Defence Discount Service
Has anyone actually been able to take advantage of this service to save any money? My mobile phone service contract (SIM only) expired some weeks ago and I've been looking at renewals. I was with Vodafone and on going via the DDS website there were a couple of options for renewal - neither better than I could obtain by going to Vodafone direct. For example, both offers via DDS required a 24 month contract at a time when SIM only deals are falling in price. To give another example; I looked at car rental from San Francisco for 6 days and going direct to the rental car sites saved me £180 over going via DDS.
Oh, how different things are in the US when, for example, a ski lift pass in Squaw Valley is free with a military ID. A couple of years ago they even accepted a UK Military ID but, unfortunately, not this year. I have NEVER been able to make a saving using DDS which, for me, makes a mockery of the system.