Can you get MYW package with dining and AAA discount?

[Antonia]

I am very rusty on the new way of Disney pricing with MYW. Can you get the AAA discount and have the MYW with dining package? I am thinking the dining option sounds great.

 

[gydell]

Not if you book through Disney, but if you book the package through AAA you will get the discount.

 

[skbasnett]

Yes you definately can! But you do have to book through AAA.

 

[ObsessedwithWDW]

Good To Know! Good To Know!

 

[ericafny]

Do you have to call AAA to book or can you book online?

 

[twinsmom]

Same question, I have gone to the AAA website and can't book a room at Disney on there. Do you have to call them? Do you just call the 800 number on the back of your card?

 

[bugbugmom]

You have to book thru a AAA Agent. I'm planning to book with K Basnett she specializes in Disney trips. Her e-mail is...kbasnett@merrimack-valley.aaa.com. I e-mail her for a quote and received a quote in a couple of hours. I planning on booking with her soon. HTH

 

[ericafny]

You have to book thru a AAA Agent. I'm planning to book with K Basnett she specializes in Disney trips. Her e-mail is...kbasnett@merrimack-valley.aaa.com. I e-mail her for a quote and received a quote in a couple of hours. I planning on booking with her soon. HTH

Thanks that def helps! I have one more question I just thought of this morning. Can you ask them to give you several quotes? My BF and I really want to stay at POFQ, but if we can get a good deal for WL or Beach Club then we would def stay there?

 

[lark]

Thanks that def helps! I have one more question I just thought of this morning. Can you ask them to give you several quotes? My BF and I really want to stay at POFQ, but if we can get a good deal for WL or Beach Club then we would def stay there?

Yes, but you don't need an AAA agent to figure out what your AAA rate will be. Once you get the hang of it, it's actually easy to figure out.

Here's how you do it. Let's say you want to figure out the price of a AAA package for a 7-night stay at POFQ/water view in value season, with 7-day park hoppers and dining for 2 adults and 2 children.

First, you need to know the rack rate of the room you want for the season you want it. You can find those here: http://www.mousesavers.com/roomrates2006.html

Second, you need to know the AAA discount. For value season, it's a straight 15 percent off rack for deluxes, and 20 percent for everything else. For the other seasons, it's a straight 10 percent off rack for deluxe, and 15 percent for everything else.

So, here's the example: Rack for POFQ is $155 for water view in value season in 2006. If an AAA rate discount is available, it will be 155 x .20, or $31 per night. That means the AAA rate is $124/night. (The easier way to do this is just to multiply the rack rate, $155 x .80, which also equals $124.)

Third, multiply your nightly rate times the number of nights. In our example, it's 7 nights, so it's 7 x $124, or $868. Now, you need to figure in tax for the room. So multiply $868 x 1.115, or $968.

So, $968 is the cost of your discounted room. Now all you need to do is add the cost of your MYW tickets and dining. You can find the cost of tickets a number of different places on the web. In our example, there were 2A and 2C 7-day park hoppers. I won't give you all the math, but this is easy to do. Just make sure you're getting the WITH TAX prices. The price for tickets for my example would be $913.80, which includes tax.

And last, you add dining. It's $38 for adults and $12 per children (roughly, this includes tax) per day. For 2A and 2C for 7 days, that's $700.

Add it all together, and it comes to $968 plus $913.80 plus $700, or $2581.80.

I bet I'm within $10 or $15 of what you'd be quoted by AAA.

Now, all this may seem like a lot of work and a lot of math, but it's actually really easy when you get the hang of it. It also is empowering to be able to do this stuff yourself. It enables you to make sure you're getting the best discount available from your agent, to be able to ask the right questions, and it also is good to know what the various components of your package are costing, in case you make changes later (e.g., you decide you only want to go to the parks for 5 days instead of 7 -- you'd find that this would only reduce your package cost by like $30 or so). Most important, if and when disney later releases codes for your dates, knowing how your AAA package was calculated will enable you to understand whether the code rates are better for you.

 

[disneyjunkie]

You have to book thru a AAA Agent. I'm planning to book with K Basnett she specializes in Disney trips. Her e-mail is...kbasnett@merrimack-valley.aaa.com. I e-mail her for a quote and received a quote in a couple of hours. I planning on booking with her soon. HTH

Is she the agent in South Carolina?

