I have had AAA since I started driving in 1986. My dd, when she got her first car had the intelligence to immediately purchase AAA although its taken about 5 years to convince my DH's kids that its a worthwhile investment.

Unless you live in a congested area, you need the 100 mile towing plan (when i lived in NYC, i got by with the lower, but when I moved to VA, I upped it and added DH as a second card holder)

I forget to use it for other discounts, but whenever we start talking about trips, I go onto the site and order street maps from the area....FREE

Maps of locations not around you are hard to find otherwise!!!

I used to have it. But don't need it anymore.

did your car/truck die?

I have it and get discounts on hotels.

We have had it for years. We have used them for dead batteries, fkat tires, towing, Triptiks, maps, hotels discounts, etc.

We found for our small trips we used to take, we could get the triptik and plan our trip aaround that, then we made our own reservations and such. We found it to be cheaper that way.

Once we were going up, I think it is called Fall River Road, in Rocky Mtn. Nat'l Park, which is a one-way road to the top. Our truck died (learned later it was vapor lock), and even tho we were up on 'top 'o the world', we called AAA and they came and towed us back to town.

The piece of mind and now especially since it is really hard for me to change a tire because of my back, they are worth it.

We have it and have used them for years. Changing tires but mostly breakdowns. It's better to have it and not need it then to be without. I guess when you have older cars, one needs it more.