at higher levels); though then it's a lower effective discount.
Wepromiseto: Pays £25 but if you're new it takes the first £5 you earn each year. Link: Wepromiseto
Cashback Kings: Pays £252 but if you're new it takes the first £5 you earn each year (though if you switch to it from a different cashback site it'll waive your fee (read the details). Link:Cashback Kings
Quidco: Pays £21 but if you're new it takes the first £5 you earn each year. Link: Quidco
Warning! The cashback isn't 100% guaranteed
While there shouldn't be a problem with these deals; the payout on cashback sites is never guaranteed, as if there's a dispute with the retailer and the cashback site doesn't get paid - nor do you.
Thanks to those already discussing these deals on the forum, we've started a new thread to amalgamate the deals and provide extra info.
- but these all now redirect to the normal signup page which would suggest that the offer has finished
The basic rate (discounted from £45) now shows as £29 instead of £35.
You can see what the voucher offer looked like previously using Google's cache - although i'm not sure how old this copy is as it shows the discounted price as £39 not £35: http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:S...n&ct=clnk&cd=1
[this link cannot be used to get the voucher - it's just a copy of the offer for reference ]
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I started a post about the AA cover on the grabbit board last week,as I have been using this offer for some time,and thought it was about time I shared it.
These offers frequently run in the tabloids (at least mail,mirror,sun maybe) and vary weekly,monthly.
It would be good if people spotted the ones which have a MONTH long validity, in particular,and posted them.
This AA offers is dependant on continuous annual Direct Debit,so make sure you CANCEL in time or you will get billed for a higher price next year.(Did I read that someone on here got charged £10 admin fee to cancel,after they forgot to?)
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Last edited by hollydays; 18-06-2008 at 10:44 AM..
The AA offer is now sorted and its website is working again
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Just to make it a bit clearer,if you get the £35 plus £20 voucher offer which is NOT available online,you are only getting cover for ONE car,NOT any vehicle.
As stated twice already, the aa and the rac are not even on quidco!
Still no M&S voucher and quidco does not pay out for The AA or The RAC
Hi csiman
Look for RAC in the alphabetical order on Quidco (A-Z tab), as if you just enter it in the search box it doesn't come up.
Quidco give £21 for basic RAC cover or £40 for the two more expensive options.Hope this helps.
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Hi csiman
Look for RAC in the alphabetical order on Quidco (A-Z tab), as if you just enter it in the search box it doesn't come up.
Quidco give £21 for basic RAC cover or £40 for the two more expensive options.Hope this helps.
Isabelle
Does anyone have opinions on which offers the better service?
After making the mistake of having no breakdown cover for a year when I first got my own car 10 years ago, I've been with the AA ever since. I have had to call them out on various occaisions and they have _always_ got me going again, and that's just on the basic cover.
I could clearly save money by switching to the RAC, but I don't want to risk the level of service I get.
It seems to me that if I want 2 car cover, then with RAC it is better value to buy 2 individual policies with £22 off each- is that how anyone else sees it?
Another way of saving is to become part of an employer's scheme. This is a saving that carries on every year, not just when you first join. I am part of my employer's AA Fleetwide scheme. I've just paid £42.60 for Roadside, Relay and Home Start. The scheme covers the vehicle, not the driver. The more cars in the scheme, the cheaper it works out. I don't know all the terms and conditions. It may only be available to people who use their own vehicle for work.
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Super cheap AA & RAC breakdown cover loopholes.
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