AA membership inc £75 of Fuel

Iceweasel

forgotmyname wrote: »

Yeah but ADAC wont take my caravan to a campsite and then take the car to to be fixed and then take me back home if it cannot be fixed during my holiday, and give me a courtesy car etc will it?

Interesting indeed - have you actually been in that predicament with the ADAC?

Next time I'm in one of their town-centre offices (remember when the AA had those) I'll raise the question.

forgotmyname

RAC have Arrival linked to the Caravan and Camping Club, Green Flag have Mayday.

Unlike most car policies that wont cover the caravan breaking down, these types of policies do. And they go further in helping you continue with your holiday.

Although much less to go wrong with a caravan the risk is still there, they have brakes and wheel bearings etc. A failure on the caravan and not the tow vehicles is not usually covered on the standard policies.

GolfBravo

anniebea wrote: »

What's really annoying is the letter they send with the renewal saying for being a loyal customer I am now a silver member with all these additional things (which are also covered by my car insurance so I dont need them) thrown in for free..... and at a knock down price

member I]noun[/I: a person, animal, or thing that is part of a group

You're not a member. They are not a club. You can't even vote. They are a private company, and they are after the contents of your wallet, that's all.

They are really pushing it when they call their customers members. And "silver member" sounds just so good. Ah, if you could just stretch your budget a little more you could be their "gold member".

Do you even need the AA or RAC? Have you checked your car insurance, do they offer a breakdown cover? What about your bank?

forgotmyname

You need to read the terms of the free cover offered with your bank account and insurance. Sometimes its very basic, upto 10 miles to the nearest garage and thats it. no onward travel to get you home etc.

anniebea

Thanks for all the "advice". I'm going for the AA deal with the £75 fuel car which suits my personal circumstances.

bobbybuttons

I have received my £75 card and just looked on the prepaid card site and it looks like you can use this card anywhere that accepts mastercard , so does this mean i don't need to use this card just for fuel, anyone know /tried ? thanks

anniebea

you use it like any other pre-paid card, enter the pin that you have been given and the money is deducted from the balance on the card . You just need to make sure that the money on the card covers what you are paying .


I used mine in the supermarket and when it came to the end it had about £10 left on it. My bill was more than £10 so I got the cashier to take that amount from my card which would zero the balance and I paid the rest in cash.


Anne

DragonQ

I've been with RAC for 3 years because they kept giving me discounts when renewing. Recently I wanted to improve my cover and they quoted £160. I found the same deal from Aviva (who actually use RAC) for half that. RAC's "best offer" was £150.

Switching breakdown companies each year tends to be the cheapest way to do it.

bobbybuttons

anniebea wrote: »

you use it like any other pre-paid card, enter the pin that you have been given and the money is deducted from the balance on the card . You just need to make sure that the money on the card covers what you are paying .


I used mine in the supermarket and when it came to the end it had about £10 left on it. My bill was more than £10 so I got the cashier to take that amount from my card which would zero the balance and I paid the rest in cash.


Anne

Thanks Anne i'll give it a go to pay for my shopping later

d0nkeyk0ng

anniebea wrote: »

Just seen an AA cover for £160 but including £75 of free fuel via an AA Miles More Prepaid MasterCard.

I did this last year. Think my cover was £140. I didn't know it wasn't limited to fuel and could be used elsewhere. There's still £25 left on it.

WillyWonga wrote: »

This is "norm" nowadays with AA and RAC.

Take the AA offer and when comes to renewal the RAC will beat it by a mile with a new customer deal. Take that and in a year the AA will beat it again treating you as a new customer.............the recovery merry - go - round.

Completely silly to have only new customer deals but these days it's the same with insurance and utility bills. You have to hunt around for the best deal.

anniebea wrote: »

What's really annoying is the letter they send with the renewal saying for being a loyal customer I am now a silver member with all these additional things (which are also covered by my car insurance so I dont need them) thrown in for free..... and at a knock down price

I got that too at renewal time. But instead of £145, they wanted to charge me in the region of £250 for a "silver" membership. Spoke to them on the phone and haggled it down to £130 but it was still more than I really needed. I should have joined RAC as a new customer because it was £15 cheaper without the haggling.