Ding Experts

[penzish]

For all of you Ding experts-
What are my chances of getting a October ding for travel from Chicago to Orlando or Tampa???? I've decided on a last minute trip.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

It all depends on how sold out your desired flights already are and if you're flexible about your dates/times. The purpose of Dings are to sell empty seats.
They offered us great Dings for our upcoming Nov. trip but our flights are nearly sold out anyway so we couldn't use the ding unless we drastically changed our dates which we couldn't.
Tampa is a great alternative. We used it too!

 

[penzish]

Last year they offered dings on specific flights. Do they still do that? I'm very discouraged because there has been no dings since Friday.............
Hopefully something good will come out tomorrow.
Also, do they discount fares more on certain days, or is it random?????????
Thanks for all your help!!!!!!!!

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Sometimes it's very specific as in only certain flight #'s and sometimes it will say Mon-Sat thru Nov 15. Even if it's offered on the day you want, it's possible that it won't be available for the flight you want. Maybe all flights are unavailable except the 6am flight home. You just have to wait and see.
Check the prices of the flights you want now and if you see lots of "unavailable"s then odds are pretty good you won't be able to rebook at a ding rate. If the flight is still wide open and maybe only the lowest rate is sold out so far, then odds are better you'll be able to book a ding.
It is really odd that there haven't been any dings at all lately. Maybe the ding manager bought his own ding and took a vacation! lol!
Good luck and just keep checking!