Benefits & Discounts

Welcome to the AARP Benefits & Discounts Forum! Whether you're looking for information about AARP member benefits, discounts, special offers, or have questions about a specific program, you've come to the right place. Before posting, please help protect your privacy by not sharing personal information, including: Membership numbers Home addresses Phone numbers Email addresses Social Security numbers Payment or account information  This is a public discussion forum, and information you post may be visible to other community members. If you're looking for help with an AARP benefit, discount, offer, or member service, we encourage you to first visit the AARP Help Center: https://help.aarp.org/s/ The Help Center contains answers to many common questions and provides options for contacting AARP directly. Still need help after checking the Help Center? Go ahead and post your question here. Other members may have experience with the same benefit, discount, or offer, and our comm

 HelloI read in one of the AARP Papers about a Low Milage Plan for people that drive a few miles a week etc.Where you pay a Fee and then only pay for the milage you drive. Has anyone seen or applied for this. ThanksKen 

I am an AARP member wanting to use the AARP discount available on ThriftBooks. Per ThriftBooks blog November 2025, I would verify membership by keying AARP member number in given link and receive a promo discount code to use at checkout. The link did not provide a way to verify membership. I contacted ThriftBooks customer service who suggested:“I'd recommend reaching out to AARP directly to inquire about their partnership with ThriftBooks and how to obtain your member discount code. They should be able to provide you with a code that you can apply at checkout. “ Can you help please? 

Here's how I successfully resolved the interrelated problem with The Hartford raising the insurance premium dramatically for my auto insurance even though I have an excellent driving history, and AARP acting helpless to leverage the matter with its business partner (i.e., The Hartford) ... I recently dropped The Hartford at renewal time in favor of a different carrier (Progressive) and, in the process, save substantial money. I subsequently called AARP and cancelled my membership and will be receiving a prorated refund of my five-year membership payment (more savings for me). If more people took this approach and there was a decrease in membership, perhaps AARP leadership would redirect its energies to be more member centric? It seems that AARP has lost its way helping members in favor of income from royalties paid by business partnerships. 

I choose AVIS car rental because of the benefits that AARP offered.   It was a nightmare experience to say the least.  I picked up a car at the Philadelphia airport and drove to New York.  A relative of mine noticed that the vehicle inspection had expired making the vehicle illegal to drive. The only place to exchange it was 120 miles away to get the same type of vehicle (larger SUV).  So we had to drive illegally to exchange the vehicle and lost 2 days of driving as we had events going on locally and had to car pool with others.  We reported it to AVIS and basically was told that we were out of luck and that they would only look to re-imburse us for gas or lost time with vehicle if we had a Wizard number at the time of rental?  If AARP is going to partner with such companies they need to make sure they inspect there vehicles.  

If I already have an existing membership and it is due to renew, can I use the AARP Discount on my existing membership or will I need to cancel it and start a new membership to et the 40% off?thank you for your help!

  I got the new AARP Prescription Discount Card and went to use it at CVS. After CVS gave me the AARP/Optum price ($36), I asked what the GoodRX price was since I had that   on my account. GOODRX was $18. HALF the price. So if I didn't ask, I would be out $18. BEWARE  

The Denny's at 18875 S I-19 Frontage Rd in Green Valley, AZ, came under new management and has stopped honoring AARP and military discounts.  Green Valley, AZ is a town of over 20,000 full time residents that swells to 40,000 during winter months.  It does not make business sense to me that they would want to alienate that many people who have time for a sit down breakfast during the week.

I just contacted Walmart which has stated there is no AARP $40 discount off Walmart+ $98 annual membership fee. 

AARP should do better on Benefits & Discounts.  They are not worth that much.

We printed the Mai Tai (Westmont, IL) discount coupon offering a BOGO entree, enjoyed dinner an hour later and when settling up, were informed that the AARP/Entertainment coupons were not being honored as the restaurant was under new management.  It was an unexpected surprise.  That coupon should be pulled off the AARP site.  Management acknowledged that other patrons had asked to redeem the same coupon.  I attempted to report it to AARP under scams and fraud, but apparently this forum is the only platform to make this known. Going forward, we will be inquiring about coupon validity BEFORE placing our orders.

My husband and I got our discount cards and found that the best pricing was with the OptumRx home delivery when we search drug pricing so we clicked the button to signup.  We were able to complete the AARP Verification form and the HealthSafe ID Let's Get Started form as well as the verification codes sent to email and text.  It's the Identification number (AARP member ID) that returns an unable to verify message on the HealthSafe ID pages.  I verified that my name, birthdate and AARP member ID on the HeatthSafe ID form matches my AARP account.  If I skip the verification, I get a different form that still will not accept my AARP member number as the identification number.  I have no access to order an OptumRX home delivery.  I received no help when I called the phone number for setting up home delivery either.  Do members have this benefit or not?

I decided to give Consumer Cellular a try because I was intrigued by their low prices.  After not being that impressed, I decided to go with Mint Mobile.  I ended my service with Consumer Cellular on 4/19 but was surprised when I received another bill after my service ended.  I tried to get info online but could no longer access my account to even remove my payment method.  I had to call to find out Consumer Cellular is a post-paid service even though I’m pretty sure I had to initially pay upfront.  I was told that would be my last payment but lo and behold I get an email  saying another full month’s service fee is due.  I call again and I’m told this was for the billing cycle that started just before I stopped service and they don’t prorate.  So here I am being asked to continue paying the full price for a service I have not even had for the last month and a half.  CONSUMER CELLULAR IS A TOTAL SCAM!!  Stay away!!

