Comments on: Members Only: Discounts Offered When Flashing the AAA Card http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/members-only-discounts-offered-when-flashing-the-aaa-card/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mapgirl http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/members-only-discounts-offered-when-flashing-the-aaa-card/comment-page-1/#comment-123341 mapgirl Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:03:19 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/11/12/members-only-discounts-offered-when-flashing-the-aaa-card/#comment-123341 The greatest thing are the free guidebooks you can get with membership. I drove cross country once and before I left, I got guidebooks for my trip. I walked out of the local office with about $30-50 worth of books in hand. Plus, we blew a tire and used my membership to get a tow. Those two things made the membership completely worthwhile. A lot of the tourist sites and some of the restaurants featured will also get you discounts with AAA. For cheap, local getaways, the guidebooks are probably excellent as well since we would read a little blurb about some obscure place and pull over and have fun taking goofy pictures and eating lunch. I will never forget a huge piece of chocolate cake in SD for a buck as well as the Mitchell Corn Palace. I also had one of my best sushi dinners in Canada because of a place we found in a guidebook. (Yes! AAA has Canada guides too!) The greatest thing are the free guidebooks you can get with membership. I drove cross country once and before I left, I got guidebooks for my trip. I walked out of the local office with about $30-50 worth of books in hand. Plus, we blew a tire and used my membership to get a tow. Those two things made the membership completely worthwhile.

A lot of the tourist sites and some of the restaurants featured will also get you discounts with AAA.

For cheap, local getaways, the guidebooks are probably excellent as well since we would read a little blurb about some obscure place and pull over and have fun taking goofy pictures and eating lunch. I will never forget a huge piece of chocolate cake in SD for a buck as well as the Mitchell Corn Palace. I also had one of my best sushi dinners in Canada because of a place we found in a guidebook. (Yes! AAA has Canada guides too!)

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/members-only-discounts-offered-when-flashing-the-aaa-card/comment-page-1/#comment-122689 Flexo Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:30:05 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/11/12/members-only-discounts-offered-when-flashing-the-aaa-card/#comment-122689 1FG: You may be the first Consumerism Commentary reader who has been *helped* by an article here. Congratulations! (And I'm glad I could help.) 1FG: You may be the first Consumerism Commentary reader who has been *helped* by an article here. Congratulations! (And I’m glad I could help.)

]]> By: One Frugal Girl http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/members-only-discounts-offered-when-flashing-the-aaa-card/comment-page-1/#comment-122681 One Frugal Girl Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:57:13 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/11/12/members-only-discounts-offered-when-flashing-the-aaa-card/#comment-122681 I have been a AAA member for years, but I always seem to forget about the discounts. I took a look over at the AAA site after reading your post this morning and saved 5% off my bill at UPS just one hour later. Thanks. I have been a AAA member for years, but I always seem to forget about the discounts. I took a look over at the AAA site after reading your post this morning and saved 5% off my bill at UPS just one hour later.

Thanks.

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