topic Re: AARP Lifetime Membership in Budget & Savings

AARP Lifetime Membership

visitor200 — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 20:37:19 GMT

When I turned age 50 in 1996, I read that President Clinton also turned 50 the same month, and he bought a one-year membership in AARP. I chuckled at the notion that he turned down the upgrade to a Lifetime AARP membership for only $59.00 and chose to pay the annual membership each year.

The AARP Lifetime Membership has served my wife and I well over the last 19+ years because of the additional cash-off discounts, free printed newsletter, free printed magazine, and other great topics.

For those who wish to upgrade their AARP annual membership to a Lifetime membership, the current amount is $200 and can only be requested by calling AARP at 800-566-0242 . Or, perhaps you can encourage your children to sign up so they get more years out of it.

All my best, and be safe.

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

mh22088254 — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 01:55:35 GMT

I also paid for a lifetime membership, when I first joined.

Can anyone explain to me why I am now all of a sudden being sent new membership cards, with a request to pay a renewal fee???

This is the first time that this has occurred since I established my membership.

The rules can't suddenly change "midstream", can they? I do not feel that I owe - nor should I be expected to pay - any kind of renewal fee - EVER!

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

visitor200 — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 03:08:15 GMT

@mh22088254 wrote:
I also paid for a lifetime membership, when I first joined.

Can anyone explain to me why I am now all of a sudden being sent new membership cards, with a request to pay a renewal fee??? This is the first time that this has occurred since I established my membership. The rules can't suddenly change "midstream", can they? I do not feel that I owe - nor should I be expected to pay - any kind of renewal fee - EVER!

Don't worry about your Lifetime Membership. It is good as gold and they will not change the rules on you. If ever in doubt, you can always call their toll free customer service line. You can also request a duplicate Lifetime Membership Card (the newer ones are now plastic).

As for the duplicate AARP "cards" they mail out every year, those cards are not activated and you owe nothing. I suspect they have your name and address is a national database of elgible seniors (over age 50) and you will always get the mailings. I get the same thing here. And my wife gets annual invites too, even though she is under my lifetime. It's easier just to toss them in the trash rather than to get them to stop the "blind renewals". If you you ask to be removed from their mailing, it may stop your regular free AARP Magazine and newsletter.

By the way, the only change I have seen in the Lifetime is they keep raising the cost! I am glad I got mine when it was "cheap".

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

bill6289 — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 22:02:14 GMT

I signed up for lifetime membership many years ago.

Some years ago I got a letter stating that I had to pay for my membership. The representative I spoke to told me that the lifetime membership was only for 20 years. I explained thst I wasn't dead yet. He said there was nothing he could do to help me. Prior to this conversation I had contacted them and their response was that there was no such thing as a liftimel membership. After this poor service, at my request, I told aarp not to contact me. Still, I want people to know what I went through.

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

jcm124 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:17:42 GMT

When did you pay for the lifetime membership and how much was it? Thanks, JCM

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

dp6725762 — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 19:42:37 GMT

I wanted to get a lifetime, but no way I could afford it at the time. Now I am 81 and can afford it, I look at actuarial tables and feel it's a good deal, if I live to 100.
My current membership expires 10/23. If I paid for 5 years would I lose the 1½ year remaining on my existing membership?

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

T1o9n8i1 — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 05:56:52 GMT

How much is the lifetime membership now?

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

JimS38428 — Wed, 17 May 2023 09:07:53 GMT

TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

kielym — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 01:58:39 GMT

I have joined a number of organizations with a lifetime membership, but they were all based on actuarial tables. That made it worthwhile. AARP's one-price-fits-all lifetime membership makes sense for a 50 something, but not for an 80 something. If the organizations wants advance cash, it may want to upgrade its lifetime membership program. It only makes sense for me at some point after I reach 95. Indeed, I hope I will have reason to regret my decision not to purchase the membership.

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

b810315w — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 18:35:14 GMT

Same here. I joined by lifetime membership in 2017, and started getting renewal notices this year. Did you ever get this resolved?

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

EleanorRigby1 — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:47:41 GMT

I am 70 and if I buy this at $200, it only saves me $5 a year...IF I live to be 90 or more. I guess purchasing it when you are younger makes sense.

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

WebWiseWoman — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 19:06:44 GMT

Hi, Ellen!

You're right, I think, depending on your family lifespan; but what I chose was to gift my sibs, and now choose for my kids and nephews and nieces a lifetime membership as they qualify; I also gift USGS Lifetime Senior Pass (currently $80) just as my little get active and get outdoors push for them...

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

GAKKIEZ — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 23:10:58 GMT

Love the LIFE MEMBERSHIP! Don't forget these make great Birthday or Holiday gifts to family/friends! (They're tax deductible as well!) I bet a lot of people don't realize that younger people can join AARP at 18!

I've been a Life Member for several years and have also given them as gifts for my kids as they hit 50.

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

SummerOnTheWay1 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:29:27 GMT

📎@GAKKIEZ , IF you donot mind my asking. What year did you buy yours and how much? Thanks!

[*** GAKKIEZ wrote: Love the LIFE MEMBERSHIP! Don't forget these make great Birthday or Holiday gifts to family/friends! (They're tax deductible as well!) I bet a lot of people don't realize that younger people can join AARP at 18!

I've been a Life Member for several years and have also given them as gifts for my kids as they hit 50. ***]

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

GAKKIEZ — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:36:21 GMT

I've been a member for over 20 years but didn't get my Life Membership until 2018. I paid $200. (I didn't realize they offered Life Membership before that.)

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

GAKKIEZ — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:38:19 GMT

That $5 is at todays rate? Membership prices increase in January 2025.

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

b810315w — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:04:00 GMT

nah, you did alright. AARP considers 5 years to be a lifetime, that's how long the lifetime membership lasts.

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

b810315w — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:04:30 GMT

its $200 for 5 years.

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

b810315w — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:05:45 GMT

You got a great deal. my "lifetime" was only 5 years, AARP is a scam.

Re: AARP Lifetime Membership

b810315w — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:07:08 GMT

actually no. its not good. you get 5 years. now I have to renew my "lifetime membership." "support" is a joke. AARP is a scam.