AAA card - Do hotels check ?
#31
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That may or may not work. I could not find my AAA card once when it was requested, and the hotel changed my rate to the standard rate. Fortunately, the difference was only about $10-15.
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I use the AAA discount all the time and I've ONLY been asked for it once! I use my dad's account. I called AAA and they faxed the info to the hotel - no problem.
#33
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Very interesting discussion !
Thanks for all these comments, I will actually have a member travelling with me so it's not a problem anymore. Also I needed to modify the dates because of a MR.
It will be the Planet Hollywood so well worth it.
I hope the title is good enough to work in he search engine, otherwise mods might want to change it for this purpose
Cheers,
Thanks for all these comments, I will actually have a member travelling with me so it's not a problem anymore. Also I needed to modify the dates because of a MR.
It will be the Planet Hollywood so well worth it.
I hope the title is good enough to work in he search engine, otherwise mods might want to change it for this purpose
Cheers,
#35
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Not to stray too much off topic, but AAA offers huge discounts and promotions with Hertz. I recoup the membership fee rather quickly that way. They also offer decent travel books and maps for free to members.
#36
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Of the several times I've booked the AAA rate (and am a current member), I've only had one Hyatt Place in Scottsdale ever ask for the card (but not several other times I've checked in).
I almost forgot where in my wallet I had put the card, haha!
I've also only once ever had a car rental company ask for it, and that was when I had to go to the counter to add an additional driver.
I almost forgot where in my wallet I had put the card, haha!
I've also only once ever had a car rental company ask for it, and that was when I had to go to the counter to add an additional driver.
#37
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Orange County, CA
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Interesting thread - prior to this year, I've only had two hotels (Embassy and Sheraton). This year, I've had three Hyatt Place hotels (DC, Orlando and Boston) ask - perhaps it's their rate card they're trying to protect from abuse?
I dunno..
I dunno..
#38
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Use the AAA hotel discount all the time, and only been asked to show the card once -- at a Marriott outside Milwaukee. Ironically, that was one of the few times I didn't have it with me, and the hotel honored the rate anyway.^
#40
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Just to add my two cent...it just depends...some places ask and some don't. But, w/ my most recent use of the AAA discount at the Marriott in Cancun, I was asked...but only to have it in my wallet back home!! So, I had to get someone to FAX me/the hotel a copy of the card before they would honor the discount! Man, it was a hassle. So, I now always carry it with me just in case.
#41
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I was checking into the Grand Hyatt in NYC last summer, and was asked for my card. The one in my wallet had expired, and Hyatt called AAA to confirm that I had renewed. I'm a Hyatt Diamond, and had booked AAA rates there previously, but this is the first time I'd ever been asked for my card.
Since then, I've been asked at a few other Hyatt family locations, and one Hampton inn.
I also travel on gov't business and am increasingly asked for both my federal gov't id, and my official travel card. I can always produce both, so it's not an issue. I did see a guy get busted at the Renaissance Nashville recently ---he'd booked the gov't rate, but wasn't a gov't traveler, and his room was repriced at the lowest available---which was rack rate due to a conference taking up much of the hotel.
Since then, I've been asked at a few other Hyatt family locations, and one Hampton inn.
I also travel on gov't business and am increasingly asked for both my federal gov't id, and my official travel card. I can always produce both, so it's not an issue. I did see a guy get busted at the Renaissance Nashville recently ---he'd booked the gov't rate, but wasn't a gov't traveler, and his room was repriced at the lowest available---which was rack rate due to a conference taking up much of the hotel.
#42
Join Date: May 2007
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Within the past year I have been asked for both AAA ID and Corporate ID. Seems to happen more often in larger properties where rates are higher and I am in on a "bargain." I didn't have my AAA card with me, so we called and they confirmed - otherwise I know I would have been charged a higher price. Lesson learned - When i have been asked again, I have it, as well as my corporate ID.
When you book a "membership" rate on Marriott.com, the line "ID required" pops up on the confirmation page - so they are well within their rights to deny you the rate if you cannot provide the ID.
When you book a "membership" rate on Marriott.com, the line "ID required" pops up on the confirmation page - so they are well within their rights to deny you the rate if you cannot provide the ID.
#43
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Exactamundo!
Just to add my two cent...it just depends...some places ask and some don't. But, w/ my most recent use of the AAA discount at the Marriott in Cancun, I was asked...but only to have it in my wallet back home!! So, I had to get someone to FAX me/the hotel a copy of the card before they would honor the discount! Man, it was a hassle. So, I now always carry it with me just in case.
#44
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I'm encountering it more often than I did in the past, so now I just keep it in my wallet.
I had a ressie at the LHR Renaissance one time on AAA rate, & because I was used to not being asked, I didn't have the card. So of course I was asked. It was really a hassle to get them to agree to honor the rate; helped that I had stayed there previously.
Cheers.
I had a ressie at the LHR Renaissance one time on AAA rate, & because I was used to not being asked, I didn't have the card. So of course I was asked. It was really a hassle to get them to agree to honor the rate; helped that I had stayed there previously.
Cheers.