AARP Lifetime Membership

[visitor200]

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.

[b810315w]

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. 

[mc2399]

If you have a membership card that said “Lifetime Member,” you have all the proof you need.  They put the expiration on the card.  It is not complex.

[b810315w]

“Lifetime Member” and "expiration" are inconsistent. All I'm asking for is transparency.

[mc2399]

For hopefully the last time we all have to hear about this, please post a photo of your card.  We should be able to clearly see the expiration date.  If it actually says you have a lifetime membership that has an expiration, we’ll all eat our hats.

[bill6289]

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. 

[KayM549273]

This is why they should be sued . When we bought ours life time it never stated  20 years . We bought ours back in the late 80s or early 90s new cards stop coming didn’t think much about it till payment request started coming I still  didn’t worry thinking we’re life time but Alta’s it was not true account I could not longer get into . Without paying . Big old con. 

[b810315w]

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

[dp6725762]

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?

[mc2399]

You wouldn’t lose anything.  Your membership would be extended by 5 years, just like mine was when I paid $55 TODAY.  They confirmed (on another page) that the 5 years would be added to my current membership, so it goes until 2033.  I wouldn’t pay $20 a year, but $11 is decent.  I’ve saved quite a bit just from several hotel stays over the last few years.  

[b810315w]

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

[KayM549273]

But they never say that when buying life time . Do class action should happen 

[WebWiseWoman]

Think very carefully...

I bought my AARP lifetime membership in 2014 and now still member...

[T1o9n8i1]

How much is the lifetime membership now?

[GAKKIEZ]

  Lifetime Membership is still $200 for now, I'm not sure if the price goes up in January 2025 when annual membership increases.  

[b810315w]

probably $200 (for a 2 year lifetime)

[b810315w]

its $200 for 5 years.

[ThomasP298367]

Why would anyone pay $200 for 5 years when one year costs significantly less than 1/5 of that?

[GAKKIEZ]

 @ThomasP298367  @b810315w It's a LIFETIME membership and NOT $200 for only 5 years.  I have had my LIFETIME membership for several years now and my membership data shows an expiration date of DEC 2800.  Check your mailings (bulletin, magazine) for the date of expiration. You do need to call AARP to update your membership data, you cannot do it online.

[ThomasP298367]

Other people seem to be claiming otherwise.

[JimS38428]

TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS