AARPReviews of aarp.org

I joined AARP only because my husband assumed that, because I was older, I "should" be with AARP because they supposedly offer a long list of discounts. I'm not retirement age yet but I thought I could qualify for some benefits. They may have been good in the past, but today's AARP is nothing but a shill for insurance companies and other businesses hunting for more mailboxes to fill their junk mail with. Since I answered their ad to join, I open my formerly clean and empty mailbox to find tons of junk mail. Ads for life insurance by the score, auto insurance, cell phone discount plans, you name it. Before, I had worked very hard with the nonprofit Catalog Choice to get rid of the mail catalogs and crap clogging my mailbox. This junk is one reason why so many Americans are in debt, buying crap they don't need. One membership to AARP was all it took to undo a year of hard work. Second, the "discounts" are nothing special. They claim to offer discounts for traveling but you can't take advantage of any of them because COVID has destroyed the travel industry and nobody's going anywhere. Third, they offer discounts for chain stores that I never go to. I patronize CVS, never Walgreens, and I don't eat at junk food "restaurants" like Outbreak Steakhouse, Boneheaded Grill, or Bubba Dumpster Shrimp. I can't believe AARP promotes these low-class, McDonald's-quality restaurants that are the most unhealthy places to eat for senior citizens. Yes, they're cheap, but you might as well promote Dollar General for grocery shopping, AARP! The only discount I managed to use so far was for Denny's (I was on a road trip and held hostage to the pathetic American landscape of fast food joints). Except for that, there is no discount on AARP you can't get elsewhere for free. There are plenty of websites where you can buy discounted gift cards (Raise) and you don't need to pay a yearly membership. You also don't need a membership for discounted movie or theater tickets (I have a great one from work) and I'm already getting discounts for my car rentals thanks to my credit card benefits. In short, there is NOTHING that AARP offers that you can't get elsewhere. If you're under 60, it's a total waste of money. Except for the junk mail, which they seem to have plenty of.

The magazine and event portion of AARP is done fairly well but their website is a nightmare! I can't imagine the frustrations that elderly women and men must feel when they try to use it for anything. I'm 65 and have more than 30 years computer experience so I'm not whining because I forgot my password. Nothing of the sort. But I could see my 84 year old mother being reduced to tears were she to try to even do something as simple as try playing solitaire or researching an article on the site. It most DEFINITELY IS NOT senior friendly which is whom the target audience would be, I'm assuming anyway. AARP might better stand for Almost Always Remarkably Poor because it is!!

This outfit helps screw over those they purport to serve, to benefit their advertisers. They endorse the scum of the earth as long as they keep pouring advertising dollars into their coffers. One of AARP's perennial lap dogs, Consumer Cellular, just screwed us out of 450 dollars, with their deceit and lies. AARP refused to help us out. The medical plan they endorse (United Healthcare) has one of THE LOWEST consumer ratings available. Their auto insurance favorite (Hartford) gave us a ridiculously high quote when we were shopping auto insurance providers. But they still endorse them as if Jesus himself was their CEO. No doubt they are in bed with J.D. Power, another two-bit fake, phoney fraud of an outfit. In my opinion, there actually was a time AARP served a noble purpose, until Joanne Jenkins slithered into the drivers seat. Maybe when she retreats back under the wet rock she crawled out from under, AARP will again practice what it preaches.

mediocre rating for the influx of unnecessary mail

outstanding

It's Sunday March 15th now. I booked a flight and 2 weeks worth of multiple hotel reservations in Manila between March17 and April 2, 2020 a month ago with AARP travel center....powered by Expedia. Do to the recent order by the Philippines president, Manila is basically under lockdown. No one is allowed in or out of the metro Manila area until April 14th. I called the hotels, they said that they can't do anything about my reservations until they here from Expedia about getting refunds or credits for future dates. I have been trying to cancel my flight and hotel reservations for days now with AARPExpedia..powered by Expedia...and Expedia. I get exactly the same results. Can't get a live person at all. Can't even send an email to them on their Customer Support site. Also, AARP, shame on you too for associating your good name with this company. This is BS. There should be a class action lawsuit started against this company for ripping off all these customers that trusted them to do the right thing at this time. It's all about profit. Shareholders should sell their stock in this company now. For the record my itinerary #'s are 7522106568895 for the flight, 7522348184184371 and 7522354525050 for 8 nights at a hotel in Manila. 7522351822180 for 4 nights at another hotel in Manila and 7522353165457 for 2 nights at another hotel in Manila. I was to spend those 2 weeks with my wife who lives in Northern Luzon. She is waiting for her US Immigration visa and was to meet me in Manila, but due to the lockdown, she can't even get there or enter.

Poorest website I work with, articles load slow and most don't load at all, (no its not my computer, no problem with other sites). Tried to get into my account,was told membership needs renewing, could not even get that to load. So I'll save some money and say good bye to aarp.

Terrible 1st call to this company. They had me thinking that the tow company of my interest service would be paid for, tow truck arrives and I pay $150 out of pocket ( I now cannot get back). They didn't tell me that they dispatch their own tow service to me...yet they just sent one out after I already paid and been towed. Had to complain for them to review the call and they still found no reason to help, reimburse or do anything.