Originally Posted by
BikeLite
the cluballiance link locks up wanting a zip and then membership info.
The Wikipedia page for AAA explains:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americ...le_Association
1. AAA is owned by a group of 42 regional clubs and then these regional clubs group together into larger confederations. cluballiance is one of those clubs and getting the zip code seems to be a way of getting you to the right club. If that locks up for your particular zip code, you might also be able to get there looking things up on the Wikipedia page and going directly to your club or doing a web search with aaa and your location.
2. Not all those club pages have the bicycle page. Hence, this is why when I found the Texas club page (which is also part of the Auto Club of Southern California Enterprise), I looked up their specific policy document to see what it covers.
3. These clubs have reciprocal arrangement with each other. So if you are in a different region, and you need service covered by your policy the right payments flow so the service provider gets reimbursed.
The cluballiance group and the confederation that includes Colorado have pages describing bicycle service, e.g.
https://www.acg.aaa.com/aaa-membersh...e-service.html is the Colorado page.
On the Colorado page it has a form so you can get reimbursed for services provided outside the coverage area. On the Texas page, I can't find any mention of bicycle service and their detailed policy description doesn't have the word bicycle.
So I can see how this can work best for bike rides in your local area, where it is clearly covered by the AAA pages and you don't have to apply for special reimbursement for services provided elsewhere. I am a little more skeptical if I am in a region like Texas where it is a lot harder to find on the local club pages. Will I be the first person the tow company hears of with a bicycle issue? Will they believe it is covered? Will my local chapter believe it is covered? Will I get reimbursed if I am touring elsewhere and try to submit a claim to AAA of Texas? That is why I was hoping for testimonials of people who have actually used this touring...