is AAA worth joining?

Isn't this for retirees only?

It was for me, actually just a couple days ago my transmission fricked up on me and I needed a tow. Didn't have to pay shite, it was convenient.

For the hotel discounts, I usually see the AAA rate is similar to the cheapest rate you can't cancel, except you can cancel with the AAA rate. That's nice. And I've needed a tow in the past year.

If you have a relatively new vehicle that is still under a warranty that includes roadside assistance, then maybe not. For vehicles with no roadside assistance coverage, I think is it a good investment. I have it because my wife and daughter are on the road often.

At first I read it as "is AA worth joining?"

If you have an unreliable car, then it probably is. I haven't called them since I got a new car, but I used them all the time since I got a new car.

Yes, they've saved my arse on few occasions

I've used it a few times to get into locked cars. My own (twice) and others--your AAA card goes with you, the member, no matter whose car is involved. I've saved some friends $50 using AAA.

It's also valuable if you get the add-on towing for your older car. Tows are free up to $100 miles and I had to use it several times when I was in college.

I think so. I've used them several times. It's especially useful if you have a car that originally came with run flat tires so you have no spare. I used them once for this reason. Another time when my starter went out at only 40k miles and once on my wife's car when the battery cable broke loose from the starter on her car.

About 5 years ago I went out to get in my truck for work and I had a flat. I thought "I don't feel like changing that shite..." so I went and called AAA. They literally sent this elderly black woman in a fully equipped road hazard mobile, and she changed it with an impact wrench and a hydrolic jack and never even had to bend over. She meanmugged me the whole time. She was there in 5 minutes. So obviously my man card was revoked for weeks but:

didn't have to change tire; didn't care.

The biggest upside for joining is if you need to do bidness at the DMV, you can do almost everything at a AAA location Instead. That all e is worth it for me. I fricking loathe the DMV.