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Level of Cover
Roadside Relay/Recovery Homestart Onward Travel
Who's Covered
Personal (single) Joint Family Vehicle

Green Flag Breakdown Cover

Green Flag breakdown cover has a different approach to breakdown cover than The AA and RAC they have a national network of breakdown specialists. Green Flag primarily provide breakdown cover for your car basing the cost on a quote rather than a flat fee.

Green Flag Breakdown Cover

Green Flag is one of the main three breakdown service providers and is the most recent company to hit the makret coming into action in 1971 and is very competitively priced. Green Flag has won the best direct breakdown provider from Your Money for 4 years running now. Geen flag state that they are relaible and get to breakdowns quicker than opposition becuase they use a national network of breakdown specialists. Green Flag is seen as typically alot cheaper than the AA and the RAC so is definitely an option if your looking for cheap car breakdown cover. Greenflag only do breakdown cover and focus on that without diversifiying into other types of insurance unlike the AA and RAC. Green Flag Cover the whole country using a national network of breakdown specialists which they quote as one of their strengths. They dont have uniform patrols or expensive vans trying to keep their overheads to a minimum so they can charge you less.

  • 24-hour assistance 365 days a year
  • Green Flag has over 30 years experience
  • Average Response time is under 30mins**
  • 86% of customers fixed at the roadside**
  • Discounts for no call out usage
  • Over 30 years experience and almost 5 million customers
  • breakdown cover is tailored to suit individual circumstances
  • priority selection if yoru in a dangerous situation or have children then you are given priority
  • Green Flag breakdown cover covers the car
  • Positive reviews from their members
  • National network of breakdown speacilists
  • 4yrs running winning of your money's breakdown service of the year
  • The same level of cover as the AA or RAC is much cheaper with green flag
  • The company focus is on 'rapid' Breakdown Recovery
  • Cuts out what they see as thrills so you pay less
  • easy to navigate website and buy the cover
  • A national Network of over 1,500 garages with 6,000 mechanics ready for your call
  • Green flag members are also rewarded for not using the service and are given a no call out discount
  • Green flag takes large measures to try and reduce the cost for its customers
  • ** (Data based on 580,564 nationwide call-outs Aug 08 - June 09)

Disadvantages

  • They dont have dedicated patrols which may make regulating the mechanics that come out more difficult they wont be waring uniforms either
  • Greenflags number of garage patrols is half the AAs number of dedicated patrols
  • You have to recieve a quote not fixed price so have to go through a quoatation process and younger drivers may pay more.

Cheap car breakdown notice

*Breakdown providers prices are based on quotes the price shown here are for a 30 year old Male living in Bromley, Kent driving a 2006 Ford Focus Style (1.8) doing 10,000 miles a year

Service conditions will vary from each breakdown provider, the guide above is a rough guide check with the provider for the exact terms and conditions.