7 Disney Tickets Via Airmiles Reduced....

[Charleyann]

I am fairly certain that if you use your airmiles ticket first and it has the water park option on it, then you want to upgrade to an AP, you will have to upgrade to a Premium AP that includes the water parks.

In my experience, I get the 5 or 7 day airmiles MYW base ticket, enter a park using the airmiles ticket and then head straight to guest services where i ask to upgrade the ticket to an AP. The CM will first upgrade my airmiles ticket to an equivalant MYW gate priced ticket ( without charging me the difference between the price airmiles paid for the ticket and the gate price), then they upgrade my (gate priced) ticket to an AP and charge me that difference.

I have also gone straight to guest services without using the ticket first and been charged the difference between what airmiles paid for the ticket and an AP. Talk about sticker shock!

As for checking in, I have been asked for my AP and I explained that I had to upgrade my ticket at a park, the CM asked me to return the next day and show my AP or I would be charged rack rate.

HTH!
Brenda

I spoke to a Disney ticketing specialis by phone this week and they advised me to use the magic options up first. She told me there would be no problem upgrading the ticket to an Annual pass with one day left on it.

Now, I am completely confused and worried too. My DS 10 years old wants t otry Typhoon Lagoon, DisneyQuest and possible Blizzard Beach....What is the difference in price between a premium pass verses annual pass?

Thanks

Charleyann

 

[bgula]

I am fairly certain that if you use your airmiles ticket first and it has the water park option on it, then you want to upgrade to an AP, you will have to upgrade to a Premium AP that includes the water parks.

In my experience, I get the 5 or 7 day airmiles MYW base ticket, enter a park using the airmiles ticket and then head straight to guest services where i ask to upgrade the ticket to an AP. The CM will first upgrade my airmiles ticket to an equivalant MYW gate priced ticket ( without charging me the difference between the price airmiles paid for the ticket and the gate price), then they upgrade my (gate priced) ticket to an AP and charge me that difference.

I have also gone straight to guest services without using the ticket first and been charged the difference between what airmiles paid for the ticket and an AP. Talk about sticker shock!

As for checking in, I have been asked for my AP and I explained that I had to upgrade my ticket at a park, the CM asked me to return the next day and show my AP or I would be charged rack rate.

HTH!
Brenda

I'm somewhat confused on what you're saying. Are you saying it's better to use the ticket and then upgrade? In my case I would be renewing an AP rather than upgrading to an AP. Don't know if this makes a difference. Are you saying that there's quite a difference in what airmiles pays for the ticket and what Disney charges for it? How do they even know it came thru airmiles?

 

[Charleyann]

I'm somewhat confused on what you're saying. Are you saying it's better to use the ticket and then upgrade? In my case I would be renewing an AP rather than upgrading to an AP. Don't know if this makes a difference. Are you saying that there's quite a difference in what airmiles pays for the ticket and what Disney charges for it? How do they even know it came thru airmiles?

I added extra days to my ticket and hopper which was 35.00. Then to add an extra day it was only $2 US funds. This was after I used the ticket. Nowhere on the tickets does it say airmiles? I'm going to call Disney right now and inquire. I'd like to know before I get via airmiles the premium ticket from airmiles.

Charleyann

 

[marionleigh]

Hello,

I am new to this board. From BC and been to WDW x 1 and DL x 2. This time I am planning on using points for everything. Is there a trick to getting the airmile points quickly?? It seems to take sooooo long! Save on More points are fairly quick to collect for the airfare.....has anyone bought airmile points from ebay?

 

[b-1]

Ok here goes:

The first time I did this was Feb '05. I arrived in Orlando and went straight to DTD guest services to upgrade to an AP. I had a 7 day Park hopper with water parks from airmiles. The CM said that the park hopper I had from airmiles was issued to a travel company in canada ( maybe sunquest?) and that the value of the ticket was about $60 less than gate price. so in order for me to upgrade to and AP, the CM charged me $60 plus the difference to upgrade to and AP which was about another $60 or so.

Fast forward to January of 2006, my DH had an airmiles 7 day Base that had 1 day left on it from our dec.05 trip. We upgraded to an AP at guest services at MGM. The CM there said that the AP would be good for a year from the first time we used in Dec 05. She also exchanged the ticket for a full price gate admission ticket (no charge) and THEN upgraded to an AP charged $50 or so dollars for the upgrade)

Fast forward again to August 06' I have a 5 day MYW with water park and I want an AP(not premium just a plain AP) CM at Guest services at MGM ( before entering MGM) Says I can only upgrade to a Premium because my ticket has water parks on it. I point out that it is unused. so he says he has to charge me the difference between what the airmiles ticket was sold for ( to sunquest AKA Airmiles) and the gate price PLUS the upgrade to an AP. Total $192. Still great for an AP but the moral of my story is:

Get the 7 day MYW base ticket from airmiles, use the first day THEN upgrade to an AP.