 

[skbasnett]

Nope......I am in MA.

 

[disneyjunkie]

So you can book AAA packages for any AAA member regardless of which state they live in? (please say yes )


I'm not having a good with my AAA agents.

 

[skbasnett]

Any AAA can book for any AAA member. It is as simple as that.

 

[minijeanie]

????

do you also have to book your flight with AAA to get package or can you do that on your own?

 

[d4est]

You can book your flight on your own!

 

[ericafny]

Yes, but you don't need an AAA agent to figure out what your AAA rate will be. Once you get the hang of it, it's actually easy to figure out.

Here's how you do it. Let's say you want to figure out the price of a AAA package for a 7-night stay at POFQ/water view in value season, with 7-day park hoppers and dining for 2 adults and 2 children.

First, you need to know the rack rate of the room you want for the season you want it. You can find those here: http://www.mousesavers.com/roomrates2006.html

Second, you need to know the AAA discount. For value season, it's a straight 15 percent off rack for deluxes, and 20 percent for everything else. For the other seasons, it's a straight 10 percent off rack for deluxe, and 15 percent for everything else.

So, here's the example: Rack for POFQ is $155 for water view in value season in 2006. If an AAA rate discount is available, it will be 155 x .20, or $31 per night. That means the AAA rate is $124/night. (The easier way to do this is just to multiply the rack rate, $155 x .80, which also equals $124.)

Third, multiply your nightly rate times the number of nights. In our example, it's 7 nights, so it's 7 x $124, or $868. Now, you need to figure in tax for the room. So multiply $868 x 1.115, or $968.

So, $968 is the cost of your discounted room. Now all you need to do is add the cost of your MYW tickets and dining. You can find the cost of tickets a number of different places on the web. In our example, there were 2A and 2C 7-day park hoppers. I won't give you all the math, but this is easy to do. Just make sure you're getting the WITH TAX prices. The price for tickets for my example would be $913.80, which includes tax.

And last, you add dining. It's $38 for adults and $12 per children (roughly, this includes tax) per day. For 2A and 2C for 7 days, that's $700.

Add it all together, and it comes to $968 plus $913.80 plus $700, or $2581.80.

I bet I'm within $10 or $15 of what you'd be quoted by AAA.

Now, all this may seem like a lot of work and a lot of math, but it's actually really easy when you get the hang of it. It also is empowering to be able to do this stuff yourself. It enables you to make sure you're getting the best discount available from your agent, to be able to ask the right questions, and it also is good to know what the various components of your package are costing, in case you make changes later (e.g., you decide you only want to go to the parks for 5 days instead of 7 -- you'd find that this would only reduce your package cost by like $30 or so). Most important, if and when disney later releases codes for your dates, knowing how your AAA package was calculated will enable you to understand whether the code rates are better for you.

Thank you soo much! This helps tremendously. Now I can get my own quotes and decide where I want to stay before booking

 

[lark]

Thank you soo much! This helps tremendously. Now I can get my own quotes and decide where I want to stay before booking

Just one caveat, though, that I should have noted. There was a point a few months ago where disney apparently released special AAA codes -- these were codes where AAA agents could get discounted packages that reflected more than just an AAA discounted room. All the stuff I said won't work to figure out what one of those will be. There may be a way to figure it out, but I don't know what it is. If those AAA only codes come back out, disregard what I've said -- you can probably do even better contacting your AAA agent.

 

[ericafny]

lark-

thanks a bunch for all of your help! the info u gave me has been helpful in giving an approx estimate of what it will cost to stay at the diff resorts thru AAA. this will be our second trip to disney and while we got a good deal last time this is the first time we have AAA and will be able to take advantage of the discount! right now it looks as if WL could be a possibility for us with the AAA discount! once again thanks!

 

[DW mouser]

I also booked with Kristin Basnett because I do not have an AAA office close. She saved me $606 on 3 rooms at POFQ the end of March. We had 7 day hoppers plus options and dining for 7 people.

Lark, thanks for posting !! You make it seem so simple!!

 

[lkohawaii]

Any AAA can book for any AAA member. It is as simple as that.

Kristen...we'll be at WDW the same time you will be...maybe this is the push I need to change huh????