AA discount

[Bald Eagle]

Yep when I last renewed my licence at zan AA outlet the poor girl was shocked. she tried to sell me an AA membership and didnt seem to know how anti m/cycle they where lmfao

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[Lelitu]

Am I missing something here? Where did $2.00 discount come from?
$0.01 (1 cent) per litre x 20 litre = $0.20 (20 cents).

yeah, I fucked up my math, I meant $0.1 = 10cents.

[Zedder]

I was an AA member for decades and then told them to shove it when they started flapping their gums around the increase in bike rego.

The NZAA strongly opposes the continuing cross-subsidy for motorcycles. The consultation document states that if the owners of motorcycles were charged a levy that was unsubsidised by the other vehicle classes, it would be approximately $1500. There is no basis in equity, logic or fairness to continue this policy and it artificially encourages the uptake of an unsafe class of vehicle, by not covering their true costs. That said, we do not seek full recovery, but would like a strong price signal to identify the increased risk of motorcycles.


http://www.aa.co.nz/assets/about/eve...07-10-2008.pdf

Face it - the AA don't like motorcycles or motorcyclists and frankly every dealing I have had with them has been shonky. (the maps were good though) I bloody hate them....

Being the Automobile Association they have to say things like that, as biased and short sighted as they are.

[DangerMice]

its like the mobil deal, spend $4 in store and get .04 cents off a litre now id have spend a lot on gas to get that $4 back, more than a few tanks in the SV

Yep and the discount only applies to the first 100l of your fill, so you can only ever get your $4 back, never more. I guess you'd get whatever you bought for $4 for free, but who has a 100l tank?

[superman]

Flibuys is 20l for 1 point, thats around 43$ at the moment, on a bike you've pretty much never been able to get flybuys points and your complaining about AA fuelcard Not only that your only complaining about the instant discount (which is retailers decision), I believe you'll find the accumulated discount you can use on any amount of fuel upto 50l

if your that worried next time you fill the car ask to accumulate rather than spend then when you fill your bike you can use the accumulated points, not a sensible way to do it but neither is complaining to AA about BP & caltex setting a 40$ spend limit to get the instant fuel discount when it's the retailer that decides the price

Fly buys you get 1 point per 20 litres cumulative so it doesn't matter if you make a 1 litre or 100 litre purchase at shell, it all goes towards the flybuys. My points are up past 300 now from nothing but fuel (mainly 15 litre fill ups from bike).

[superman]

Yep and the discount only applies to the first 100l of your fill, so you can only ever get your $4 back, never more. I guess you'd get whatever you bought for $4 for free, but who has a 100l tank?

I've bought a couple 20L containers, so when I fill up my car and manage to nab one of my mothers $0.20/L saving I get a full $20 saved.

[Paul in NZ]

Being the Automobile Association they have to say things like that, as biased and short sighted as they are.

No they don't. Nearly all motorcyclists are also car owners / drivers and they forget that. Originally they were like a union for vehicle owners and represented their interests, now they are just a rapacious money sucking marketting monster and insurance company concerned only with paying the top people a fortune. The sooner they collapse the better - their time has long since come and gone..

[Coolz]

Who would think the AA would be biased towards automobiles?

[Maha]

After 3 years and 2 cards, there are only 2 items we can purchase with 95 points.

Thats like my Air Points...all $19 worth, I said to Anne ''Pack ya bag, where do you want to go''...

[slofox]

AA wasn't always like it is now. The start was quite subversive for the times...I quote from Wiki...(this is British AA BTW.)

The Automobile Association was founded in 1905 to help motorists avoid police speed traps[1] in response to the Motor Car Act 1903 which introduced new penalties for breaking the speed limit, for reckless driving with fines, endorsements and the possibility of jail for speeding and other driving offenses. The act also required drivers to hold a driving license (which was obtained on payment of 5 shillings and did not require a driving test) and to display a vehicle registration plate on their vehicle.

By 1906 the AA had erected thousands of roadside danger and warning signs and managed road signage until responsibility was passed to local authorities in the early 1930s.[1] By 1926 the organization had installed 6,500 direction signs and 15,000 village signs[2] nearly all of which were removed during World War II.[3]

In 1908 the organization published its first AA Members' Special Handbook containing a list of nationwide agents and mechanics with a free legal service the following year.[1]

AA patrols on bicycles warned motorists of police speed traps ahead. In 1910 in legal test case ('Betts -v- Stevens') involving an AA patrolman and a potentially speeding motorist, the Chief Justice, Lord Alverston, ruled that where a patrolman signals to a speeding driver to slow down and thereby avoid a speed-trap, then that person would have committed the offence of 'obstructing an officer in the course of his duty' under the Prevention of Crimes Amendment Act 1885.[4][5]

Subsequently the organisation developed a coded warning system, which was used until the 1960s, whereby a patrolman would always salute the driver of a passing car which showed a visible AA Badge unless there was a speed trap nearby, on the understanding that their officers could not be prosecuted for failing to salute.[6] The AA Handbook included the following message many times "It cannot be too strongly emphasized that when a patrol fails to salute, the member should stop and ask the reason why, as it is certain that the patrol has something of importance to communicate.[2

[Zedder]

No they don't. Nearly all motorcyclists are also car owners / drivers and they forget that. Originally they were like a union for vehicle owners and represented their interests, now they are just a rapacious money sucking marketting monster and insurance company concerned only with paying the top people a fortune. The sooner they collapse the better - their time has long since come and gone..

You didn't get the sarcasm Paul. Their bias to cars has alienated them from motorbikes (short sightedness).

[Gremlin]

Times change aye slofox... now they're more likely to nod and agree with whatever NZTA/Police say...

Now I'll just pay my membership for AA Plus, coz it'll be useful if something happens far away from home (which is high odds considering how many times I'm in the middle of nowhere at night), and if they want my opinion as a member I'll bring the motorcyclist view point

[jim.cox]

You didn't get the sarcasm Paul. Their bias to cars has alienated them from motorbikes (short sightedness).

That, and their willingness to sell their address lists to marketing companies...

[Zedder]

That, and their willingness to sell their address lists to marketing companies...

Yes, like a lot of companies these days they've lost their way morally.

[Scuba_Steve]

Times change aye slofox... now they're more likely to nod and agree with whatever NZTA/Police say...

Now I'll just pay my membership for AA Plus, coz it'll be useful if something happens far away from home (which is high odds considering how many times I'm in the middle of nowhere at night), and if they want my opinion as a member I'll bring the motorcyclist view point

yep I'm the same. Their problem is they fell into corporate structure which in turn saw them hiring (for positions of power) people unsuitable/unqualified for the type of organisation AA is supposed to be.
People are focused on the "anti-bike" from the AA, if you look at some of what they are putting forth you'll find they're "anti-car" too.