The AA and Green Flag are the largest and 3rd largest Breakdown services in the UK. There are two major differences you need to consider, the AA use their own patrols and offer person based cover, while Green Flag offer vehicle based cover and use a network of 6000 local breakdown patrols to respond to their call outs. Below we have produced comparison chart showing the levels of cover each company has to offer together with the price and what's included.
| AA vs. Green Flag Comparison Chart. |
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| Basic Breakdown Cover Prices (fix at the roadside) |
 Roadside |
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O |
O |
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O |
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Up to 34% |
From £29.00 |
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 Rescue |
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O |
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From £25.00 (vehicle cover) |
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| Breakdown Cover & Home Call-Out Prices |
 Roadside, Home Start |
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O |
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O |
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Up to 34% |
From £66.75 |
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 Rescue Plus |
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From £46.00 (vehicle cover) |
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| Breakdown Cover & Breakdown
Recovery Service |
 Roadside, Relay |
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Up to 34% |
From £72.00 |
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 Recovery |
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From £48.00 (vehicle cover) |
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| Breakdown Cover, Breakdown Recovery
& Onward Travel Cover |
 Roadside, Relay plus |
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O |
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Up to 34% |
From £98.25 |
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| Breakdown Cover, Breakdown Recovery
& Home Call-Out |
 Roadside, Relay, Home Start |
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O |
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O |
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Up to 34% |
From £105.75 |
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| Comprehensive Breakdown
Cover, Breakdown Recovery, Home Call-Out & Onward Travel Cover |
 Roadside, Relay plus, Home Start |
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Up to 34% |
From £132.00 |
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 Recovery Plus |
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From £59.00 (vehicle cover) |
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Compare AA & Green Flag Breakdown Cover:
All prices in the above chart are updated weekly and show all the breakdown cover options both the
AA and Green Flag offer. The chart is ordered by level of cover, by clicking on the title of each level you can see all companies compared together for that particular level.
For more information on each company see the www.AA.co.uk page or the www.GreenFlag.co.uk page.
AA & Green Flag breakdown Key Facts:
- Both the AA and Green Flag offer an online discount (up to 25%) when you purchase breakdown cover online.
- The AA has over 4000 of their own patrols.
- Green Flag have access to 6000 independent local breakdown and recovery patrols.
- Both companies have an average response time of about 40 minutes.
- Green Flag offer a £10 cash back if one of their patrols does not reach you within 1 hour.
- The AA offer personal cover as standard and vehicle based cover as an option.
- Green Flag vehicle based cover is standard and personal based cover is an optional extra.
- Green Flag offer European breakdown cover as part of their top level cover.
- The AA offer European breakdown cover only as a separate policy.
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