Our branch belongs to the third-largest Member club of the national AAA organization, serving Northern California, Alaska, Arizona, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. AAA Membership includes our legendary roadside assistance and towing, exclusive savings on insurance and car repairs, travel discounts, and more. Our branch is a one-stop shop for TourBook® guides and TripTik® Travel Planners, attraction tickets, passport photos, and international driving permits. We also offer on-site insurance agents, home security consultations, notary services, and select DMV services.
The number of people in this office ready to tell you "no" about everything and forward you to their call center department is a gross waste of my monthly payments. I waited 25 minutes for an insurance person, saw my name switched to a DMV queue, clarified this change because I was concerned about what help I would get and was told that the insurance people needed to go to lunch and the DMV would have to help me. There was no help. They immediately told me they couldn't do anything and that I would have to call in over the phone.
As an organization, I think its asinine that I have to auto payment for every single individual policy on my account. I thinks its horrible that they are paying people to provide no support. And it makes no sense to continue to paying a monthly for customer service that is non-existent. The amount of money spent to cover worthless overhead is beyond frustrating. 15 years a member and when I finally needed help, I get the run around. I sincerely hate AAA and this branch really added insult to injury.
Went here after the DMV said 2 1/2 hour wait and gave us a short stack of papers with little info on what to fill out. Should've just came to AAA in the first place. Dereck and another gentleman were incredibly helpful and welcoming. They answered all our questions, helped us fill out all the forms, and double or triple checked our work when needed; all with a smile. Our experience here was a prime example of what good customer service is, I'm happy to be a valued customer of AAA.
I’m writing this review for Micah on behalf of my mom. She was calling AAA this morning and had an amazing experience! She spoke with 2 different employees there and every one of them was incredibly friendly, helpful, and accommodating; especially Micah. He was enthusiasticly assisting my mom to change the existing auto insurance and all my mom’s concerns about changing auto insurance completely resolved. Couldnt ask for a more professional and quick experience! I would highly recommend Micah and this location.
This particular locations has the best employees! "AJ" and "Kat" in particular! I was treated far beyond my necessary needs! Patience, compassion, humor and professionalism! This just made my day and helped because there is challenging parking at this location and the added pouring of rain was not helping. Being treated with such EXTRA care from these two employees was a sweet and comforting experience you don't often see in other organizations. Thank you AAA for having a fabulous crew of employees at this Almaden location!
The Lady who stays on the left side of the counter was so rude, without asking any question she assumed I’m Hispanic (which no problem) but looked like she didn’t like Hispanic people that’s why wanted someone to help them if they spoke Spanish, and after going back and forth with her on my questions she still didn’t want to help and wasn’t helpful unlike other employee. She was really offensive.
Team members here are always friendly and helpful. Their DMV services team are excellent and they know their stuff. I am always able to get my transactions done. I ❤️ AAA!
The service quality at this and virtually all other branches have gone down hill drastically over the recent years. They focus more on boosting sales and profits than customer service, which is worse than horrible. The staff are poorly trained, unmotivated, rude, lazy, clueless, incompetent, or at best, apathetic and robotic. The management seems walk around with a business model "Do the Minimum". Overall, AAA membership is not worth the money anymore (low in value). I cancelled my membership a long time ago but still receiving unsolicited material trying to sell membership, despite my numerous requests to stop those junk mails.
Very friendly staff and they were able to assist quickly.
Very friendly staff and they were able to assist quickly.
So quick for DMV items, thank you!
Very nice and helpful stuff.
It was quick and easy to get my car tags.
very slow and under staffed place
The number of people in this office ready to tell you "no" about everything and forward you to their call center department is a gross waste of my monthly payments. I waited 25 minutes for an insurance person, saw my name switched to a DMV queue, clarified this change because I was concerned about what help I would get and was told that the insurance people needed to go to lunch and the DMV would have to help me. There was no help. They immediately told me they couldn't do anything and that I would have to call in over the phone.
As an organization, I think its asinine that I have to auto payment for every single individual policy on my account. I thinks its horrible that they are paying people to provide no support. And it makes no sense to continue to paying a monthly for customer service that is non-existent. The amount of money spent to cover worthless overhead is beyond frustrating. 15 years a member and when I finally needed help, I get the run around. I sincerely hate AAA and this branch really added insult to injury.
