Which is better for Breakdown cover...AA,RAC or Greenflag?

Answer 1

Lots of factors to consider, firstly is your car of an age where it is likely to breakdown often? Some motoring organisations will penalise you if you call them out excesively.
Do you require home start cover? Most motoring organisations encourage you to pay extra for this, but sometimes it is not necessary, for example the most common thing a home start is needed for is a jump start - so if you have more that one car in the family, you may be able to achieve a jump start that way. Alternatively if you have a good relationship with your local garage, you could call on them if you found yourself in that situation. A non-start at home is rarer than you think. So if watching the pennies, it may be an option to rule out home start.
If your main concern is long distance cover (AND IT SHOULD BE - THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT TO COVER) the AA will not in every case take you the whole duration of your journey in one-hit so to speak, if it is a long journey. This may then involve a (long) wait whilst your vehicle is transfered to another recovery truck. The RAC and GreenFlag will take you from the scene of the breakdown to your chosen destination.
Remember the full recovery option will pay for itself ten-fold if used only once say from the motorway as a call out to be recovered off it can be well over £100.00.
If you choose the rescue only package from any motoring organisation you will be towed to the nearest garage of their choise if you do not have a prefered option - but there is a strict mileage limit on this - varying but averageing 10 miles - not helpful if you are in the middle of a long planned journey - so that is why the recovery option is vital in my opinion.
As to who is best, the area you live in is also important. In the cities the Companies will have alot of Patrols to cover the area, with approved garages backing them up (Green Flag is the exception as it is all approved garages). If you are more rural, there is a tendancy for them to rely on approved garages.
The plus side of the approved garages is that it is in their buisness interest to look after you (each job is monitrered by the motoring organisation and they have targets to meet on arrival time / fix rate etc) and if the vehicle needs repairing, they can often help out quickly back at their garage.
Oh yes, the RAC covers the vehicle, whilst the AA covers the person - which can be an advantage as for example if you are traveling as a passenger in a friends car and that breaks down, you are entilted to use your membership to achieve assistance! GreenFlag as far as I know covers the vehicle (but not 100% on this?).
As mentioned before - check out the websites for best offers, also in supermarket car parks etc and your car insurance or bank account sometimes offer "free cover" that can easily and cheaply be upgraded.
Confussed? if not before, I bet now you have a little more to think about! But hope I have helped a bit!
Good luck - whatever you decide on will be good as cover is a must!!

Answer 2

Rac Vs Aa

Answer 3

I've been with the AA for about 30 years, and have no complaints. With them the cover is for u the member. Is was in ther RAC for a short while but came out. With them, the cover is for the named vehicle. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

I've been with Brittania for over 26 years and sadly, have had to use them more often that I would wish.They never let me down.
But when I bought a car (twice) which came with AA membership as standard and had to call on them I found them wanting.

Having said that there must be many AA or RAC members who are satisfied.

Answer 5

go with the RAC they are the ones on the up,the AA is almost finished,its owned by venture capitalists,and has a very poor management structure,all the emphasis is only on how much money they can make short term,customer satisfaction has gone out of the window,Green flag should be 2ed choice but only if its a real super deal.

Answer 6

i am a fan off the AA. three times i've had to yell them out to put a spanner in the car works and they tunred up in 4 mins the first time, the 2nd time was 15mins and the 3rd was 6mins.
they took 20mins to get to ma mate but they texted her often to inform her where they were and that they were on their way. friendly service, proffessional and i even rang aa to commend them..the aa guy was the same man twice..and he was a dish.but movin on..
i had greeflag n was not impressed but we all have good n bad experiences..AA r doin gud deals at da mo. check ur car insurance doesnt already cover u, if not..do a deal with them.
p.s i got a new car now..just so u know. hahahah

Answer 7

never heard of brittania??

aa and rac are great inner london everytime i have called them, they have turned up whether with new or old cars

greenflag hmmm i ain't feeling them as they change their prices like they are tailoring the breakdown service. false

aa and rac has standard prices that don't change unless you go to the website or promotional site

Answer 8

Do some research on internet and find some comparison sites to compare breakdown cover and deals from reputed companies and cover your car with best value deal.

Answer 9

Green flag or Brittania.
The other 2 are shite.
I work in the breakdown industry and know from experience.

Answer 10

Go through your insurance it can be a lot cheaper!
just a suggestion!