April 30th, 2011
There are always deals knocking about which can entitle you to cheap, or sometimes even free, car breakdown cover.
One area that is always worth looking into is current account deals with UK banks. Sometimes the banks will offer you some sweeteners, such as free car breakdown cover, if you are willing to switch to their current account from a rival provider.
Once upon a time it was a real pain to try to switch your current account to a new bank. The original bank would often drag their feet on passing over information like direct debits and regular payments such as standing orders.
The paperwork and time lag involved often made it not worth the effort to switch to a new current account provider even if they offered you a real incentive such as free car rescue cover.
Thankfully, over the last three years or so since the European Banking Committee got tougher on the banks – and it can now be completely hassle-free to transfer your current account to a new bank.
That now means that deals with free annual breakdown cover are really attractive. Often, you will also get some other bonuses such as free travel insurance in addition to the breakdown cover.
One of these current account transfer deals that we’ve seen recently is the Halifax Reward Current Account. Switch to that account from another bank and pay in £1,000 a month or more and you’ll get car breakdown cover, travel insurance and mobile phone cover thrown in.
Do make sure that you read the small print details of the Halifax Reward Current Account before you commit to switching over though.
If you are happy with your existing bank but would still like great deals on annual breakdown cover then don’t despair – we can help you find the best breakdown offers around. Check out our selection of Annual Breakdown Cover deals now with our Breakdown Cover Finder.
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November 22nd, 2010
We’ve spotted a great deal if you are on the hunt for annual breakdown cover at the moment. Santander are currently trying to entice people to switch over to their current accounts from other banks and are offering a few benefits – such as breakdown cover – to sweeten the deal.
Until the 12 December you can switch to a Santander current account and could receive up to £100 in the process. There are a few current accounts to choose from, and not all of them entitle you to free UK breakdown cover, so pick out the one that’s good for you and there’s money to be saved.
Two of the Santander current accounts have no fees attached to them. First there’s the Santander ZERO and Preferred In Credit Rate current accounts. To qualify for the £100 cashback on these two accounts you have to switch your existing main current account to Santander and pay in £1000 a month. Both of these accounts offer 5% APR – but, unfortunately not the free breakdown cover.
So, if it’s the breakdown cover that’s the dealbreaker for you then you should look at the Santander Reward or Premium current accounts. Again, both of these accounts offer the £100 cashback providing you switch from another current account and pay in £1000 a month. The difference with these two accounts though is that they come with Green Flag breakdown cover and a bunch of other benefits. The Reward account costs £10 a month and the Premium costs £20 a month and other benefits include travel insurance and card loss assistance.
Head of Santander Current Accounts, Gillian Almond, said: “At Santander we offer a range of current accounts with some of the best rates on the market - and we’re rewarding every customer who switches their main current account to us with £100 cash. We want to encourage consumers not to settle for less and to shop around for the best current account deal. By joining Santander they’ll get £100 cash, a great in-credit interest rate as well as access to our preferential savings and mortgage products for our loyal customers.”
If these Santander current accounts don’t float your boat but you still need to find cheap car rescue cover then you will find great deals from Green Flag and other breakdown providers on our UK Breakdown Cover page.
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September 7th, 2009
If you’ve got any long journeys or are holidaying around the UK any time soon, then why not fill up at Total Garages across the UK and get yourself some free breakdown cover.
If your purchase over 30 litres of fuel, in one go, then you get 14 days of free breakdown cover for your car, or purchasing only 10 litres of fuel will get your motorcycle covered. To receive your free breakdown cover, on filling up with the correct amount of fuel, you will receive an activation card on which is a phone number to which you need to text your registration number.
They will then confirm their registration and membership policy number back to your mobile phone. The free breakdown cover includes home recovery and is available on all vehicles up to three and a half tonnes.
If After the 14 days of free cover, simply top up with another 30 litres of more to extend the breakdown cover for another two weeks.
Check out www.total.co.uk for more info, t’s & c’s
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