These are my experiences.
Good Luck!

 

[Nagle]

Folks
Has anyone used Airmiles to buy the 7 day base ticket for the price of a 5 day and then added the hopper option and no expiry when they got to Orlando? If so, what did the upgrade cost?

Thanks
John

 

[b-1]

to add hopping is $45 plus tax so $47.93 to add no expiry to a 7 day ticket is 90 plus tax so $95.85.
Brenda

 

[Charleyann]

Thanks for your information. I was getting conflicting stories from Castmembers and then they put me through to ticketing specialist.

Here's what I have been told.

1. I can change over a magic your way ticket with option and no expiration for an Annual pass, if I use no days.

2. If I use days and options Disney will discount the days I have used and reduce the trade up value.

3. I can upgrade to a premium pass for about 130.00

Now it is deciding what to do. My child wants to go to DisneyQuest and Typhoon Lagoon. Would it be cheaper to upgrade to the premium or just give pay for a day at Typhoon Lagoon and DisneyQuest. He is considered an adult.
We are at Disney for 20 days this coming Christmas and returning to Disney for MNSSHP in 2008. This is the reason I want to upgrade to annual passes.

PS> Had it not been for your past experiences I would have used all my options days and then the tickets would have worth nothing! Glad these boards are here!

Charleyann

 

[b-1]

OK so let's pretend that you have an annual pass and you are upgrading to a Premium AP. The price difference is AP $462.21 and PAP $595.34 so a difference of $133.13 including tax ( Remember that you have paid to upgrade your MYW ticket to and AP so the $133.13 is in addition to your initial cost of upgrading)

One day at the water park is $41.54 including tax and one visit to Disney Quest is $38.34 including tax so you would have to at least visit the water parks twice and Disney quest twice in order to make it worthwhile. You have a better chance of using the water parks in Sep/ oct of 2008 because sometimes december can be quite cool, plus only typhoon lagoon is open in december (TL is excellent!! )

So there you go. Good luck with everything!
Brenda

 

[AwaitingTheMagic]

I just ordered mine through airmiles...I leave at the end of May...I sure hope I get it in time :S

 

[Charleyann]

I just ordered mine through airmiles...I leave at the end of May...I sure hope I get it in time :S

You should have them in plenty of time. When I ordered mine last year, I received them in less then a week.

Enjoy your trip!

Charleyann

 

[dwnnp]

I am fairly certain that if you use your airmiles ticket first and it has the water park option on it, then you want to upgrade to an AP, you will have to upgrade to a Premium AP that includes the water parks.

In my experience, I get the 5 or 7 day airmiles MYW base ticket, enter a park using the airmiles ticket and then head straight to guest services where i ask to upgrade the ticket to an AP. The CM will first upgrade my airmiles ticket to an equivalant MYW gate priced ticket ( without charging me the difference between the price airmiles paid for the ticket and the gate price), then they upgrade my (gate priced) ticket to an AP and charge me that difference.

I have also gone straight to guest services without using the ticket first and been charged the difference between what airmiles paid for the ticket and an AP. Talk about sticker shock!

As for checking in, I have been asked for my AP and I explained that I had to upgrade my ticket at a park, the CM asked me to return the next day and show my AP or I would be charged rack rate.

HTH!
Brenda

Hmmm, it is odd, (isn't it?) that the price to upgrade to an AP is lower after you have already used the ticket to enter the park!

Thanks, b-1 for posting all this detailed info!!
It is encouraging that they let you check in and THEN show the AP the next day after u upgraded your ticket. (i'm on the fence about whether to try to get in on the AP room rates if they are really good then upgrade my 7 day base tickt.... although i'm leaning toward forgetting this whole idea, since i'll be all stressed about whether it will work out and worry about how many hoops i'll have to jump through ... not to mention not knowing my way around WDW - it's our first trip!also, may not be really worth it just for the room discounts as we won't be at WDW within the same year to take advantage of the AP!! sorry to ramble on here, i guess i'm thinking out loud )
But, thanx again for posting your experience with this!!

 

[b-1]

the AP benefits also include 10% off at world of disney ( that can add up when buying souvies for a crowd!) and an AP makes you eligible for the Disney Dining Experience card which is an additional $60 ($65) and saves 20% off (almost )all table service restaurants(including alcohol for those that are so inclined) This can be a great savings depending on the size of your crew and how many times you eat at table service restaurants

The DDE card also gets 20% off at certain counter service restaurants like the food court at FQ and at Pop as well as Tusker house and Flame tree in AK. So the value increases if you stay at either Pop or FQ.

Geez, I am full of it today.
Brenda

 

[AwaitingTheMagic]

thanks Charleyann, that calms my nerves!! I hope I get them by next week then