Disney Rewards card refunds?

[maburke]

I vaguely recall in the past having trouble getting a refund for an item back on my Disney Rewards card. I usually use it for souvenirs and such, and I seem to recall having an experience with a return where the cashier said, "You can usually return this item, but I have to refund it to the original method of payment, and I can't refund to a Disney Rewards Card." I don't mean the Visa itself, I mean the rewards card.

So last night I sat down to order my tickets to MNSSHP, and I thought it would be great to pay for them this way. I even put $300 in rewards on the card. Then just before I pressed "submit" to order the tickets, I thought, I wonder if using this is a bad idea. I know that the tix are not supposed to be refundable, but I see stories here about emergency cancellations (not for weather or anything like that, but illness or budget reasons to cancel a trip) and the party tix were refunded or credited. Am I losing that option if I use the Disney Rewards card? Or am I just overanalyzing all the possibilities? (You can tell me that, I can take it, I hear it from my DH all the time!)

Since the $ is already on a card that will expire next year, maybe I should just do it, because the risk of the party selling out and my kids murdering me is greater than the risk that we will cancel.

Thanks!

 

[mommy2allyandaveri]

I've never done it with tickets, only merch at DL but have never had a problem in the past. They just put the points right back on my card.

 

[3happydancers]

I vaguely recall in the past having trouble getting a refund for an item back on my Disney Rewards card. I usually use it for souvenirs and such, and I seem to recall having an experience with a return where the cashier said, "You can usually return this item, but I have to refund it to the original method of payment, and I can't refund to a Disney Rewards Card." I don't mean the Visa itself, I mean the rewards card.

So last night I sat down to order my tickets to MNSSHP, and I thought it would be great to pay for them this way. I even put $300 in rewards on the card. Then just before I pressed "submit" to order the tickets, I thought, I wonder if using this is a bad idea. I know that the tix are not supposed to be refundable, but I see stories here about emergency cancellations (not for weather or anything like that, but illness or budget reasons to cancel a trip) and the party tix were refunded or credited. Am I losing that option if I use the Disney Rewards card? Or am I just overanalyzing all the possibilities? (You can tell me that, I can take it, I hear it from my DH all the time!)

Since the $ is already on a card that will expire next year, maybe I should just do it, because the risk of the party selling out and my kids murdering me is greater than the risk that we will cancel.

Thanks!

I honestly don't know how Disney would handle this situation. I have heard of Disney refunding $$$ due to weather or issuing credit but I am not sure they would do the same if you had to cancel your trip. That might fall under trip insurance. If it were me and I was that unsure, I would pay for the tickets with my visa just in a case you were due a credit and earn more rewards $$$, then use my rewards card to put toward my vacation balance, meals, or gift spending.

But maybe one of our disboard friends out there has other options or info I am not aware of!

But, I won't say you are over anylizing because I would probably do the same thing as you are.

 

[maburke]

I've never done it with tickets, only merch at DL but have never had a problem in the past. They just put the points right back on my card.

Thanks for confirming that, maybe my experience was long ago or I'm not remembering it properly.

If it were me and I was that unsure, I would pay for the tickets with my visa just in a case you were due a credit and earn more rewards $$$, then use my rewards card to put toward my vacation balance, meals, or gift spending.

See, I'm always getting into that cycle -- I want to pay with my Visa instead of my rewards so that I can earn more rewards!

 

[aka-mad4themouse]

If you're concerned about getting money refunded to a card that is going to expire at the end of the year, why not use the rewards dollars to purchase a Disney gift card instead?

The Disneyland website has some really cute cards, ships them for free and takes the Disney Rewards Card as a form of payment. The gift cards never expire. It took less than a week for my order to arrive and I'm on the "right coast".

Use those GCs to purchase your tickets. DO NOT THROW AWAY THE GCs! If you need a refund, the money will go back on the GCs instead of your Disney Rewards Card.

Problem solved!

 

[maburke]

If you're concerned about getting money refunded to a card that is going to expire at the end of the year, why not use the rewards dollars to purchase a Disney gift card instead?

The Disneyland website has some really cute cards, ships them for free and takes the Disney Rewards Card as a form of payment. The gift cards never expire. It took less than a week for my order to arrive and I'm on the "right coast".

Use those GCs to purchase your tickets. DO NOT THROW AWAY THE GCs! If you need a refund, the money will go back on the GCs instead of your Disney Rewards Card.

Problem solved!

Have anybody done this with Rewards points? I vaguely recall that you can't buy gift cards with your Rewards card, but I could be wrong (again).

 

[disneychrista]

They do have to refund it to the original form of payment, so you have to have the card and it needs to be unexpired. If it is expired, I am not sure how it will work.

 

[aka-mad4themouse]

Have anybody done this with Rewards points? I vaguely recall that you can't buy gift cards with your Rewards card, but I could be wrong (again).

I just did this two weeks ago. The cards arrived in less than a week.