Has anyone ever tried to price bridge

[Rosanne]

Sorry but the person on the phone was totally wrong. The kids "dine and play free" tickets were Disney promotional and not complimentary. They were built into the room rate. As far as people in ticketing were concerned, those tickets had full value for upgrade purposes.

If you go to the locked sticky Everything About WDW Tickets in this Forum, especially Post #19, you can get a lot more information. An easy way to get to the sticky is by clicking on the link in my signature. The ticket sticky is your friend!

This is good to know. Luckily for me, the misinformation had no downside in my personal situation. Good to know what the policy is for others in the future.

 

[khertz]

Just wanted to echo the advice of knowing how much you should be charged for the upgrade taking the price-bridging into consideration. On our 2011 trip, DH and I bought our PH tickets through a discounted website associated with my employer. After purchasing the tickets, we figured that we could save some money by upgrading to an AP because we knew we would want to take DS back and as long as we did so within a year, with the discounts (free parking namely, since we stay offsite and would have to pay) it would be worth it. Then we decided to add in a trip to DL within that year, so it ended up working out that a Premier pass would be worth it for us.

On the first day of our 2011 trip, we went into MK for the evening just for dinner and a couple of attractions, then went to upgrade our tickets to the Premier AP (BTW we tried to do this at City Hall in MK and were told it could only be done at the ticket counter outside the park). The CM at first did not bridge our tickets and I told her that was too much for us to pay based on what I had calculated. I mentioned price bridging specifically, and she ran it past a manager quickly, then did the upgrade no problem with the bridging. She was very nice about the whole process and I think the only reason she did it incorrectly the first time was that she was earning her ears, if I'm remembering correctly.

Long story short, know exactly what you should need to pay, and if they give you a price higher, question it! Or take your tickets back and try to upgrade elsewhere.

 

[jenjersnap]

Subscribing to this thread as I figure if there were actual changes to price bridging Cheshire Figment would post here (thanks, CF). I never knew so many people had issues doing this and now I wish I had just purchased from UCT the number of days I actually needed rather than doing it by best value and figuring I would add the extra days I needed at GR.

 

[savannahcat]

Just to add a positive experience, I wanted to share that I was able to successfully bridge 5 day base tickets purchased from UT to DVC APs on Tuesday with no issues.

The CM at Epcot's International Gateway first quoted a higher price than I had calculated. When I asked if she had bridged the price, she immediately created the intermediate tickets and proceeded with the upgrade at the correct price. The whole process took less than 5 minutes.

I was also able to exchange 2 kids tickets from UT for equivalent RFID equipped tickets. We don't plan to use those until next summer.

 

[MCazer]

Just checking in to see if the price bridging is still working for everyone. Getting close to my trip and ready to buy the 2 extra tickets I still need and want to price bridge them to DVC AP and just want to confirm it is still working for everyone.

 

[smidgy]

bumping this thread. RIP cheshire figment. you are sorely missed and we love you. (and your beloved tickets sticky!) hoping current info could be added here.

 

[Robo]

bumping this thread. RIP cheshire figment. you are sorely missed and we love you. (and your beloved tickets sticky!) hoping current info could be added here.

Yes, Cheshire Figment is much missed by his DISboard friends!

But, I'm thinking that nothing really "new" needs to be added to this thread.
Nothing has changed much since 2013 regarding price bridging, and
there are many other very recent threads about price bridging.

 

[smidgy]

it's so confusing!!!!!! so I can still price bridge. but I have to wail till I get there is april to bridge the 2 day hoppers I have (from the free dining) to an AP.? cause if I do it now, I will have and anniversary date for now? (we try to get 3 trips out of one AP, going 2X a year.)
and if I wait till we go in april (instead of upgrading on the phone from home, I can't make Fp selection, except for 2 days.

(and you already told me you don't need to use the ticket once in order to bridge it.
thank you for all the work you do.. and especially for all your maps!!!!!

 

[Robo]

1. so I can still price bridge.
2. but I have to wail till I get there is april to bridge the 2 day hoppers I have (from the free dining) to an AP.?
3. cause if I do it now, I will have and anniversary date for now?
(we try to get 3 trips out of one AP, going 2X a year.)
and if I wait till we go in april
4. (instead of upgrading on the phone from home,
5. I can't make Fp selection, except for 2 days.
6. (and you already told me you don't need to use the ticket once in order to bridge it.
7. thank you for all the work you do.. and especially for all your maps!!!!!

1. Yup.
2. Yup.
3. Nope. You never can "start" a new AP until you are at WDW to activate the AP.
4. It is not normally possible to upgrade on the phone, unless you are upgrading
current tickets that you have ordered as part of a WDW resort package with an upcoming arrival date.
5. Correct.
6. Yup. But, if these are tickets from a previous resort stay, you can't normally upgrade them
until you are at WDW.
7. Very nice of you to say!