AA Renewal Scam/Con

Jenni_D

Aretnap said:

Jenni_D said:

BillyT57 said:

Same as insurance. Increase and often people renew without challenging.

I thought that practice had now been banned, and existing customers must now be offered the same deals as new customers?

IIRC it only applies to motor and home insurance. Breakdown insurance is not covered, along with plenty of other types of insurance. 

Fair point ... though I read the post I had quoted as referring to Motor insurance (given that this is the Motoring board).

Ian1961

I had an email today from Dynamo Recovery telling me in line with the T&C's the Rpi rise will introduced but i will be discounted from £4.69 to £3.25, i didn't realise that 6months in of a 12months  contract that there would be a payment required. For some reason i know that phone and broadband companies do this, but not a breakdown policy? Pretty sure home insurance don't do this practice? Has anyone else had this happen?

aardvaak

Don't do auto-renew and always barter

RogerBareford

aardvaak said:

Don't do auto-renew and always barter

I don't think you will get very far if you try and barter as they certainly won't accept payment in anything other than currency

brian.deakin

I have been with the AA for 38 years. I find this constant haggling every year exhausting .Last year I paid £120 for joint cover for my wife and myself  This year the AA wanted £266.20 I telephoned them and they offered  to reduce the cost to £170 How does this compare with what other forum members have been offered I am currently 7 weeks away from my renewal date which is the first week in August 2022
Copy of renewal part of  document from AA below 

Your cover

Roadside Assistance £163.38 National Recovery £102.82 At Home £0.00 Total renewal cost: £266.20 Last year's renewal price paid £120.00 Including discount of £215.78

born_again

brian.deakin said:

I have been with the AA for 38 years. I find this constant haggling every year exhausting .Last year I paid £120 for joint cover for my wife and myself  This year the AA wanted £266.20 I telephoned them and they offered  to reduce the cost to £170 How does this compare with what other forum members have been offered I am currently 7 weeks away from my renewal date which is the first week in August 2022
Copy of renewal part of  document from AA below 

Your cover

Roadside Assistance £163.38 National Recovery £102.82 At Home £0.00 Total renewal cost: £266.20 Last year's renewal price paid £120.00 Including discount of £215.78

So just leave each year & the the round robin of the other companies....
Made even better by using the cashback sites. 👍

Stubod

brian.deakin said:

I have been with the AA for 38 years. I find this constant haggling every year exhausting .Last year I paid £120 for joint cover for my wife and myself  This year the AA wanted £266.20 I telephoned them and they offered  to reduce the cost to £170 How does this compare with what other forum members have been offered I am currently 7 weeks away from my renewal date which is the first week in August 2022
Copy of renewal part of  document from AA below 

Your cover

Roadside Assistance £163.38 National Recovery £102.82 At Home £0.00 Total renewal cost: £266.20 Last year's renewal price paid £120.00 Including discount of £215.78

..yep, same here, every year the same old game.... Every year they ask for "feedback", every year the same comments but nothing changes...very waring, but just get used to it now.

facade

Stubod said:

brian.deakin said:

I have been with the AA for 38 years. I find this constant haggling every year exhausting .Last year I paid £120 for joint cover for my wife and myself  This year the AA wanted £266.20 I telephoned them and they offered  to reduce the cost to £170 How does this compare with what other forum members have been offered I am currently 7 weeks away from my renewal date which is the first week in August 2022
Copy of renewal part of  document from AA below 

Your cover

Roadside Assistance £163.38 National Recovery £102.82 At Home £0.00 Total renewal cost: £266.20 Last year's renewal price paid £120.00 Including discount of £215.78

..yep, same here, every year the same old game.... Every year they ask for "feedback", every year the same comments but nothing changes...very waring, but just get used to it now.

Somehow I've got them to work out some deal where they hold the price for 2 years (so one renewal is the same price as this time), then it doubles, and I have to phone and negotiate it back down to about a 25% rise which they hold for 2 years and so on.

I think this is my 5th year playing this game (hope it isn't the 6th or I have to do it again next January)

iainscomputer

I haven’t had AA breakdown cover for a number of years, but when I did buy it, I always used to purchase it using an annual direct debit payment rather than using a card, this way it was much easier for me to just cancel the DD, as they always set up an Continuous Payment Authority when paying with a card.
Its best to actually alternate between the AA & the RAC each year, using Quidco or Topcashback for that extra saving.

Stubod

..just had my renewal quote come in....

2019 = £95

2020 = £90  -6%

2021 = £97  +8%

this year £132 + 32% ???

..time for the usual "banter".....will keep you posted....

....now completed...£99 fixed for 2 years...