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LuvAllDisney wrote:Jessi5989 wrote:mrhub wrote:Marion wrote:Is there a benefit to making ressies thru AAA? I always book thru Disney.
No none what so ever. You can't get any better prices from agents then you can yourself going directly through Disney.
That's what I thought too. I called to see if they could give me a better rate on tickets once, but they quoted me the exact same price as Disney. Plus I was going to have to pay some kind of processing fee or something. It wasn't much, but not worth it.
I booked our honeymoon trip through AAA. Little did I know that I could not edit, change or do ANYTHING to our reservations unless we went through AAA. If I would have known that information before hand, I would have never booked through AAA. Our agent even gave me my "Disney reservation" numbers so if I had to call I could. Well the day before we checked in, DH decided he wanted to try to upgrade our room category. So I called Disney and was told the exact same thing, sorry, we can't access your reservation because you made it through AAA. You will have to call them and have them try to change it. I was super shocked, disappointed and irritated all at once. I sure learned my lesson. Told DH that from now on, I would make reservations directly through Disney, and we have to this day. The only thing that I got for making reservations through AAA was $100 booking credit, which was a special they offered every Jan. for their Disney showcase. And I think the price of the package may have been $100 cheaper or something like that. So the savings was minimal and definately NOT worth the hassle.
According to the person I talked to at Disney, your file is locked if you go through ANY travel agent, not just AAA/CAA. I guess I don't have a problem with that, since our agent is so accessible, and all it would take to change anything is a phone call or e-mail. I did confirm with her that there was a request for us to be put in the mansions, so it's all good. We will wait and see where we end up. And really, we'll be in Disney, and that's all that really matters! 
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finngirl wrote:mrhub wrote:Marion wrote:Is there a benefit to making ressies thru AAA? I always book thru Disney.
No none what so ever. You can't get any better prices from agents then you can yourself going directly through Disney.
Actually, there CAN be benefits. In our case, CAA (the Canadian version of AAA) offered the same prices as Disney, PLUS a free Lion King filmcell, PLUS a discount card good for 10% off at various restaurants and stores.
Although our son is grown now, and we don't have grandchildren yet, we thought the filmcell was a fun thing. After we return home, we mail in the certificate they gave us, and we will get the filmcell about 3 weeks later. If we ever DO get grandchildren, we will have it framed and give it as a gift.
That's good that you have had a pretty positive experience and that you are getting those benefits! Filmcells are pretty cool! And it sounds like you have a pretty neat idea for what you are going to do with it! I guess it just depends on your personal preferences and your tolerance level for stuff. If it doesn't bother you that you can't call Disney directly to update or change anything, than it works great! For me, personally, i didn't like not having control over my own reservation. But I am really happy for you that it has all worked out!!!! And you should be able to put that discount card to good use!!!! 
Hope you have an awesome trip!!!
That's why you pay membership fees, so you don't HAVE to pay extra fees! We sure didn't get charged anything extra.