AAA Member News: January 2013
Check out the latest in Disney mouse ear hats, discounts on ski passes in Utah and Oregon, and new AAA member benefits.
- Since Disneyland opened in 1955, over 80 million mouse ear hats, including the Cars Land edition, have sold at Disney parks. Want your own? Book a trip with AAA Travel for savings and perks such as free parking at the theme park. AAA.com/disney.
- Get discounted rates on up to 10 days of skiing with the Ski Salt Lake Super Pass, valid at four Utah resorts: Alta, Brighton, Snowbird, and Solitude. The discount also applies to snow boarding at three of the sites. visitsaltlake.com/ski/superpass.
- Save up to $24 on Mt. Hood Skibowl all-day/all-night lift tickets. Children and adults get $5 off three-hour snow tubing day tickets on weekends and holidays. AAA.com/discounts.
- Want to avoid losing up to 30 gallons of fuel a year from evaporation? Just tighten your car’s gas cap.
- Associate memberships extend your AAA benefits to the people living with you—your spouse, teen driver, carpooling kids. Check eligibility and sign up at AAA.com/membership.
- Forty-nine percent of U.S. citizens say they don't contribute to a retirement plan. Ready to save? Get preferred rates on IRAs and CDs at AAA.com/finance.
- Buddhist monks began cultivating bonsai trees a millennium ago. Today, growers from 1-800-Flowers.com travel to the East to hand-select the best specimens, such as this upright juniper carefully sculpted for 15 years. Members save 20 percent with the code 20AAA at AAA.com/1800flowers or by calling (800) 356-9377.
- It’s now legal to test driverless cars, such as those developed by Google, on public roads in California and Nevada, as long as there’s a fully licensed and bonded operator in the driver’s seat—just in case.
- If your car’s air bag has been replaced in the past three years, you might have received a counterfeit air bag. Reported malfunctions range from failure to deploy to the expulsion of metal shrapnel when they do. Find out if your car is at risk at safercar.gov.
- A new AAA study reports that drivers ages 16 to 24 are 78 percent more likely to be drowsy at the time of a crash than those 40 to 59 years old. Find safety tips at drowsydriving.org.
This article was first published in January 2013. Some facts may have aged gracelessly. Please call ahead to verify information.
