Fall 2016 planning (continuation of 2016 Free Dining Watch)

[CaraMiaBelle]

Keep checking SunnieRN!!! I believe I read on another thread that someone was able to get a deal 60 days out from their trip. Heck, I keep checking for FD at POR even though I'll probably just stick with POP.

Yes! It was probably me you saw say that. lol. You can usually find the best deals 2-3 months out. And usually on a Tuesday, of course. It requires having a lot of patience to wait that long, but when you are buying 5 tickets, $50 each adds up!

 

[cshell624]

Yes! It was probably me you saw say that. lol. You can usually find the best deals 2-3 months out. And usually on a Tuesday, of course. It requires having a lot of patience to wait that long, but when you are buying 5 tickets, $50 each adds up!

Hey, that's $250 that can be used for an extra day a Disney!!!

 

[SunnieRN]

Keep checking SunnieRN!!! I believe I read on another thread that someone was able to get a deal 60 days out from their trip. Heck, I keep checking for FD at POR even though I'll probably just stick with POP.

I would definitely keep checking!!! I was looking for a friend yesterday and POP century popped up for me. She had been trying for weeks! Good luck sweet pea!!!!

Persistence definitely pays off! Because I've been (admittedly) obsessively checking over the last two months, managed to get FD, lower SW flights, lower rental car rate, Ohana reservation (just got a better time because of the lovely DIS members who I've learned about TP ADR finder from via a basic subscription!), and great tips on GC deals! Never expected so many things to work out, but heard so many people's stories so gave the persistence thing a shot and it does work!! So rewarding especially when it does work out!

You're the bomb!!!! I'm not giving up!! Right now, our flight there, if we fly to Tampa on SW, we can get tickets for $79 each, as of today. But....... then Eric have to rent a car and the flights back on Dec. 17th are $249 each. Usually our RT flights are less then that. So, I'll just keep on checking!

People on the Dis are awesome, but people on this thread are amazing!!!!!!

Yes! It was probably me you saw say that. lol. You can usually find the best deals 2-3 months out. And usually on a Tuesday, of course. It requires having a lot of patience to wait that long, but when you are buying 5 tickets, $50 each adds up!

We would be paying $120 each over what we would have paid 60 days ago. It's amazing how SWA raise in flights has affected all the airlines. Gas is still cheap airline people, lol.

 

[SBWB48]

You're the bomb!!!! I'm not giving up!! Right now, our flight there, if we fly to Tampa on SW, we can get tickets for $79 each, as of today. But....... then Eric have to rent a car and the flights back on Dec. 17th are $249 each. Usually our RT flights are less then that. So, I'll just keep on checking!

People on the Dis are awesome, but people on this thread are amazing!!!!!!

I posted the below in a different thread, but it's an example of how persistence can pay off. I may have just been lucky, but perhaps a little pixie dust will come your way very soon!

"As annoying as it can be, sometimes it is worth a quick check daily to see where prices are. I had about 10 min of idle time on Saturday, so decided to give it a quick check even though prices had not moved again for us the last couple weeks, and welllllllll, our return flight went from $136 to $103, so I made the change (since we booked with pts)! To my surprised (and out of curiosity), I checked again on Sunday, just to see, and back to $136 it went just within 24 hours!

We booked in April and our RT price trajectory (with hikes in between after we booked/changed) has been: $407 => $347 => $294 => $266 => $236

Since we booked with points, changes are easy since the pts just get credited, but I can imagine it's harder for those who aren't booking with points to book and wait for changes..."

 

[CaraMiaBelle]

I posted the below in a different thread, but it's an example of how persistence can pay off. I may have just been lucky, but perhaps a little pixie dust will come your way very soon!

"As annoying as it can be, sometimes it is worth a quick check daily to see where prices are. I had about 10 min of idle time on Saturday, so decided to give it a quick check even though prices had not moved again for us the last couple weeks, and welllllllll, our return flight went from $136 to $103, so I made the change (since we booked with pts)! To my surprised (and out of curiosity), I checked again on Sunday, just to see, and back to $136 it went just within 24 hours!

We booked in April and our RT price trajectory (with hikes in between after we booked/changed) has been: $407 => $347 => $294 => $266 => $236

Since we booked with points, changes are easy since the pts just get credited, but I can imagine it's harder for those who aren't booking with points to book and wait for changes..."

Yes, just as with free dining/discount availability, and ADR's, persistence when looking for airfare pays off!

I am still looking most days to switch from BC to YC for our 2!night add on with our UOC also. I haven't given up yet!

