I'm seeing fares consistently $6.95 higher using Thank you points than purchasing direct from AA.com. $6.95 seems like a suspicious number - hidden booking fee of some kind? I had to book the flight over the phone, since I could not get the schedule I needed to display on thankyou.com - seeing reports here the people got flights to price out correctly, I did ask her about the discrepancy, and she had no reasonable answer - she said they don't charge extra fees, and they get their fares directly from the airline.