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Loophole!! Get a year's AA breakdown cover for under a tenner!

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  • :j :T
    Hi and thank you!

    I joined the basic AA for £29 through topcash back, so I will recieve £20 cashback. Then with the 2000 nectar card thingy worth £10, I have effectively been paid one pound to join!

    Happy days!
  • Hizz
    Hizz Posts: 1,537 Forumite
    There's also a great repair cover that the AA offer as long as your car is less than 10 years old.

    For £65, you can make up to 5 claims a year for parts and labour up to £500 each! Has to be part of your breakdown which the AA patrolman verifies;)
    One hundred years from now it won't matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank, nor what my clothes looked like but the world may be a little better because, I was important in the life of a child.
  • bootman
    bootman Posts: 1,985 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Just taken out the £29 one. Fingers crossed it tracks!
  • tdiman
    tdiman Posts: 38 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    I couldn't sleep so got up early, 5.30 and tried to get the cheap AA deal. I joined Quidco and followed link to AA - no cars over 10 years old for the cheap offer. I was hoping to get my 1959 frogeye covered. Ah well. Still a great site.
    LMS
  • bootman
    bootman Posts: 1,985 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I have just checked my Quidco Account. My £25 has gone straight to declined.:mad: I took it out last night.

    I don't think this cashback can be valid with the £29 cover. I Hope if I call them it can be cancelled.
  • bootman
    bootman Posts: 1,985 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    ARHHHHH, just phoned AA to cancel, they are saying they are going to charge me £14 to cancel this cover now.
  • Badger_Lady
    Badger_Lady Posts: 6,264 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Car has to be less than 10 years old - mine's 18 :-(
    Mortgage | £145,000Unsecured Debt | [strike]£7,000[/strike] £0 Lodgers | |
  • james10999
    james10999 Posts: 447 Forumite
    Mines showing tracked on Quidco - even shows the purchase amount of £29.40.
    Mortgage as Sept 2012: £96,000
    Mortgage free: When i'm 39 / Sept 2023

    Mortgage repayment = £588
    Tracker Rate 1.99% above base: 2.49%
  • Hi bootman, my £25 has tracked on the £29.40 cover (with a payment estimate date of September) so it should've been fine for you too. Contact Quidco and hopefully it'll explain why yours has been declined.
  • bootman
    bootman Posts: 1,985 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Thanks Natasha, AA want to charge £14 to cancel it
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