In a move that resembles last year's change to Senior rates, I've noticed that AAA/CAA rates have quietly started to be the same as the best Flexible Member rate at many domestic properties rather than a percentage discounted. There are certainly exceptions and the occasional AAA/CAA "Hot Deal", which sometimes requires prepayment or has less flexible cancel, but a pattern is emerging. Some AAA/CAA rates are even higher and less flexible than the base Member rate. (One example was $189 for AAA/CAA vs. $170 for base Member rate.) This move parallels Hilton and a few other chains who did the same awhile ago. If one is a member of the chain's program it almost never pays to book AAA/CAA and Marriott seems to be following suit.