Excelente servicio de parte de Thomas
Best AAA around, please use this one.
The Lady who stays on the left side of the counter was so rude, without asking any question she assumed I’m Hispanic (which no problem) but looked like she didn’t like Hispanic people that’s why wanted someone to help them if they spoke Spanish, and after going back and forth with her on my questions she still didn’t want to help and wasn’t helpful unlike other employee. She was really offensive.
I’m writing this review for Micah on behalf of my mom. She was calling AAA this morning and had an amazing experience! She spoke with 2 different employees there and every one of them was incredibly friendly, helpful, and accommodating; especially Micah. He was enthusiasticly assisting my mom to change the existing auto insurance and all my mom’s concerns about changing auto insurance completely resolved. Couldnt ask for a more professional and quick experience! I would highly recommend Micah and this location.
Quick and easy DMV service...super helpful and nice staff
Tried to be as clear as possible when I called to ask about renewing my license at their location. Rep kept repeating "We can help with registration and renewal matters" like a bad AI bot. So I drove down but found out no, they can't do that. Thanks AAA great job.
Single worst AAA experience I’ve ever had. I love triple A, me and my family have been members for decades and I’ve never been treated so flippantly curt in my life.
Went here after the DMV said 2 1/2 hour wait and gave us a short stack of papers with little info on what to fill out. Should've just came to AAA in the first place. Dereck and another gentleman were incredibly helpful and welcoming. They answered all our questions, helped us fill out all the forms, and double or triple checked our work when needed; all with a smile. Our experience here was a prime example of what good customer service is, I'm happy to be a valued customer of AAA.
I would like to know if they speak Spanish
My car insurance went up this month. I'm not happy about it. I will be contacting customer service to see if I'm a good fit for this company .
Buen trato. Tomas aguirre.
staff acts promptly and provides good services. chairs at the waiting area is pretty big and in good condition.
Sean was amazing! He Saved me thousands of dollars compared to Allstate. Highly recommend asking for him for all your insurance needs
You just can't beat AAA
Team members here are always friendly and helpful. Their DMV services team are excellent and they know their stuff. I am always able to get my transactions done. I ❤️ AAA!
The service quality at this and virtually all other branches have gone down hill drastically over the recent years. They focus more on boosting sales and profits than customer service, which is worse than horrible. The staff are poorly trained, unmotivated, rude, lazy, clueless, incompetent, or at best, apathetic and robotic. The management seems walk around with a business model "Do the Minimum". Overall, AAA membership is not worth the money anymore (low in value). I cancelled my membership a long time ago but still receiving unsolicited material trying to sell membership, despite my numerous requests to stop those junk mails.
This particular locations has the best employees! "AJ" and "Kat" in particular! I was treated far beyond my necessary needs! Patience, compassion, humor and professionalism! This just made my day and helped because there is challenging parking at this location and the added pouring of rain was not helping. Being treated with such EXTRA care from these two employees was a sweet and comforting experience you don't often see in other organizations. Thank you AAA for having a fabulous crew of employees at this Almaden location!
This office is a joke! They lied to me several times about my account , and then they blame it on there computer system. Of course there mistakes are always in there favor! Don’t do business here , they have no honor or class !
Great AAA location ,they do DMV services which saves you the long wait times at the regular DMV..they also have a mecanic auto repair desk every they help you find a shop to repair your car ..never tried it ,but considering it's going thru Aaa,repairs should be more fair
Nice clean location with ok parking situation. Friendly staff. I was set up with both car insurance and registration renewal in under an hour. Not bad for a Saturday.
The dmv service is very convenient, they also do passport pictures at a very reasonable price .
Awesome employees, good help is hard to find.
Went to get international drivers license. Fast and easy. Great service.
The staff here were super helpful. We were visiting the area and needed some maps to help plan activities. They talked to us about what we were interested in doing, provided us with all the appropriate maps, and gave us suggestions and tips for our visit. All services came with a friendly smile!
Worst
Very easy to take care of my car registration payment. And any questions I may have .
Everyone is super friendly and efficient here! We have come twice to get an international driver’s license done for trips abroad, and both times they were very helpful!
