Bookaahotels vs RocketMiles - useability, experiences, questions, data points
#32
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Programs: Southwest A-List
Posts: 330
For me it shows all the eligible properties toward the top. There generally aren't more than 5-10 for the searches I do, so I generally find that to be sufficient.
#34
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Programs: Southwest A-List
Posts: 330
#36
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: AA EP
Posts: 47
Its a 10K per night cap and Ive seen that different lengths of stay at the same hotel dont always have the same earn rate per night (i.e., a 1 night stay might be 5K miles, a 2 night stay might be 6K, 3 night stay might be 24K, etc). I think it really depends on the hotel and their revenue management strategy.
#37
Join Date: Feb 2006
Programs: HH Silver, MR Plat Prem & LT Plat, Hyatt Plat,SPG Plat, Hertz PC, National EE, UA 1K
Posts: 3,363
Just started booking on RocketMiles....bookaa doesnt allow different name on reservation (I make a TON of reservations for my team with my card) but Rocketmiles does!!!
Is there a maximum annual LP earnings from them? (I thought i saw something, but cant find it now)
A few thoughts
1-of 3 recent reservations, 2 were LESS than marriott.com!!!
2-ability to make rooms in others names is awesome (I have 50+ hotel.com free rooms..time to branch out...)
3-RM is definitely much easier to use
4-still kinda difficult to search miles only hotels...
Good luck all!
Is there a maximum annual LP earnings from them? (I thought i saw something, but cant find it now)
A few thoughts
1-of 3 recent reservations, 2 were LESS than marriott.com!!!
2-ability to make rooms in others names is awesome (I have 50+ hotel.com free rooms..time to branch out...)
3-RM is definitely much easier to use
4-still kinda difficult to search miles only hotels...
Good luck all!
#38
Join Date: Nov 2010
Programs: AA EXP (owe), BA Silver (ows), AB Silver (owr), WN A+/CP, IHG Spire AMB, Avis First
Posts: 1,363
Are either of these things really that lucrative given that you don't get status with the hotel?
I guess it's a tradeoff between lounge/upgrades and LP.
Maybe it makes sense if you're staying at basic properties with no upgrade possiblity and you already maxed out your elite night requirements
I guess it's a tradeoff between lounge/upgrades and LP.
Maybe it makes sense if you're staying at basic properties with no upgrade possiblity and you already maxed out your elite night requirements
#39
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: LAX/PHL
Posts: 160
Are either of these things really that lucrative given that you don't get status with the hotel?
I guess it's a tradeoff between lounge/upgrades and LP.
Maybe it makes sense if you're staying at basic properties with no upgrade possiblity and you already maxed out your elite night requirements
I guess it's a tradeoff between lounge/upgrades and LP.
Maybe it makes sense if you're staying at basic properties with no upgrade possiblity and you already maxed out your elite night requirements
#40
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: PWM
Programs: UA Silver, AA Gold
Posts: 1,171
I would be careful here. Is booking for others explicitly permitted? AA has shutdown the accounts of people who "book" car rentals for others.
#41
Join Date: Jun 2018
Programs: AA PPro, DL Silver, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 540
I booked a upcoming stay this month on bookaahotels and selected both the initial posts boost on the room selection page and the checkout boost. So I will gladly report back how it goes.
Difference was between 7,000LP, 11,000LP, or 15,000LP. That is half way back to Gold on just one hotel stay, pretty lucrative if it all comes through.
Even if I blew $162 extra dollars on the boosts, 15,000 RDM can get a decent first class web special booking so while I wouldn't buy points at .02 normally, I decided it was worth the experiment.
Difference was between 7,000LP, 11,000LP, or 15,000LP. That is half way back to Gold on just one hotel stay, pretty lucrative if it all comes through.
Even if I blew $162 extra dollars on the boosts, 15,000 RDM can get a decent first class web special booking so while I wouldn't buy points at .02 normally, I decided it was worth the experiment.
#42
Join Date: May 2021
Location: PHF/RIC
Programs: AA EXP., UA Silver, Marriott Ti/LT Gold, Sixt P. National EXE
Posts: 42
So I think I have this figured out.
So BookAAHotels is definitely better for buying extra LPs. RocketMiles is far better in terms of the interface and their customer service has been exceptional, but you can't buy extra LPs. I have not had an occasion to use the BookAAHotels customer service yet but since it's an offshoot of booking.com, I'm betting that it's not extraordinary.
So BookAAHotels is definitely better for buying extra LPs. RocketMiles is far better in terms of the interface and their customer service has been exceptional, but you can't buy extra LPs. I have not had an occasion to use the BookAAHotels customer service yet but since it's an offshoot of booking.com, I'm betting that it's not extraordinary.
So....decent I guess?
#43
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP / LT PLT / 3MM, Marriott LT Gold
Posts: 32,916
I had to cancel a non-refundable hotel reservation because my flight got cancelled, they told me it was non-refundable and they couldn't do anything about it. After explaining to them that it was AA's fault for cancelling my flight (broken airplane), thus AA should refund me on this reservation, he reluctantly agreed and gave me a full refund.
