AAA Discount

[simba51104]

I am completely confused about this. Do you need to have a AAA number at the time of booking for a room only reservation to get the discount? And are there only a certain number of AAA rate rooms available? I just got 2 different answers from the people at Disney reservations. One said I can apply the discount whenever I get the number and the other side there are only a select number of rooms. Thanks everyone.

 

[Aliceacc]

You need to be an AAA member when you book. I wasn't asked for my number at that time, but figured I would need it upon checkin.

Here's the lowdown from www.mousesavers.com:
"American Automobile Association (AAA) and Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) members qualify for "room only" discounts almost year-round, though there are a limited number of rooms available for each date. You can generally save about 10-20% at the Disney resort hotels, depending on the season.

In general, the discounts run as follows:

During Value Season you can get up to 15% off at the Disney Deluxe and Disney Vacation Club resorts, or 20% off at the Value and Moderate resorts and the Ft. Wilderness campsites.

During Regular Season you can usually get up to 10% off at the Disney Deluxe and Disney Vacation Club resorts, or 15% off at the Value and Moderate resorts and the Ft. Wilderness campsites.

During Peak Season and Summer Season you can usually get up to 10% off at the Disney Deluxe and Disney Vacation Club resorts, or 15% off at the Value and Moderate resorts.

The only time AAA/CAA discounts don't usually apply is Holiday Season (around Christmas) at the Value and Moderate resorts.

You don't have to book AAA/CAA rates through the Auto Club. Room-only reservations with an AAA discount can be booked directly through the Disney Reservation Center at (407) W-DISNEY or a travel agent who specializes in Disney travel. Just ask if there is an AAA or CAA discount for your dates and resort.

AAA/CAA rates for all of the following year are usually released in the summer. 2008 AAA/CAA "room only" discounts were released on August 5, 2007."

 

[misricsmith]

I needed a AAA nuber to book a package,
we ended up getting a better price direct thru disney though
with a email pin

 

[LorieR]

I needed a number to book room only. We were not asked to show our card the last two times we checked in, however.

 

[SqueakyMouse]

Sometimes we HAD to have a number to book through Disney Reservations and sometimes we have not. Also, you can check for availability and even book through AAA on-line. The only problem I had when we booked a room on-line for our Christmas trip is that you can call Disney to make any changes. Also because of this, I was afraid of reaching Disney and finding something had been screwed up with my reservation. That would not be good at such a busy time of the year. I ended up cancelling our on-line reservation and rebooking the same AAA rate (which was better than the AP rate at that time, bytw) with Disney reservations.

Oh, and yes, there are only a limited number of rooms available at the AAA rate rate. The values, WL, and AKL seem to go first, not necessarily in that order.

 

[Bobo912]

I booked the AAA rate through Disney last week. They didn't ask for my number. The confirmation said I would need to show my card at check-in. That's what all hotels says when you book the AAA rate and I've never been asked to show my card at any hotel upon check-in. But you never know when they might ask, so I always keep my AAA card with me.

 

[foxfire]

The last 3 times I've booked a trip (room only) I've been asked for my AAA membership # so I always have it ready to give them.

 

[VickiVM]

I've inquired several times in the last 2 weeks trying to figure out what we wanted to book and each time I wanted to hold a room with AAA, they wouldn't apply the % until I gave them the AAA#. (I didn't want to get AAA until I knew for sure we would need it for a discount and it just doesn't look good for codes for us.)

So be prepared to give the the actual membership # - they even asked for the expiration.