AARP Rewards Online Community Budget Contest 2025

Good reminders of many common-sense avenues towards financial consciousness and the achievement of savings.

  I use AARP coupons and often utilize their specific discounts at the designated stores. I can often pair that with the special discounted days of the retailer. Many shops offer senior discounts on specific days of the week. You need to ask the stores what days these are as many times it's not posted. Layering these discounts can be huge on big ticket items. Just ask your retailers what days are designated for seniors and shop away. I also use my AARP reward points for purchasing gift cards or use them to enter into the AARP sweepstakes instant wins. Unfortunately, I haven't won on any of the instant sweepstakes as of yet. But, you can't win if you don't play....

I have used a number of the gift cards to save on travel and some dining expenses. For example, I am on a quest to ride all the rails Amtrak serves. I buy the USA Rail Pass in the spring while on sale and use Amtrak gift cards to pay for it. I also buy Uber gift cards to pay for my local transit on those trips.

I use my grocery store card whenever I shop and save the rewards points for gas. This month I filled my car's gas tank up for 11c a gallon!

I buy discounted gift cards through AARP and also use the travel service to save when booking a hotel.

Three of my household members (myself included) are AARP members.  We each used our points this month to get gift cards for Bonefish Grill.  We placed our order online for a family bundle to go which is already really reasonable considering the items included.  We used the gift cards to make it an even better deal.  If we would have went in to place the order, we could have saved even more by showing our AARP membership card to receive a discount.    Thank you so much for offering the AARP Rewards program.  

 I just looked at my AARP rewards savings, and it shows that, since I've been a member, I've saved over $1200. Using my reward points to get gift card discounts with gas, grocery, hotel, clothing, and restaurants adds up to a pretty penny in savings. I also used my points to purchase an online estate planning service, which saved me the cost of paying an estate lawyer to draft the very same forms. If you haven't checked out the "local savings,' you'd be surprised to see how many places in your area offer AARP discounts. The quizzes/tools and calculators have taught me a lot about my health, my well-being, and if my financial picture is on track for retirement. And the videos, especially the ones that focus on technology, have taught this old dog some new tricks, and saved me a few trips to the mobile phone store. Learn something new, while accumulating points at the same time! So, actually, the $1200 gift card/instant win savings balance is just one area where I've benefited from being an AARP rewards member. Thank you!

I've been able to lower my grocery and necessary purchases bills with Walmart and Amazon gift cards until recently, when those gift cards are glaringly absent from monthly point purchase availability.

Before 20-Jan-2025, these savings were regular for AARP Members; not infrequently and terribly random.

Thanks, @aarp for the savings before now; I was able to afford eggs and TP then. Now, not so much...

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    I have used the sweepstakes I have won for  gifts. I also have used them for shopping at various stores. 

If an item I regularly use is on sale, I buy more, often using AARP reward gift cards