So....decent I guess?
So....decent I guess?
#44
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,674
Another data point: I Just got my 10k LPs posted for a stay from BookAAHotels. I chose the "pay more $, get more miles" rate for my room type, but I did NOT choose the "get even more miles" at checkout.
Everything posted as base miles, no bonus miles whatsoever. Price difference was about $30 for what I recall was 2,000 extra miles per night for 2 nights, so about $0.015 per LP as others have reported.
I actually needed to stay near this hotel for a conference anyway, and my usual status hotels for Hilton/Marriott were already full and well above the rate I got. I gladly forfeited top-tier benefits at a higher price for my 10k LPs, which is probably exactly what AA intended, to move spending to their partners in exchange for LPs when I modify my behavior.
Everything posted as one line item "Promotion Bonus", not two separate line items when showing up on AA.com and clicking into details for the LP posting.
I bought a non refundable rate, and got the 10k of award miles backdated to the date of hotel purchase. I got a separate deposit of 10k LPs in March with the current date . So one stay showed up as 3 postings, all base LPs and RDMs. The award miles posted as 2 separate deposits: one for the basic RDM earnings, and then another RDM deposit for the "buy more pay more" rate, also as base miles. The LP deposit is listed as "Promotion Bonus." All in all, 3 separate transactions posted all at once today, but 2 were backdated (RDM)
Everything posted as base miles, no bonus miles whatsoever. Price difference was about $30 for what I recall was 2,000 extra miles per night for 2 nights, so about $0.015 per LP as others have reported.
I actually needed to stay near this hotel for a conference anyway, and my usual status hotels for Hilton/Marriott were already full and well above the rate I got. I gladly forfeited top-tier benefits at a higher price for my 10k LPs, which is probably exactly what AA intended, to move spending to their partners in exchange for LPs when I modify my behavior.
Everything posted as one line item "Promotion Bonus", not two separate line items when showing up on AA.com and clicking into details for the LP posting.
I bought a non refundable rate, and got the 10k of award miles backdated to the date of hotel purchase. I got a separate deposit of 10k LPs in March with the current date . So one stay showed up as 3 postings, all base LPs and RDMs. The award miles posted as 2 separate deposits: one for the basic RDM earnings, and then another RDM deposit for the "buy more pay more" rate, also as base miles. The LP deposit is listed as "Promotion Bonus." All in all, 3 separate transactions posted all at once today, but 2 were backdated (RDM)
Last edited by LovePrunes; Mar 8, 22 at 8:26 am
#45
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP / LT PLT / 3MM, Marriott LT Gold
Posts: 32,916
Another data point: I Just got my 10k LPs posted for a stay from BookAAHotels. I chose the "pay more $, get more miles" rate for my room type, but I did NOT choose the "get even more miles" at checkout.
Everything posted as base miles, no bonus miles whatsoever. Price difference was about $30 for what I recall was 2,000 extra miles per night for 2 nights, so about $0.015 per LP as others have reported.
I actually needed to stay near this hotel for a conference anyway, and my usual status hotels for Hilton/Marriott were already full and well above the rate I got. I gladly forfeited top-tier benefits at a higher price for my 10k LPs, which is probably exactly what AA intended, to move spending to their partners in exchange for LPs when I modify my behavior.
Everything posted as one line item "Promotion Bonus", not two separate line items when showing up on AA.com and clicking into details for the LP posting.
I bought a non refundable rate, and got the 10k of award miles backdated to the date of hotel purchase. I got a separate deposit of 10k LPs in March with the current date . So one stay showed up as 3 postings, all base LPs and RDMs. The award miles posted as 2 separate deposits: one for the basic RDM earnings, and then another RDM deposit for the "buy more pay more" rate, also as base miles. The LP deposit is listed as "Promotion Bonus."
Everything posted as base miles, no bonus miles whatsoever. Price difference was about $30 for what I recall was 2,000 extra miles per night for 2 nights, so about $0.015 per LP as others have reported.
I actually needed to stay near this hotel for a conference anyway, and my usual status hotels for Hilton/Marriott were already full and well above the rate I got. I gladly forfeited top-tier benefits at a higher price for my 10k LPs, which is probably exactly what AA intended, to move spending to their partners in exchange for LPs when I modify my behavior.
Everything posted as one line item "Promotion Bonus", not two separate line items when showing up on AA.com and clicking into details for the LP posting.
I bought a non refundable rate, and got the 10k of award miles backdated to the date of hotel purchase. I got a separate deposit of 10k LPs in March with the current date . So one stay showed up as 3 postings, all base LPs and RDMs. The award miles posted as 2 separate deposits: one for the basic RDM earnings, and then another RDM deposit for the "buy more pay more" rate, also as base miles. The LP deposit is listed as "Promotion Bonus."