     On the Restaurant Discount page it says, "15% off on the dine in & pick up orders."  I have never had a problem with that until yesterday.  I was told that the items we ordered did not qualify. I have never been told that before.    Upon my investigation of this, by having to click on the Denny's advertisement on the AARP discount page. I got this, "15% Off Your CheckMembers save 15% on their checks every day—including diner classics and breakfast items. Maximum discount not to exceed $10." Then I had to click a "learn more" tab, but I also notice this at the bottom of the page, "You’ll leave AARP and go to the website of a trusted provider. The provider’s terms, conditions, and policies apply."     Clicking on learn more, I get this, "AARP MEMBERS GET 15% OFFFrom your favorite go-to breakfast meals to our latest delicious creations, we treat our AARP members to delicious savings all day long.Available only to current AARP memb

Over the last MONTH I have reported a problem with my ability to redeem rewards points via chat and telephone.  It's always the same:  "I assure you the investigation into this problem is ongoing."   The CSR really has no idea what's going on.  Nothing has been done.  It's an account issue that should take 30 seconds to solve.  I'm not just being cynical.  I taught Information Technology at university for 30 years.  Everything is done online in 2026.  It's just not that hard.

In redeeming points for AARP Programs - at this time there is one for Wish of a Lifetime - 4000 points, how much money does that translate into? Seeing as $5 gift cards can be purchased for points ranging from 8000 - 28000, what number is used for AARP program donations? Inquiring minds want to know...  

This is the most expensive place to get auto insurance, I thought aarp was supposed to help seniors but apparently they are not, the only good thing about this place is that you get discount at restaurants and that’s it. Why don’t they help with insurance and anything else, do they get money out of it or something 

Denneys restaurant is no longer honoring the 15% Aarp discount for orders on the value menu. As a matter of fact they are not honoring any discount coupons on the value menu items.I am done with Denneys! They sent me a 20% discount coupon in the app. I invited my 84 yr old mother to enjoy 2 super slams only to find out the discount would only be applied to the coffee.

I've been taking the quizzes this morning and found 2 of them with incorrect info.  You say the maximum someone will spend on prescriptions is $2000 under Part D, but this year it is $2100. It's June and it surprises me you haven't updated that answer.In the Internet quiz you say people need a modem, router and ?? (I forget the third thing. Lost it when I was finding where to bring this to your attention), but I have internet access now with simply a router that gets a Wi-Fi signal from AT&T.  No Ethernet or modem.

 I just opened a Barclays AARP "digital savings" account to avail myself of the promised 4% interest rate, but am very disappointed that their electronic banking capabilities are lacking some key features. 1. No Zelle access. (When I reached out to a Barclays agent to ask how to set up Zelle, she did not even know what that is.) 2. No Quicken access. I see from comments online that they once allowed Quicken to directly download transaction history, but changes to their login process broke that access and it's never been restored. They tell you to use the manual process instead (which is slow and klunky and less desirable than the direct download) but that process is also broken (you press a "download" button from the Barclays portal, which creates a file that can be imported manually into your Quicken account -- except that Barclays uses an outdated Quicken format that the current Quicken version can't import.) Since I use Zelle extensively to transfer funds quickly

 I have reported this issue several times over the last 2 months.  It was escalated to technical support and I has directed to an ombudsman contact.  This is still an issue and no one will respond including the ombudsman.  As this is not corrected and I have had NO SUPPORT I have resigned from AARP after eight years.  Got a refund..MAYBE when this is ever resolved I shall return.  Why can't a huge organization with a technkical team fix this.  I understand a lot of other member have the same issue.  

It's so frustrating that I have been trying to purchase gift cards for 2 days with no luck. I keep being told to just keep trying with no hope in sight. Someone please help!

AARP Help Center, I have been unable to purchase any AARP discounted gift cards since January 2025.  I have called AARP support 6 or more times already, but the issue was not resolved.  I went through numerous iterations with both AARP and AARP Rewards customer support to eliminate any possible causes on my end, including: 1) checked my browser, 2) edited my credit card to match the exact name on the credit card, 3) removed VPN, and more. Nothing worked.  Yet my husband used the exact same computer, browser, and credit card to purchase gift card on his account, and his request was successful.   I'm exhausted and want this issue resolved! Please help!

One of the benefits of my AARP membership was instant silver status with Hilton Honors. However, I no longer have silver status and I'm trying to figure out if this benefit was eliminated, or if I need to re-link my AARP and Hilton accounts. Thanks in advance for any help!

The AARP TX Texas Shred 'Em Event original date was cancelled because of weather and rescheduled for May 2, 2026. I cancelled my golf game and drove over an hour on May 2, 2026 for the first rescheduled day only to find no one there. What happened? Was it cancelled and I missed the announcement? Is the shred day going to be rescheduled again? Is there going to be an actual event we can attend? I emailed the txaarp@aarp.org but have not received a response. Thanks.Mike Chapman