The recording did not say I had to have a smog check done within 90 days to transfer the cars title. I suggested to the agent that they update their recording. But he didn't seem to be interested. Now we have to make another appointment after the smog check. 😔
Hard to. Park. Always a weigh here staff is great.
Very helpful and I was in and out in 30 minutes for a DMV issue.
On 9/29/23 at 9:12 am i showed up with to register the car I bought I came in with the bill of sale and a pink slip... I was told i needed other papers i left and call the previous owner... After the 3rd trip here at 2pm . I had proof the previous owners personalized plates were on another car that he owned by now...
At this point the 3rd time
This jackass told me to Go to DMV
I'm cancelling my service because of this branch .
Walked in to DMV with just pink and bill of sale and was done within 40 minutes.
Needless asking for Froms . That the Real DMV
Fast and efficient. No waiting this time.
I went there to get an IDP. The office was clean, well organized, and the staff very courteous and professional. And my IDP was processed super fast. Great experience overall.
Very friendly environment
I went to this place to renew my tags but had a very unhappy experience.
I was at this office today and I was disappointed on the way things turned after my check in. First, my name keep bouncing from 5 to 6, 6 to 4, 4 to 3 and 3 to 4. Finally I got called only to be send back to fill up the form with my name, address, phone number which did not take that long, maybe 2-3 minutes. The lady that was helping me immediately called the next person in line. This transaction lasted about 10-12 minutes. The she called the next person in line again instead of helping me. I had to wave at her for her to notice me but she still went ahead and served the person she called. I understand that they need to keep the line moving but I found this very annoying. She finally called me and was very apologetic about forgetting me. I could have been out of the office sooner if she would have just let me fill up the form which only took me 2-3 minutes instead of being stuck there for 20-25 minutes.
Excelente servicios
This is a rating for the individual who I dealt with when walking in. Not for the entire office. I was there to see if I could use DMV Kiosk that is listed on DMV website . If course he asked me if I was a member. Not at this time I'm not. Just want to use the kiosk. His response was , Oh it's under maintenance right now . Okay looks fine to me but he said if I was a member he could take care of my registration for me. So I looked at him and said basically what your saying is because I'm not a member I can't access the DMV kiosk ? Correct. So they use that to force people into becoming a member . I walked out of that scam but warning to others about this individual at the front desk. I could be wrong but I would think that anyone should be able to access those DMV kiosks. Member or not.
Super fast 100 x better than dmv when you want to pay for registration.
Helpful
My wife asked me to stop by to renew our RV registration and by getting an online appointment to the Alamden office...it was in and out within minutes.
The best part is every AAA associate from the front door to the actual paperwork area were all truly customer service oriented from their hellos to the questions about what service needs completion.
Thank you all for making one important chore easy and stress free.
L8s mejores dos choques he tenido.y me han solucionado todo.
Son los mejores
At this AAA location the employees are always polite, efficient, helpful, and knowledgeable!
Always a good experience in getting the dmv work completed
Avoid the cluster at the DMV! This AAA office offers most services you would get at the DMV minus the long lines and hot mess of the Bay Area DMV's.
You are greeted and asked what services you need, you're called after a usual short wait time
Staff is smiling, friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Come prepared and with a smile...
Much improved reps & service than recent years. A shame that their auto insurance is 40% higher than Geico in my case, though.
Worst place they never have any food ready the give u no forks at the drive thru
Fast service
Pleasant employees, professional service…
5Stars all the way around.
Was helped with my questions but seemed like the insurance man was in a hurry to get to some other appointment. But overall I got what I needed and it was a successful visit.
Been going there many tears to pay bills etc.very helpful staff and friendly
Aj.laurie.
Friendly and helpful staff
Great service
Good
The number listed on Google is NOT this branch location but just a call center out of state. When I asked to be transferred to this branch’s DMV specialist, I was told that there are no branches for within 100 miles of the zip code 95037. So I had to give it them the address location from Google and then they eventually transferred me to someone in the claims department at another call center, after talking with 4 different employees, I still could not get through to DMV to ask a simple question if I can bring by proof of emission correction.. and I ran out of daylight before I gave up. Thanks A
Si me ayudaron con lo que ocupaba gry
Great service at this location
Great they have DMV service and efficient!