 

[Hope2016]

Wake up everyone, if you're still looking for a free dining room, a heap just opened up for my dates in September.

 

[DisneyArie]

Disney just released a TON of free dining. I wanted to extend my vacation and EVERY SINGLE RESORT is free for my dates....every.single.one Sept 10-20th

 

[Elsaalltheway]

Disney just released a TON of free dining. I wanted to extend my vacation and EVERY SINGLE RESORT is free for my dates....every.single.one Sept 10-20th

Thats our dates too, but we did it on a bounce back with last years prices for the Park tickets and it would cost us to move from preferred to standard. Like 600.

 

[CaraMiaBelle]

Disney just released a TON of free dining. I wanted to extend my vacation and EVERY SINGLE RESORT is free for my dates....every.single.one Sept 10-20th

Looks like there is more UOC availability also. Just not my dates...I'm not giving up yet though. Maybe someone will cancel for free dining.

 

[CandiceF]

Yes, just as with free dining/discount availability, and ADR's, persistence when looking for airfare pays off!

I am still looking most days to switch from BC to YC for our 2!night add on with our UOC also. I haven't given up yet!

They just opened up a ton of rooms for FD offer. You might be able to add on those 2 nights now!

 

[CandiceF]

Looks like there is more UOC availability also. Just not my dates...I'm not giving up yet though. Maybe someone will cancel for free dining.

Sorry I just noticed you were looking for an UOC availability. I think you might be able to find it when people realize how much more FD availability there is now.

 

[5ofus]

Does anybody know if you can make changes to your reservation if you've already paid in full? I"m thinking a downgrade and we're over 90 days out.

 

[CandiceF]

Thats our dates too, but we did it on a bounce back with last years prices for the Park tickets and it would cost us to move from preferred to standard. Like 600.

We had a bounce back too but had to cancel because November worked better for us. We did book a Standard at POR with last years dining and ticket prices so I will have to wait until the middle of November discounts are released to see if it would even make sense to switch what we have. We are pretty set on POR this time so I am patiently waiting.

 

[Meeko5]

Does anybody know if you can make changes to your reservation if you've already paid in full? I"m thinking a downgrade and we're over 90 days out.

I believe you can make changes up to 30 days out, and in the case of a downgrade they will refund you. I'd definitely call and ask!

 

[Elsaalltheway]

We had a bounce back too but had to cancel because November worked better for us. We did book a Standard at POR with last years dining and ticket prices so I will have to wait until the middle of November discounts are released to see if it would even make sense to switch what we have. We are pretty set on POR this time so I am patiently waiting.

We are going to bounce back again next year, but we don't know if we are going to use them because our parents want to go to Hawaii. They say that now but usually they are pretty good at not saving so....

 

[5ofus]

I believe you can make changes up to 30 days out, and in the case of a downgrade they will refund you. I'd definitely call and ask!

Thanks, my TA is calling. I hope the rooms are still available and they can just credit our account or something. Refunding will be a pain.

 

[5ofus]

I just realised that we fly out three months from today After planning this trip for years, it's now coming up really quickly all of a sudden!!!

 

[ldauksch]

I wish they would add FD for POR in November and December.

 

[SunnieRN]

I posted the below in a different thread, but it's an example of how persistence can pay off. I may have just been lucky, but perhaps a little pixie dust will come your way very soon!

"As annoying as it can be, sometimes it is worth a quick check daily to see where prices are. I had about 10 min of idle time on Saturday, so decided to give it a quick check even though prices had not moved again for us the last couple weeks, and welllllllll, our return flight went from $136 to $103, so I made the change (since we booked with pts)! To my surprised (and out of curiosity), I checked again on Sunday, just to see, and back to $136 it went just within 24 hours!

We booked in April and our RT price trajectory (with hikes in between after we booked/changed) has been: $407 => $347 => $294 => $266 => $236

Since we booked with points, changes are easy since the pts just get credited, but I can imagine it's harder for those who aren't booking with points to book and wait for changes..."

That's amazing!!! I've been checking a few airlines every day, but it is really inexpensive for us to drive, so now it's just a wait and see what happens, lol. Either way I'm fine. But, I'll keep looking!!! Thank you!!!!! The component that's making it so expensive is flying home on December 17. It's too close to Christmas.

Yes, just as with free dining/discount availability, and ADR's, persistence when looking for airfare pays off!

I am still looking most days to switch from BC to YC for our 2!night add on with our UOC also. I haven't given up yet!

Good luck!! I'll cross my fingers and toes for you!!!

 

[CandiceF]

I wish they would add FD for POR in November and December.

Me too!!!!!!!