) OK, So here we are. You have been a member for AAA for years and you need service. It's three in the morning and you are scared shitless. There is no one around within miles and you remembered that you are a AAA member. So you call them and they tell you. We're sorry but we cannot find your membership. That's funny because you sure as Hell was able to find my checking account when you took out my yearly membership?! These are just a few encounters that the wonderful people at AAA (especially So Cal Auto Club) will do to make your life a living Hell. Now I'm gonna tell you the real deal AND show you ways on how to stick it to them. How do I know so much. Well let's just say I'm a former employee for more than five years there and have seen it all and seen the dirty deeds this company has done in the past and now does in the future. It's my opinion and of course you can take it with a grain of salt OR say...damnit! He's right! But take my advice and do with it as you will but there is a reason you are reading this blog. And you know why...you've been fucked over by the Auto Club before and you want " resolution". So lets go over some of those dirty tricks our good people at the Auto Club do to you so let's start with how that Auto Club is able to charge you less than $68 for a new membership and make a profit. The answer is AUTO INSURANCE! The whole auto emergency membership is just a game to get you to eventually purchase their auto insurance. AAA signs a contract with tow companies to pay them less than $50 per service every time a driver goes out to assist your vehicle. And those calls adds up. And tow company can get up to an extra $1000 a day in AAA calls alone. So you have four calls a year per membership and that means the auto club pays them $200 if you use all your calls. But the Auto Club knows that you may even use your membership for "years" and that's where the profit comes back to them. But they want you to feel safe with their membership and of course they know you need auto insurance. So most likely you will go with AAA and BOOM! They got ya! With that said. Auto Club insurance is somewhat decent. Just don't call between the hours of 1am to 5am for a claim otherwise you are screwed because the claims department is closed and you will be transferred to a emergency roadside agent who doesn't know jack shit about your policy. They'll only process a claim and it will take almost two days to hear from someone back. So just wait until the morning (after 8am to file that claim).