Anyone Ever Get Good Deals With Their NRA Member Benefits?

[Ben]

Maybe I don't know what I'm doing, but several times now I've tried using the NRA "discount number" at various travel related businesses for the "super discount". I've never gotten a better deal through the NRA program than I get just doing a Travelocity search. Today I was booking some travel to Florida. Every hotel site said, "This discount code not valid at this location." When I went to book a rental car, the NRA price was in one case equal to, in the other cases higher (though by very little), than a standard Travelocity car search.

 So any of you ever get good deals through the member discounts??

[DrAmazon]

I got an excellent price on moving using my NRA discount, (Allied Van Lines) but since it still exceeded my moving allowance, I wound up moving myself (won't do that again).    The quote was a binding, not to exceed quote and the estimator was really nice.  She commented that the company was very happy with the business that the NRA brought. 

[Ben]

Thanks Doc. I'm kinda guessing with the tight competition in things like hotels and rental cars, the NRA discount just doesn't work as well there, but maybe with the other offerings, like the moving van, they can compete better.

[BrokenPaw]

I got a nice discount a couple years back at the Best Western hotel in Blacksburg, VA, just by asking the manager if there was an NRA discount.  He didn't ask to see my membership card or anything.  Probably it was a combination of B-burg being mostly rural-southern mindset combined with the idea that it's unlikely that someone who wasn't a legitimate NRA member would think to claim that particular discount.

-BP

[wmenorr67]

I have found that the NRA discount is not any different than all the other discounts that are out there.  I usually use my government benifits and get a better deal.  The biggest thing with the government deals usually is that they will hold reservations longer than most.