AAA Members Saved More than $2.1 Billion Last Year
Using Club-Arranged Discounts

Annual savings survey expands to include all AAA discounts

Helena, Mont. 3/26/09 – AAA discounts, including those available via the organization’s Show Your Card and Save® program, saved AAA members more than $2.1 billion in 2008. Members that used the discounts had an average savings of $101 during the year. AAA members saved on everything from hotels and restaurants to home electronics and prescription drugs and much more. The average savings alone more than offset the cost of a typical AAA club membership.

For the first time, the annual survey was expanded to ask members about the savings they received from AAA’s entire portfolio of discounts including AAA’s Show Your Card & Save program, AAA Travel, AAA Financial Services and AAA Automotive Services.  Utilizing the benefits of membership, AAA members can save on thousands of products and services from hotels and restaurants to auto repair and gas rebates.   

“In the current economic climate, taking advantage of discounts is a necessity for many families,” said Denice Harris, AAA Spokeswoman. “We are pleased to know that our members are taking advantage of the great savings we have negotiated for them to help ease the strain in household budgets.”   

To find valuable discounts for AAA members, visit your local AAA club online at  www.AAA.com.  Club web sites link to an easy-to-use database that allows users to search for savings by city, type of merchandise, business name or method of purchase.

AAA’s vast portfolio of discounts offers AAA members opportunities to save in many areas of household budgets. For example, members may be entitled to gas rebates through AAA Financial Services products and AAA Automotive offers discounts on NAPA Auto Parts, AAA Batteries and Battery Tenders. 

AAA’s Show Your Card & Save program is the largest member discount program in the world offering more than 160,000 locations for savings worldwide including 110,000 retail locations in North American and popular online retailers including Target.com, FTD.com, The UPS Store, Blue Nile.com, Lens Crafters and more. Visit www.AAA.com for a complete list of retailers and offers.

AAA MountainWest Club is dedicated to providing its over 160,000 members in Alaska, Montana and Wyoming with travel, insurance, financial and auto-related services.  A fully taxpaying, not-for-profit corporation, AAA MountainWest, Inc. works for the improvement of motoring and traveling conditions and is a leader for travel, civic and safety issues. AAA can be visited on the Internet at www.AAA.com.  To have up-to-date news and safety information from AAA delivered right to your desktop, sign-up for the new RSS Feed at http://aca.aaa.com/exts/email/?club=066#rss

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