Update- page 3. Omg! AAA did not pay off our package and Disney cancelled it!

My heart just aches for you. What a dreadful thing to happen after all the work and planning you have done. We do not book through AAA anymore. Our first trip was done through them (before I discoved the Disboards) and the travel agent there told us we were guaranteed everything we requested. Connecting rooms, upper floor, even the area we requested. I sometimes think they haven't a clue how Disney does anything. Please know you are in my prayers and keep us updated on how it turns out. Best of luck.
 
Massive amounts of pixie dust to you Triplefigs!! :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard:
You are in my prayers. I hope everything works out ok. Disney won't fail you!
Wow. And I am on the verge of booking with AAA too. Definitely need to rethink this a little.
I will wish upon a star for you tonight
 
I am so sorry! I am sending you loads of :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: and a big :grouphug: to you that all of this and more can be straightened out for your family!

I'll be thinking about you! :earsgirl:
 
Breathe....everything will be fine....you WILL go on your vacation and have a wonderful time...!!!

I have also read other posts of yours and know just how excited your have been up to now :goodvibes .

Be persistent and stand up for yourself, since this is in no way YOUR fault. Someone owes you bigtime here, and just remember that the sqeaky wheel gets the grease!

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Oh, Denise, I am sick about this. I read thru this thread HOPING you posted an update that everything is just fine. :wizard:

I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you!!!! :grouphug: Ugh. I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS. :guilty:

PLEASE let us know what happens and how things work out. I feel crushed for you right now. :worried:

Take care & keep us updated.

Your friend,

Lives4Disney :earsgirl:
 
Oh Denise! Please let us know how things are going. One thing, I don't believe if a reservation is cancelled that the ADRs are cancelled. I believe they are separate things and you have to cancel ADRs yourself. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Pixie dust, Denise.
 
OMG!! :earseek: Keep us updated- I can't believe this has happened to you!! Fingers crossed and lots of pixie dust coming your way!!!!
 
legalslave said:
Oh Denise! Please let us know how things are going. One thing, I don't believe if a reservation is cancelled that the ADRs are cancelled. I believe they are separate things and you have to cancel ADRs yourself. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Pixie dust, Denise.


I think the new 90+10 rule may be the problem. I believe your PS are cancelled if the reservation is cancelled. This keeps people that are staying offsite from make fake reservations just to make PS early.

I hope everything works out for the OP. :wizard:
 
Pixie Dust, good luck thoughts & prayers are sent your way Triplefigs.

Have faith - somehow these things work out especially when it was not your fault.
I'm sure that AAA ( & Disney ) do not want the bad PR that this would bring if the problem isn't rectified. I agree w/ psiprez - the squeeky wheel (who uses honey) does get oiled. Good luck.

By the way, so far, we have had nothing but good luck w/ AAA & have had a very knowledgable AAA agent who seems to be one the ball.

Keep us informed.
 
Oh, my God!! I'd better go and check my own ADRs!!!! I cancelled the reservation I had and made a new one with the new code!! AAA told me that they couldn't get the new code for me, but I was able to do it myself online!! I had CRT and a sleigh ride!! I'm going to get on the phone right now!
 
I feel so bad for you right now. I would be so upset. Please keep us informed on how this works out for you. I'm sure something can be worked out. But I agree that your AAA agent should be working overtime to take care of this.
 
I just called Disney Dining. All of my ADRs are intact. Phewwwww!!! As long as you make the ADRs yourself, and not the TA, they will not be cancelled if you cancel your reservation. They are not linked.
 
I'm very curious how this turns out, too. Please let us all know!

AAA has been very good to us in the past. I'm hoping that they work things out for you, too. :wizard:
 
That is just awful! HUGS to you and I hope you get it fixed. I sure would be down to that AAA office and have someone taking care of it right then and there!
 
Denise, I am so sorry to hear this. Sending lots of pixie dust your way. I would certainly hope that Disney would make this right since it's not your fault. And definitely your AAA agency should help with this - you don't deserve to have to fix their mess.

Please keep us updated. I know how much this trip means to you.

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Oh Denise! I literally have tears in my eyes! I can't believe this happened! Please let us know soon what happened! Sending tons of pixie dust your way! :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard:
 
Ok, after a LONG day on the phone with a VERY rude AAA branch manager (his wife is the Travel Manager who was supposed to make our payment)... our trip is REBOOKED and now PAID IN FULL!!!!!!!! :cool1:

Here's what happened. Last night I called Disney Visa to order Reward Cards for our upcoming trip and to transfer our reward dollars. Well, I noticed that there were no charges on our Visa for our Disney trip. I had called AAA on 10/12 to pay in full- the actual 45 day mark was 10/15 so I called 3 days early. At that point the AAA people were like why are you paying now? It's not due until check in. I told them packages were due at 45 days... That should have been my first clue that this office is completely inept as far as Disney.

So, I asked DH about the CC, and we just figured it was taking a while. We decided we better double check just in case. I emailed the GF Concierge and asked them to check on our ADRs and email me our new itinerary. I also sent an email to my AAA agent and the branch manager asking why it wasn't showing up.

Well, this morning I had an email from the GF IPO saying they couldn't find our reservation at all anymore and that our ADRs were also missing. I tried calling my local AAA office this morning, but they are not open on the weekend. I called CRO and spoke with a really nice CM who said that no payment had been made on our ressie and that it had been pulled and was in the process of being cancelled TODAY. they would NOT let me pay CRO directly as AAA holds the reservation. I told them I couldn't get hold of anyone at the AAA office, and CRO said there was nothing they could do as it was not "my" reservation and was well under the 45 day. So I literally had today to get this straightened out. He said as of midnight the reservation would be 'gone'.

I finally called the emergency number at AAA and got hold of someone. I was sobbing, in tears, and not real happy with him. He said to call back in 30 minutes. I did, and he still hadn't even pulled my file! I told him our reservation number, what had happened, that the Travel Manager had my payment last Wed, Disney was cancelling our ressie... He gets all defensive and it turns out he's the branch manger and she's his WIFE! He said he'd "try" to help me (very sarcastically). I said "TRY"?! After you all have completely messed up our package? He was a jerk. He tried calling CRO twice and couldn't figure out how to pay off the package. Finally, he reluctantly got his wife on the phone, and she called them. She never apologized or even explained why she dropped the ball. Supposedly we are PAID IN FULL , but I just got home from my kids Halloween Carnival at school and haven't called CRO yet to verify.

Then I emailed the GF IPO and asked them to please see what they could do. THEY WERE AWESOME!!!! They were able to get our ADRs back including CRT. Some of the times are a little different, but that doesn't matter. They went above and beyond, and I am so happy we paid extra for concierge. Otherwise, we probably wouldn't have any ADRs at this point.

So, believe me on Monday am DH and I are doing some serious complaining to AAA (above the Branch Manager's head) and writing a letter to AAA corporate documenting what happened. I am thoroughly disgusted with this situation and the branch manager's attitude today was appalling (blaming it all on Disney for not notifying them when the package wasn't paid...). I will never book with them again unless I use Michelle Shears or another AAA Disney specialist.

Again, thank you all for the prayers and PD. I'll let you know after I call CRO.
 
I am so glad that it all worked out for you in the end. Most definitely go up the chain with AAA and do some major complaining.
 












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