Breakdown cover - new customer price vs renewal
Breakdown cover - new customer price vs renewal
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Marf

Original Poster:

22,907 posts

258 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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I'm with a Really Awesome Company for my breakdown and have no complaints with the service. They've always been prompt and the drivers friendly and knowledgeable. No interest in moving companys

Currently paying £14 per month or £168 a year for Recovery and At home.

Just looking on line as my renewal is up next month, and I can get the same + onward travel for £115!

Is this common practice? Tempted to say don't renew and then just buy the new cover on the website.

Benny Saltstein

726 posts

230 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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I had the same with the AAmazing bunch.

The downside if you let it expire and restart as a new customer is the lower number of call out limits.

Marf

Original Poster:

22,907 posts

258 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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Hmm some phone negotation is in order then methinks!


freakynessless

473 posts

199 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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It certainly is I'm afraid. The issue of duel pricing covers all types of insurances.
You may also want to try cashback sites too. My AA renewal came through at £145. Re-quoting as a new customer worked out at about £108 and then if you do it via topcashback.co.uk you get about another £50 cashback on top! So I've manged to cut my renewal by about to thirds. Very happy with that.

djt100

1,739 posts

202 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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I swap every year between AA and RAC, via cashback sites normally ends up costing me abotu £50-60 a year..

mcflurry

9,179 posts

270 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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There's a PH'r on here that does full euro cover for £60..

Marf

Original Poster:

22,907 posts

258 months

Friday 4th March 2011
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Wangled a discount and increased coverage level.

Nice.