Any annual pass discounts?

[WardFam]

is there any way to get a discount on a deluxe annual pass? If you bought a discounted 5 day ticket from LMTclub and upgraded at the park would those savings carry over? Just wondering what my options are!! Thanks

 

[Astylla]

It depends , sometimes they bridge the discount and sometimes not. It seems to depend on the CM doing the upgrade but really there's no actual discount.

 

[figment_jii]

I had read that it depends on where you bought your ticket...and it can vary over time. I would contact LMTclub to see if they know what the "value" of the ticket would be if you wanted to upgrade.

 

[mom2rtk]

I bought a ticket from a 3rd party site a couple years ago that I upgraded to an AP and did get the price bridged. Sorry, but I don't remember which site I bought from that year, either Orbitz or LMT.

They botched the process and it took forever, but when it was done, I only paid the difference between a 4 day ticket and the AP. (Even though I had bought a buy 3 days/get 4th day free ticket).

 

[kristabelle13]

is there any way to get a discount on a deluxe annual pass? If you bought a discounted 5 day ticket from LMTclub and upgraded at the park would those savings carry over? Just wondering what my options are!! Thanks

This worked for me in April. Saved about $55 on my Signature AP by first buying the ticket on LMT.

 

[scrapshappen]

You can also purchase them with gift cards that have been discounted. You still get 5% off entertainment cards purchased at Target with the red card. Or I buy them when Kroger has their 4x fuel points on gift cards.

 

[WardFam]

You can also purchase them with gift cards that have been discounted. You still get 5% off entertainment cards purchased at Target with the red card. Or I buy them when Kroger has their 4x fuel points on gift cards.

I keep thinking about doing that but I get 3x points on travel so I think buying through LMT and upgrading will be my best bet

 

[WardFam]

This worked for me in April. Saved about $55 on my Signature AP by first buying the ticket on LMT.

Yay! That's a big savings!

 

[Boku41]

Question about deluxe annual passes and max pass. Suppose my family chooses to get 4 day passes over a week during the holidays that is normally blocked off to annual passes. We do this so we can actually attend during the holidays and get a Early Morning one day. Then on the last day of our 4 day passes we upgrade to annual passes. We also want to buy maxpass with our annual passes. If we purchase maxpasses each day for $10/person, would that $40 per person carry over toward the cost of maxpasses on our annual passes?

 

[scrapshappen]

I keep thinking about doing that but I get 3x points on travel so I think buying through LMT and upgrading will be my best bet

I was referring to using gift cards to pay the difference when you upgrade to the AP at the ticket booth. But Credit Card rewards are great too.

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

If we purchase maxpasses each day for $10/person, would that $40 per person carry over toward the cost of maxpasses on our annual passes?

No.

 

[az4boys]

is there any way to get a discount on a deluxe annual pass? If you bought a discounted 5 day ticket from LMTclub and upgraded at the park would those savings carry over? Just wondering what my options are!! Thanks

We did this with LMT in July. Bought 4 day PH tickets then upgraded. We saved $44 on each ticket. That savings was bridged so we paid $575 for a Deluxe AP instead of $619. We were able to use our MM before upgrading, we we lost out on a little bit of discounts (probably only $20-30 for the few days before we upgraded, so not a big deal to me.) MP had not started when we were there, so if you plan to upgrade to the annual $75 AP MP, paying $10/day before your upgrade might eat up your savings. Ideally, if your first day was your MM and you didn't have to worry about block out dates, you could upgrade right after your MM.

 

[WardFam]

I was referring to using gift cards to pay the difference when you upgrade to the AP at the ticket booth. But Credit Card rewards are great too.

I'm just starting to use points for flights and so I'm probably a little obsessed with getting points right now!

 

[WardFam]

We did this with LMT in July. Bought 4 day PH tickets then upgraded. We saved $44 on each ticket. That savings was bridged so we paid $575 for a Deluxe AP instead of $619. We were able to use our MM before upgrading, we we lost out on a little bit of discounts (probably only $20-30 for the few days before we upgraded, so not a big deal to me.) MP had not started when we were there, so if you plan to upgrade to the annual $75 AP MP, paying $10/day before your upgrade might eat up your savings. Ideally, if your first day was your MM and you didn't have to worry about block out dates, you could upgrade right after your MM.

I am glad to know it works! I'm really thinking about staying onsite so I might upgrade on our arrival day before we ever even go into the parks for an evening

 

[kristabelle13]

YMMV, but when I upgraded my 5 day PH ticket prior to using it - the ticket agent gave me a magic morning pass for about a week later because I hadn't used the magic morning on the PH yet. She also credited me the $20 for parking I had paid that day.

 

[aliceindisneyland]

I keep thinking about doing that but I get 3x points on travel so I think buying through LMT and upgrading will be my best bet

6% cashback at grocery stores with Amex Blue Cash Preferred, plus the Kroger 4x Fuel Points = 6% Amex plus 7-14% fuel points (depends on size of your fuel tank!). That's a minimum 13% off every dollar I spend at Disneyland on the first $6,000 a year (grocery store max for Amex). Once I hit that threshold, I switch to the Amex Everyday, with 3% grocery store cashback plus Kroger Fuel Points.
If you don't have a store with a perk like Fuel Points, you can still get 6% cashback with Amex Blue Cash Preferred by buying Disney gcs at any grocery store (not Walmart/Target though).

 

[smartlabelprint]

Question about deluxe annual passes and max pass. Suppose my family chooses to get 4 day passes over a week during the holidays that is normally blocked off to annual passes. We do this so we can actually attend during the holidays and get a Early Morning one day. Then on the last day of our 4 day passes we upgrade to annual passes. We also want to buy maxpass with our annual passes. If we purchase maxpasses each day for $10/person, would that $40 per person carry over toward the cost of maxpasses on our annual passes?

Nope. it makes me so frustrated. that's what we're doing on our trip only it's 5 days! I think we'll skip max pass the first 5 days.