Bridging ticket to AP Question

[shrinkydinky]

I need help understanding this. Currently, Parksavers has a special 7-day park hopper ticket for $394.46. If i buy that and then when we go in May 2017, i want to upgrade that to an Annual Pass. Now firstly, i have seen a difference of opinion on if i need to use it first for one day then do the upgrade. Some say use it first, others say it's not necessary.

The other part i'm confused about is the tax. If i pay $394.46 for the ticket from Parksavers, when i go to upgrade and bridge it at WDW, will they give me a credit of $439, which is the cost of a 7-day park hopper from them, or a credit for $467.54, which is their cost of a 7 day hopper including tax. If they just give a credit of $439, then when i pay the difference for the cost of an AP, would they charge me tax on just the difference of $310 ($749-$439), or would they charge me tax on the total?

If i think about this logically, i suspect they would bridge it at their current price, sans tax, then only charge tax on the difference i would pay. So, $310 x 6% = $18.60 for a total of $328.60. So with my Parksavers special of $394.46 + $328.60 = $723.06. The current AP price is $797.69, so i would save $74.63 per ticket. Is that right?

 

[Robo]

I need help understanding this. Currently, Parksavers has a special 7-day park hopper ticket for $394.46. If i buy that and then when we go in May 2017, i want to upgrade that to an Annual Pass. Now firstly,

1. i have seen a difference of opinion on if i need to use it first for one day then do the upgrade. Some say use it first, others say it's not necessary.

2. The other part i'm confused about is the tax. If i pay $394.46 for the ticket from Parksavers, when i go to upgrade and bridge it at WDW, will they give me a credit of $439, which is the cost of a 7-day park hopper from them, or a credit for $467.54, which is their cost of a 7 day hopper including tax. If they just give a credit of $439, then when i pay the difference for the cost of an AP, would they charge me tax on just the difference of $310 ($749-$439), or would they charge me tax on the total?

If i think about this logically, i suspect they would bridge it at their current price, sans tax, then only charge tax on the difference i would pay. So, $310 x 6% = $18.60 for a total of $328.60. So with my Parksavers special of $394.46 + $328.60 = $723.06. The current AP price is $797.69, so i would save $74.63 per ticket. Is that right?

1. No need to use it first. (But, you CAN do so, if you like.)
2. The answer is the same, regardless of which way you do the math.

EITHER:
Add the 6.5% tax to BOTH the original Parksavers ticket price -and- the current WDW ticket price.
Then do the subtraction and get the exact upgrade cost which will INCLUDE the tax.

OR:
Don't add the 6.5% tax to either the original Parksavers ticket price -or- the current WDW ticket price.
Then do the subtraction and get the upgrade cost which will NOT include the tax.
Then, add 6.5% tax to that number to get the exact upgrade cost.

 

[brittanidp]

There's a large thread about this. If you search parksavers in the title you should be able to find it, lots of helpful info!

 

[brittanidp]

Found it
http://www.disboards.com/threads/bridging-parksavers-tickets-to-ap-is-this-correct.3522763/

 

[shrinkydinky]

Thank you!