Rac And Tesco Vouchers Rip Off

Hi all. For the last few years I've been using Tesco Clubcard vouchers to partially pay for RAC personnel cover. It works like this; for every £1 you have in vouchers the blurb says it's worth £3 towards your RAC membership. HOWEVER, what it doesn't tell you is that when using the scheme the RAC more than DOUBLE your premium!

For example, in my case, my membership renewal premium came in at £180 and I had £30 saved up in vouchers, which would be worth £90 if spent using the scheme, thus leaving me £90 to pay. By my reckoning that works out at a personal cost to me of £120.

Luckily last week an RAC guy was at my local supermarket and quoted me £80 all in for 'Advanced personal cover' which includes home start, unlimited call outs, any distance recovery plus some other stuff I won't bore you with.

So I paid the guy his 80 quid, got better cover, and I've still got my £30 worth of vouchers!


Caveat emptor guys.

Riggers.

 

Hi Andy - I think in this case it's the RAC doing the ripping off.

 

Thanks for the heads up on that Shaun, I'll remember that for next year.