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Breakdown Cover


Choose the cover that's right for you from one of our five levels of breakdown. Remember, buy online today and you'll receive up to 10% off.

Description of cover Rescue Rescue Plus Recovery Recovery Plus Euro Plus
Roadside assistance
included
included
included
included
included
Your vehicle towed to the nearest garage
included
included
included
included
included
No mileage or call-out charges
included
included
included
included
included
Cover at your home address
Not included
included
Not included
included
included

Take you and your vehicle home or to your preferred destination

Not included
Not included
included
included
included

Choice of:

  • Hire vehicle for a continuous 24 hour period
  • Cost of alternative transport for completion of your journey
  • B&B accomodation while repairs are being carried out
Not included
Not included
Not included
included
included
Friends and relatives message service
included
included
included
included
included
Cover in Europe
Not included
Not included
Not included
Not included
included

1. Rescue

Roadside assistance, once you’re ¼ mile from home and, if your vehicle cannot be fixed at the roadside, we’ll take you and your vehicle to a suitable garage. We also offer a message service to let friends and family know what has happened.


2. Rescue Plus

All of the above, plus we cover your vehicle at your home address.


3. Recovery

All the benefits of Rescue apply. If it's apparent that we can't fix your vehicle by the end of the working day, we'll take you, your vehicle and any passengers, in a single journey, to your original destination, your home address or a suitable garage.


4. Recovery Plus

Extends all the benefits of Recovery to your home address, plus a choice of either:

  • A hire vehicle for up to 24 hours, or
  • The cost of alternative travel to return home or continue your journey
  • Overnight accommodation (including breakfast) in a local hotel while your vehicle is fixed (providing you are more than 25 miles from home)

If necessary, we will also pay for a single standard class rail ticket for you or another driver to collect the vehicle.


5. EuroPlus

For protection when driving on the continent, EuroPlus offers extensive cover designed to put your mind at rest. The level of cover offers all the benefits of Recovery Plus as well as European roadside help, the cost of travel home if necessary, and the cost of getting your vehicle back too, plus free legal cover and more.

6. Personal Cover

With all our options, your vehicle is covered whoever is driving it. For a small extra premium, you can choose Personal Cover, which covers you whatever vehicle you are travelling in – even as a passenger! And you can also extend this to include your partner too. Personal cover is only available for incidents occurring in the UK.

 

Direct Line breakdown cover is underwritten by U K Insurance Limited and provided by Green Flag Motoring Assistance. Direct Line and Green Flag are members of the same group.

 

Tips and advice

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Online discount

Up to 10% off all level of annual breakdown cover when you buy online.

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0845 246 8702

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