Veterans Advantage Card Savings to Date and a New Benefit
If you have been following my blog, you know that last spring I got the Veterans Advantage Card and I thought it worth a little update to see how my savings are going so far. The card gives discounts on a wide range of items, including pharmaceuticals, Ford cars, Footlocker, etc. and best of all a %5 discount on all United tickets. They just announced a new benefit of 10% off everything at CVS/ pharmacy (except ironically prescriptions – but they have a separate prescription benefit). This CVS discount is great since it is above and beyond any normal veterans benefit that you could get with out the card.
So how am I doing so far this year? I have saved:
$210 on United tickets for myself and my family members.
$48 on car rentals through Thrifty and Dollar
$ 350 on a Ford SUV ( this discount is new this year and came out only two weeks before I needed to buy a car for my graduating daughter)
Total: $608.00 that’s a 935% ROI on my $65 investment. And I probably could save more if I worked on all the discounts they have. There are so many that I sometime forget to apply one.
Pretty good deal and you do not have to be a veteran yourself to get the card, only be related to one. Eligibility and sign ups are on their home page listed here. You can even sign up for a one month free trial. Make sure you check out their Special Offers as they always have a discount or other extra benefits.
In the meantime, I plan to keep saving and see if I can break $1000 in savings for my one year investment
Hello sir, i feel like USAA’s avis deals are always an amazing deal…
Can you save 10% on Vanilla Reloads at CVS?
@ Ryan – Agreed, any Service Member who does not take advantage of what USAA has to offer is foolish IMHO.
@ Gene – What are you trying to do? Start the next Dollar Coin scheme?
Seriously, here are the limitations listed on their site: Exclusions and limitations: The 10% savings exclude prescriptions and gift cards. I would assume the Vanilla Reloads count as gift cards, but you are welcome to try and report your results!
Gene – my first thought too! I just checked the website and it appears to me that the discount at CVS is only for CVS.com, and additionally the T&C’s say the discount excludes gift cards (I know that technically a vanilla reload isn’t a “gift card” but I gotta think it would be lumped into that category). I don’t know if Glenn has had luck using the discount card in a physical CVS or not.
And Glenn, thanks for reporting back to us your successes using the card.
Walked into Verizon store and added 15% discount on my existing plan. Also, there are savings of $100 on Apple computers.
Thanks for headsmup Glenn. UA discount works like a charm.
The real question is if the 10% stacks on to any other %-off sale at CVS.com. If it does, then the savings would really add up. Too bad CVS gift cards can only be used in store; otherwise you could buy CVS gift cards at a discount at one of the used gift card websites, and then stack that.