Another air miles ticket question

[retiredkid]

Help! Am I understanding it right? We should get a 3 day from air miles and then upgrade to a 7 day PH? AFTER we enter the park. What about the fast pass plus?
If I can't upgrade until we are in the parks, then I guess I can't book the fast pass.
What if I do one 7 day and one 3 day through air miles.... would that help?

 

[Misha72683]

Why not just get the 7 day one from Airmiles and then upgrade to PH if you want? It's only 200 extra miles to upgrade from 3 day to 7 day (and 75 to updgrade to 5 day) and then you'd be able to book all your fast passes etc.

 

[Alliecat and Rabbit]

Thanks for posting that question Retiredkid.

We're looking into different combinations for using Air Miles tickets too. My issue, we don't have enough air miles to get 2 tickets - we can get 1 3-day OR 1 5- day. Not enough time before our trip (yay!! getting excited now) to build up enough for the 2nd ticket.

We are staying at a WDW resort hotel and can't find any clarification on the use of air miles tickets and FP+.

Does anyone know if you can get an air miles ticket and select specific dates in our trip to use the tickets so we can take advantage of the FP+ or do we need to book the FP+ for 3 (or 5) days in a row?

What's the best way to upgrade/buy tickets and still use the 60 day advance FP+ selection?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Lizard Valley]

I think I can help and answer some of your questions.

I'm one of those people who has always redeemed my Airmiles for Disney tickets, the last time being in Feb (4 months ago). I usually recommend redeeming for the cheapest ticket available to save on points, then upgrade at the park after using the ticket at least once.

With FP+ and pre-booking, I have somewhat changed my strategy. I now redeem for the 5 day ticket (extra 75 pts for a 25$-ish value). I really don't want to use 200 extra points to go from 3-day to 7-day (only a 45$ value), but I'd consider it if I had to.

You will receive a real RFD enabled ticket, generic, no name on it.

You can link it to your MDE account. Once you have it linked, and you have a resort stay, it will 'unlock' your ability to book the number of days you have tickets for.

For example, if you have a 7 night on-site stay, and a 3-day ticket, it will let you book any 3 days' worth of FP+ that fall within your hotel reservation. They do not have to be consecutive days.

(edited to add that I have no idea how off-site stays work now that they can pre-book FP+, but I am assuming that they can book 30-days out up to the number of days that they have on the ticket linked in MDE).

So my current strategy is to redeem for the 5-day pass (the extra 75 pts is acceptable to me), even if I'm staying longer. I will not book FP+ on days that I am going to AK because they're really not necessary, or on my days off. I will then use my pass to enter at least once, and then upgrade to add extra days or PH when I get there.