AA Renewal Price
Discussion
Had my AA renewal through today. Skimmed through the letter and noticed the price. Thought it was a little steep so I've just checked on-line.
I'm covered for all the breakdown bits and bobs plus the parts and labour repair scheme. Seem to remember it was about £250 last year. Renewal according to the letter is £383.33.
Just done an on-line quote for the same coverage and price comes in at £257.40. I haven't even bloody needed to use them.
Nice way to treat loyal customers
Keep an eye on your automatic renewals folks.
I'm covered for all the breakdown bits and bobs plus the parts and labour repair scheme. Seem to remember it was about £250 last year. Renewal according to the letter is £383.33.
Just done an on-line quote for the same coverage and price comes in at £257.40. I haven't even bloody needed to use them.
Nice way to treat loyal customers
Keep an eye on your automatic renewals folks.
I would take a look at the premium bank accounts from LBG and Barclays etc. usually for £10 a month you get breakdown cover, travel insurance, mobile phone insurance and a whole host of other things. Seems to work out cheaper overall, might be worth taking a look and seeing if the products would suit you.
Every year AA try to sting me for a massive increase in price.
Every year I phone them up and tell them I'm only paying the price available on the website to new customers.
Every year they agree. It's a little dance we do.
Same for car insurance. Change every year.
And house insurance.
Get your details in Gocompare or whichever generic insurance checker and it takes about 10mins to get a new quote and save literally hundreds - every year.
Every year I phone them up and tell them I'm only paying the price available on the website to new customers.
Every year they agree. It's a little dance we do.
Same for car insurance. Change every year.
And house insurance.
Get your details in Gocompare or whichever generic insurance checker and it takes about 10mins to get a new quote and save literally hundreds - every year.
On another note, my daughters insurance renewal came through from Admiral. Not made a claim and an 'extra' £200 for the coming year. Didn't even call them to ask them why, just got insurance £250 cheaper somewhere else. Then when she called to cancel the renewal with Admiral, they ask, 'why are you changing it?' . She said ' Send a stupid quote, loose your business'. It annoys me they want you to call them and think you are doing well by them dropping the premium while you speak to them' Idiots.
Piersman2 said:
Every year AA try to sting me for a massive increase in price.
Every year I phone them up and tell them I'm only paying the price available on the website to new customers.
Every year they agree. It's a little dance we do.
I used to do the same, until I got fed up and switched to GEM. They too have 'brand new customer only deals' but they're generally only a wee bit better than the usual renewal price (which itself is very competitive).Every year I phone them up and tell them I'm only paying the price available on the website to new customers.
Every year they agree. It's a little dance we do.
Can't comment as to the quality of GEM's service though as I've not had to call them out.
Piersman2 said:
Every year AA try to sting me for a massive increase in price.
Every year I phone them up and tell them I'm only paying the price available on the website to new customers.
Every year they agree. It's a little dance we do.
Same for car insurance. Change every year.
And house insurance.
Get your details in Gocompare or whichever generic insurance checker and it takes about 10mins to get a new quote and save literally hundreds - every year.
This. Just got my renewal through the other day and it was around £70 more than last year. Phoned them and said I was moving to RAC because they were cheaper, they soon dropped the price right back down.Every year I phone them up and tell them I'm only paying the price available on the website to new customers.
Every year they agree. It's a little dance we do.
Same for car insurance. Change every year.
And house insurance.
Get your details in Gocompare or whichever generic insurance checker and it takes about 10mins to get a new quote and save literally hundreds - every year.
joebongo said:
My RAC came through at 56 for me and the wife or are you talking about insurance here?
No, breakdown and repair cover.I'll give them a buzz on Monday. Happy to pay the price that's quoted on-line otherwise I'll go elsewhere.
Just smacks of an attempt to rip people off who don't bother to check the renewal price.
Toaster Pilot said:
For breakdown (roadside, recovery, home start, onward travel) I use AutoAid - £39 a year and you pay for recovery and claim it back.
My A6 was recovered today, cost £92 and I'll report how long it takes to get it back.
I'm with them. Used them twice over the years and got the money back within a week with no quibbles. I like them because they send the nearest recovery truck rather than a van. Both times arrived within 40 minutes. Plus the fact they're dirt cheap. I can't understand why anyone pays more.My A6 was recovered today, cost £92 and I'll report how long it takes to get it back.
Piersman2 said:
Every year I phone them up and tell them I'm only paying the price available on the website to new customers.
Every year they agree. It's a little dance we do.
You shouldn't even be paying the standard price for new customers. I've just rejoined, by phone: a simple statement that the price quoted seemed a bit steep and I was going to shop around was enough to elicit another substantial discount.Every year they agree. It's a little dance we do.
It pisses me off a bit that there's one (steeply inflated) price for the naive/lazy, but that the telesales staff are obviously given substantial leeway for discounts for anyone the slightest bit more savvy, but as you say, it's just a little game you have to play once a year.
I've been through the same. AA hiked my price up, so first year I called them and they reduced the price. The second year they tried the same so I just cancelled and went to the RAC informing AA why I was cancelling. I used to be with Green Flag but their prices started to creep up when previously they used to be much cheaper than the AA and RAC. Also its a bit of a lottery depending on where you break down what local garage they send out. My sister found that to her cost when a "mechanic" from a garage acting on behalf of Green Flag ended up causing more problems than he solved. I could be wrong but I think AA/RAC mechanics are probably trained to a company standard. So I'll keep playing the big two off each other at renewal time.
I've just joined the RAC online for £119 for joint cover with roadside/recovery and free home start, it does say the usual price for this is £200 so next year I'll either cancel and take out a new policy online or go back o the AA for a while until they up the price. What you have to remember is for every one of us that quibles about the price, there's probably 99 other people that just pay up.
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