Terrible quality of service, rude guy at front desk they said they can transfer my plates and I made the drive here and they said it is only dmv service I called 3 times and they said they could do it from 3 different people they also explained to me what to bring and how much it would be then said they can not do it when I got there. Waste of time gas etc worst service I have ever had at this branch
Friendly helpful staffing. I needed to do some DMV things and they were of great assistance to me. No wait and went quick on top of that.
Easy access location, easy parking, great staff, prompt service, very little or no wait times.
My first time at the San Jose location I was treated very well. Greeted with the biggest smile in the world from the young lady who let me over to the second person another young lady who was just as Charming and very helpful. It won't be the last time I visit this San Jose AAA.
The lighting for passport pic set up is not adequate. My photos came out super dark with shadows on the face. The associate did not give me a chance to review them before printing. She was not willing to retake them. Please avoid taking passport pics here.
Very helpful! Get DMV licenses renewed quickly
Nice staff!
As always... GREAT SERVICE!!!
Fast and very professional service
Excellent experience
I came in the front door and was greeted. Then was told to sit down. Minutes later my name was called. In and out in 10 minutes. People were very friendly and knew their stuff
Excellent ! Excellent ! Excellent!.
service is great.
It is quick and easy getting through AAA for a car registration for the insurance
Clean facility with a knowledgeable staff. Most DMV matters can be handled in this facility. Saving you time and frustration. Great location but parking is limited unless you don't mind a little walk from where you park to the actual office.
The staff is rude and racist. I will never go to this branch. I recently moved to this area from Campbell where the staff was really good. I was trying to avail DMV services, made to come again. And next time also the same lady didn’t want to do it. I had to go to DMV office.
Do not go there if you want to get a good feelings
They really don't help you at all theses days
Not as good as it use to be
Nice people. A little slow and a little pricey for the mechanics, they have a full service mechanic shop here.
I love going here instead of DMV. The people are happy and helpful, actually seem to like working there. Monica and Lorri were very patient with me as I worked through the DMV forms to transfer my personalized license plate to a new car. The DMV forms need a lot of work, but they know the problem areas and help you. Note, every time I have visited this branch it is clean and well maintained. I managed a B+ on filling out the forms this time ;-D
This branch is amazing. Everyone is so friendly, helpful and professional. They've helped me multiple times with complicated DMV paperwork (transferring vehicle titles and registration from out of state, for example) and they've never given up; always succeeded. Highly recommend!
Great!
AAA is so wonderful for so many things but it is truly special because it has a private DMV inside it. I didn't have to wait. They handled things quickly. It was a wonderful experience. Worth being am AAA member for 23 years to use that service just one time.
Awesome experience in ten minutes I was all set to go 👍🏽😉 They A-1 from day one
They are the best!
Convenient way to get stickers on the spot. Keep in mind this is a members zone.(must be aaa member
Great service, and very helpful. They help me set up my driver's license for driving internationally
Dmv services reg renewal
My experience was terrible. I began calling their office almost 2 weeks ago. I have called 4 times and have yet to get a call back. I have left my name and number with them and would really like to have them help me with my registration but I can't get in touch with them. Still waiting ...
I have been going to this location since they opened for all my dmv needs and folks here are amazing, friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. They all know their stuff and are rockstars. Branch is very clean and has a nice seating inside along with a coffee bar. Parking is normally hard to find right in front of AAA, as there are lot of restaurants around so it is always full.
On my visit here there was no wait, they quickly understood my non-trivial license plate swap, and the service workers were very friendly. Much better than going to DMV!
Muy bien todo
No one answered phone. Left a message, no return call.
Very friendly . Kristen or Catrina i thin is her name .She is the sweetest person . I seem to get her every year
Very positive and friendly atmosphere. Done with international driver permit within 10 minutes. Thank you
Very kind and efficiency staffs.
Great relief that AAA provide service we need, specially during Pandemic which most of DMV services limited. Thank you AAA.
Love this all in one place. Can't ask for anything more.
Absolutely loved the gentleman who helped us with out papers. We kept messing up but was on top of it. We lost a loved one and this is so much better than DMV by like, 100%.
Great
The travel agent is the worst person I have ever talked to. She does not provide any help at all. She should not be working there is she is not able to assist
Went in to get car registration done as I normally do. Strange this time the lady greeted me at the door immediately ask me if I’m making a donation today….? That was a first time I was asked such question at AAA branch.
