Originally Posted by
Gaucho100K
So I just signed up for the AA Shopping website, and Bonvoy appears with a 4 miles per Dollar offer. Does my usage of the AA Shopping route have any impact on the Bonvoy reservation and things like stay credit, points accrual etc...? Will I still get all the same benefits I would if I book directly with the Bonvoy website or is there some fine print I am missing...?
Then there comes the issue of form of payment... I guess that I can pay a Bonvoy reservation using the AA Shopping feature and then either pay with my Citi AA card or my AmEx Bonvoy card... will have to see which one give me the maximum return, Any advice the more experienced regulars have with this would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Alex / Gaucho100K
If you use aadvantageeshopping.com, then there's no issue whatsoever and you can totally double-dip in Bonvoy benefits and AA LPs. You're just redirected to marriott.com to book the room -- make sure you pay attention to the rate type, as there are some exclusions in the fine print of the aadvantageeshopping.com site (e.g. AAA rates are not eligible). Generally commissionable rates are fine. You're booking a room directly through Marriott and you get all the standard Marriott benefits. And you don't pay through AA here -- you pay Marriott directly and should use whatever card you would normally use to pay for Marriott stays. I do this on a regular basis.
This is different from the AAHotels program, formerly RocketMiles or BookAAHotels. There you get NO Bonvoy benefits, only AA benefits, and usually payment is made to the third party company that does the booking. There's a ton more information on this on the AA forum.