Emergency Road Service

[MattH]

A colleague at work said his wife had her car breakdown and they didn't have AAA.  I said, don't you have an AMEX Gold Card?  He said, yes.  I said, one of the services that come with that card is emergency road service.  A little while later he said he'd spoken with a dispatcher and a tow truck was on its way.  I've read that some other cards also have this feature.

[Anonymous]

As does Ameriprise World Elite Mastercard.

Message Edited by FaircreditguyFL on 11-10-2008 05:51 PM

[voidman]

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@MattH wrote:

A colleague at work said his wife had her car breakdown and they didn't have AAA.  I said, don't you have an AMEX Gold Card?  He said, yes.  I said, one of the services that come with that card is emergency road service.  A little while later he said he'd spoken with a dispatcher and a tow truck was on its way.  I've read that some other cards also have this feature.

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AAA is a good service to have for sure.... I have it,  paid $54 for the card and saved over $150 in discounts at few places.

[Anonymous]

Citi Platinum Amex offers roadside assistance, as well.

There is a huge difference between what you get from AAA membership and the roadside assistance you get from having a particular credit card, though.  With AAA membership, you get up to 100 miles of free towing.  The Amex Gold card gets you roadside assistance up to a $50 value (which isn't much).

With an Ameriprise World Elite and Citi Platinum Amex, they'll just call a tow truck for you and then automatically bill the pre-negotiated fee for the service to the card.

Message Edited by cheddar on 11-10-2008 07:00 PM

[Anonymous]

All of my cards, less the store cards, have emergency road side service.

[MattH]

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@MattH wrote:

A colleague at work said his wife had her car breakdown and they didn't have AAA.  I said, don't you have an AMEX Gold Card?  He said, yes.  I said, one of the services that come with that card is emergency road service.  A little while later he said he'd spoken with a dispatcher and a tow truck was on its way.  I've read that some other cards also have this feature.

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Unfortunately, the car is a total loss: a catastrophic water pump failure instantly converted the engine into scrap metal and since the car is eight years old a new engine would cost much more than it's worth.