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David B

1 reviews | Active since Dec 2018

25 Mar 2019, 11:25

Over a month and still no refund from AA

I am exceptionally frustrated with the lack of action from the AA - they have owed me money for well over a month now. On 11 February 2019 I paid R2 090 to the AA for AA Advantage+ membership. On 15 February 2019 R1 200 was deducted from my bank account by debit order for AA Advantage (my previous membership). I understand that the time difference between my payment and the debit order run was very short to stop the debit order so I contacted the AA by phone on 18 February to explain the situation and ask for the R1 200 to be refunded to me. I was assured that the request would be passed on to the Finance department and that it would be done. After two weeks I had not received a refund nor had I had confirmation of my AA Advantage+ membership. I then filled in the contact form on *** to explain the problem. On 11 March 2019 I received a phone call from an AA consultant who assured me that the matter was being dealt with and that I would receive the refund of R1 200 by Friday (15 March). I have still not received the refund. On 18 March 2019 I filled in the contact form on the AA website again, emailed the AA and sent them a direct message via Facebook. The only response I received was to the Facebook message saying someone would contact me. The next day I received another message on Facebook asking if I had been contacted - I had not heard anything. This morning (25 March) I phoned the AA and spoke to a consultant who informed me that the matter had been escalated and their finance department would contact me within about five minutes - that did not happen and now, one hour and twenty minutes later, I have still not had a call. After three empty promises and many no responses I am completely frustrated and very disappointed in what used to be an organisation with a good reputation - I have been a member for approximately thirty years and this is just not good enough!

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Replies (4)
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David B's update25 Mar 2019, 14:37
Reviewer Update
Just had a call from the AA saying the refund will definitely be processed this week...I live in hope.
Automobile Association
Automobile Association's reply25 Mar 2019, 15:27
Official
Good day 

Once again on behalf of everyone at AA we would like to apologize for the inconvenience you had experienced with us recently.

Please feel free to contact the AA should you require any assistance.


Kind Regards
 The AA Team


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David B's update29 Mar 2019, 11:29
Reviewer Update
Two calls from the AA four days ago (the same day as their reply above) both with promises that this would be resolved - one consultant was going to "go to the finance department personally" to sort it out the next day but I have heard nothing more and, needless to say, have not received the refund.
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David B's update30 Mar 2019, 10:23
Reviewer Update
I have received the refund but not before another call to the AA. Fortunately I was put through to a very helpful consultant. This has been six weeks of numerous calls, emails and online forms to the AA - most times I was just ignored or promises were made but nothing happened. The matter could have been resolved at the outset - I'm pleased that finally I have the money owing to me but I did waste lots of time in trying to get this sorted out.