I have not seen this topic discussed, and not sure what kind of replies I'll get, but here goes. My son and his DGF are going to WDW next month. Her Dad is retired military and was going to get the tickets for the kids. he was told that she could activate them as his dependent, but after reading this thread I am a little worried that this will not be possible. Has anyone done this. I think they told him at the base that she could do this. I don't want them to spend the money for the military tickets, and then find they need to buy passes because she can't activate.
TIA
No, she cannot activate them. Only the member or their spouse can do this. It is done this way as many dependents could then buy the tickets and use them and the member never know until it is too late (not saying this is the case with all but I know some that would in fact do this).