Do I Use Disney OR AAA ?

[RalphMouth]

Wife has AAA membership-

Will I always get a better rate through AAA than Disney unless
Disney is has their own promotion ?

Can I book Beach Club 2 room Villa w/AAA and get discount ?
How much should I expect ?

Can I book full packages w/DDP through AAA ?

Any reason why I wouldn't use AAA ??

 

[brentalex]

don't know all the answers but here goes:
if you want a package with a AAA discount on the room then you must go through a AAA travel agent.
If you want a room only reservation with a AAA room discount you can go to either and should get the same rate.
If you want a package with the dining plan you can book it with AAA, even if the dining is a free offer, AAA should be able to get it for you, without the room discount, can't get double discounts.
The AAA room discount is generally between 10 and 20 percent based on the specific resort and the time of year.
Not sure about the beach club.
Hope this helps a bit.

 

[Stinky_Pete]

Also, there are limited numbers of rooms offered at each resort with the AAA discount, so if you want to get it snag it quickly before the discounted rooms are all booked.

 

[AlyLynn]

We have AAA and Ap passes and always book with Dreams Unlimited because they look for codes that might save you money even after you book. I have a AAA rate for this August, but am hoping for an even better AP rate!

 

[Luv2Roam]

As stated above, you can only book WDTC AAA packages through AAA. Room only you can book using AAA through Disney or DU, or whomever.
Using Disney vs. any TA (including AAA) depends on you.
Anyone you book through, other than Disney, "own" the reservation. Even if you have it paid off or not. The only thing you can do on your own is make ADRs. (Or the TA can do it for you too of course.)
Some people run into issues with not being able to make their own changes on a res, and that it has to go through the TA. Some it would never impact.
So one downside is the TA owns the res and you really don't have control over it. If you want to make a change, and the TA is on vacation, they are closed for the weekend, etc, then you may be frustrated.
Depends on if you like the control, or if you want to just tell someone what you want and let them do the legwork and earn their $.