It took less then 5 minutes from the time I stepped into the building to the time I left to register my car. It is so worth the membership
Perfect experience
Wow, honestly an amazing experience! I spoke with 3 different employees there and every one of them was incredibly friendly, helpful, and accommodating! I had a license/reg issue and went in there, they instantly assisted me without any delay! 10 minutes between walking in and walking out with all my concerns completely resolved. Couldnt ask for a more professional and quick experience! I would highly recommend this location
Long line, not really great customer services, only one person working. Waiting long time . I don't recommended this location
I know you've heard this before, what's in your wallet, I never leave home without my AAA card, amazing people amazing service, if you are not a member, do yourself a favor, you will never regret it, it's a wonderful feeling knowing that you are backed with such an amazing company like AAA!!!
Great place. Friendly people. In and out quickly, she explained everything I needed to do for next time. The parking is impossible. It's horrible.
In and out, vehicle registration is done quickly.
Representatives at this location are very friendly and attentive. I've been to the location twice and I've been impressed with the customer service. Today I was in and out in less than 10 minutes.
They have very organized, professional and fast service at this location. I went in for a DMV issue, and they had me wait, processed and back out the door in under 10 minutes.
Really quick service.
Nice place, easy to your tags for you car. I will tell people about this.
Friendly staff and great atmosphere! The process has been revamped with the members in mind.
They were fast and thorough.
Quick service.
always fast and friendly
Very friendly Staff and speedy service. Very convenient
Triple aaa. Not bad but expect to wait....
Very good very good
I went here instead of the one in San Francisco city because I thought it would be less busy, but both of them had short lines
Was a breeze to change registration plates for out of state cars. Will highly recommend.
Helpful
In and out super quick. One stop shop
In and out in 15 mins, Ajay helped me with car registration and taking ownership of a personal plate.
Friendly and helpful staff. Very honest
My reason for coming in was mis-transmitted by receptionist at a time when most staff were on their lunch break. So I had to wait a little bit longer. But I ended up being recieved and I did pay my insurance and my dmv car registration.
Employees make any transactions very in and out.But they can be busy at times.
Great Service , Very Kind And Friendly
OOPS! This should have been a review for Safeway on Almaden & Cherry. Sorry about that Triple A. But I have not heard any bad press on TTriple A, so Kudo's for that!
SAFEWAY ALMADEN & CHERRY: Much bigger store than Branham and Ross. Wider variety of products and a much more friendly environment. I'll be shopping here from now on. Branham & Ross store is unfriendly, mgmt stinks, products aren't as fresh and too many incompetent people
I went for car registration and was in and out in less than 10 minutes. That alone is worth the membership fee to me! All of the staff were very pleasent and respectful and the office was very clean
Great people and great helpful service!!!
Good service
Came to this store spoke with the lady that spent too much time over the phone waiting , she left inside ane got her manager and came out looks like he want to fight with me and he gave me paper to call which is fine ,but his behavior really have to work in it , not because the Covid-19 and because you dont have enough space you can talk to people this way , he have to have better control in his self when he talk to poeple .
The worst passport photo taken. Less expensive but not good quality at all
Good business.
Great place
Very fast. In & out for my tags. Great, friendly customer service.
Very helpful agents. Went there a few times and everytime was a good experience
Very happy with triple AAA service my experience with AAA was with Katreena Singh she was very professional took care of a situation that took some time she stayed on point kept me up dated never gave up until the matter was resolved very good worker and great personality thank you so much katreena
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- 4.2 A.M. Best Rating
- Claims Hotline: +1 408-445-5900
- Official Website: https://mwg.aaa.com/agent-office-locations/ca/san-jose/aaa-san-jose-almaden-expressway-branch
- Corporate Headquarters: 5026 Almaden Expy #10, San Jose, CA 95118, United States
- Geo Coordinates: 37.258226, -121.87567609999999
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- Monday: 9 AM–6 PM
- Tuesday: 9 AM–6 PM
- Wednesday: 9 AM–6 PM
- Thursday: 9 AM–6 PM
- Friday: 9 AM–6 PM
- Saturday: 9 AM–5 PM
- Sunday: Closed
- On-site services: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible car park: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance: Available