Chris: Geek Guy » geographic http://chris.gg Tech news and other stuff from a UK-based web developer and all-round geek Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:13:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Geographical numbers for the AA http://chris.gg/2009/12/geographical-numbers-for-the-aa/ http://chris.gg/2009/12/geographical-numbers-for-the-aa/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:34:14 +0000 Chris Barnes http://chris.gg/?p=348 Buried in my AA (Automobile Association, that is…) renewal documentation, I spotted that they’ve provided land line telephone numbers as an alternative to the usual non-geographical 0800/0870 numbers, which cost extra from most mobile phones:

  • For breakdowns, the number is 0121 275 3746.
  • For membership enquiries, the number is 0161 332 1789.

Sites such as Say No To 0870 regularly publish user-submitted geographic numbers for many companies, but kudos to the AA for providing official numbers without having to jump through such hoops. Less kudos to them for taking 2 hours to tow my broken-down car, instead of the promised 45 minutes, but that’s another story.

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