Has anyone ever tried to price bridge

If you encounter a problem in upgrading, I can tell you that, with persistence, those situations can be resolved to the good.

I'll echo that sentiment! It might take a few days. It may be a situation where you have to contact guest relations once you're home, but in the end Disney always makes good for the mistakes of CMs who were not trained correctly.
 
Wow this thread is so informative!! It sounds like the savings really add up to price bridge. I am having a Disney wedding so we got free APs but next time I might do the AP renewal. My parents just bought APs from the Disney store and it looks like I should have read up on price bridging before that.
 
Ok so I was trying to understand this a little better but I just wanted to confirm through an example:

Let's say I buy a 6 day MYW ticket and want to upgrade to a 10 day MYW ticket. 6 day MYW ticket is 287.41 from UT and full price it's 299. So I use the ticket once and it gets the new gate price of 299. If I want to upgrade to a MYW 10 day ticket, that costs 339. So I would pay 42.60 to upgrade. That means I ultimately paid 330.01 for my MYW 10 day ticket.

However, a 10 day MYW ticket is 329.95 from UT. So in this situation, it would be about the same price no matter what I did.
Are my calculations correct?

I understand how this will be used to get a discount on an AP and in the situations where you find yourself at Disney and want to add days but from a cost perspective from the start, it wouldn't be that much cheaper to do one way or the other.

ETA: I used full prices with tax. I had to correct.
 
I don't have time to check prices, but I'm going to assume that's correct.

With saving money when buying a ticket NOT to upgrade to AP, you want to purchase the ticket equal to or less than the number of DAYS you want that has the largest discount over gate price.

With upgrading to an AP, you want to buy the ticket with the greatest SAVINGS whose GATE COST is less than the cost of an AP.
 

Luvchefmic said:
It doesn't apply to me with tickets, but I think the smartest thing to do is go to the sticky and print out post # 22 and bring it with you for your upgrades
Unless you know where to find Cheshire Figment and only go to him :thumbsup2...

And I'm guessing Cheshire Figment you can't tell us where you work? :-) or do ticket CMs rotate parks?
 
People have mentioned me a few times and also how many CMs don't know what they are doing.

1. Ticketing processes are complicated and the rules and policies do change on occasion.

2. I am a retired CPA and a long-term member of Mensa. I understand financial stuff very well, I like to read a lot, and I have a very good memory especially on stuff I am interested in.

3. Financially I do not need my Disney employment. It is much less than 10% of my total income. I work there because I enjoy it.

4. I like to do things correctly and keep up-to-dated on things.

5. I enjoy helping people in things I am interested in.

6. For most of the people who work at WDW it is just a job; for me it is something that is fun. That is why I wrote the sticky and keep it up-to-date.

7. For anyone who has not noticed, about a week ago I added Post #22 to the sticky which discusses Price-Bridging in (sordid) detail. Read it and enjoy!

Mike
 
Wow this thread is so informative!! It sounds like the savings really add up to price bridge. I am having a Disney wedding so we got free APs but next time I might do the AP renewal. My parents just bought APs from the Disney store and it looks like I should have read up on price bridging before that.

I agree, keep all your tips coming :thumbsup2
 
I don't have time to check prices, but I'm going to assume that's correct.

With saving money when buying a ticket NOT to upgrade to AP, you want to purchase the ticket equal to or less than the number of DAYS you want that has the largest discount over gate price.

With upgrading to an AP, you want to buy the ticket with the greatest SAVINGS whose GATE COST is less than the cost of an AP.

This makes sense. I went back and I was comparing two tickets that had the same savings. Also, it looks like if I would have bought the 7 Day PH + NO Expiration I could have saved $78 by price bridging to an AP. (10 and 8 day would have put me over the 609 and with a 8 or 7 day MWY + NO Expiration, I would have saved $70) and we don't want WP&M because then you'd have to upgrade to the Premier AP.

I think I'm starting to get it! BTW it looks like No expiration has the most savings on UT. When I went to the Disney World website, I couldn't even find the option to buy No expiration. Did they completely get rid of this option? For some reason I thought they only got rid of the 10 day No expiration? :confused3

Thanks again for this thread and a hugeeeeeeeeee thanks to Cheshire Figment for his ticket sticky! Learned something new today :)
 
I'll echo that sentiment! It might take a few days. It may be a situation where you have to contact guest relations once you're home, but in the end Disney always makes good for the mistakes of CMs who were not trained correctly.

I'll second this (but in my one previous experience, I had to go the snail mail route because the CM I dealt with on the phone after returning home was giving me the same line as the CM's at WDW, and was nasty and condescending to boot).

In that experience, I knew to the penny what the upgrade should cost and when the CM quoted a higher number (presumably, he skipped the first step and only gave me credit for what UT paid Disney for the ticket), four thoughts simultaneously ran through my mind:

1.) I don't want to haggle with this CM and start our Disney vacation with a bad taste in my mouth;

2.) I'm in a hurry, need this upgrade now, and don't have time to go to another guest services;

3.) Maybe Disney changed their policy since the last time I read the ticket sticky (which was about a week prior);

4.) If I just pay for the upgrade now (and assuming I am overpaying), maybe I can get another CM at a different guest services to give me a refund.

So I overpaid for the upgrade. Then, I couldn't find a live body anywhere at WDW willing to give me a refund.

What I learned from that experience, is that it's better to get the price bridging right in the first place because, once you've overpaid, it's difficult to find a front line CM who is willing to put their neck on the line to give you a refund.

Alternatively stated, if you're going to price bridge and don't want to risk the possibility of a potentially unpleasant exchange with a CM (or you want to avoid potentially embarrasing a CM), at least allow yourself time to go to a different location in the event that the first CM you deal with doesn't know how to price bridge.
 
Ok so I was trying to understand this a little better but I just wanted to confirm through an example:

Let's say I buy a 6 day MYW ticket and want to upgrade to a 10 day MYW ticket. 6 day MYW ticket is 287.41 from UT and full price it's 299. So I use the ticket once and it gets the new gate price of 299. If I want to upgrade to a MYW 10 day ticket, that costs 339. So I would pay 42.60 to upgrade. That means I ultimately paid 330.01 for my MYW 10 day ticket.

However, a 10 day MYW ticket is 329.95 from UT. So in this situation, it would be about the same price no matter what I did.
Are my calculations correct?

I understand how this will be used to get a discount on an AP and in the situations where you find yourself at Disney and want to add days but from a cost perspective from the start, it wouldn't be that much cheaper to do one way or the other.

ETA: I used full prices with tax. I had to correct.

Just looking at the UT website, both the 6 day and 10 day MYW have a reported $31 savings. So yes, you would not save anything bridging a 6 day to a 10 day. The 5 day has a $36 savings so I think that ticket would save you an extra $5
 
I think I'm starting to get it! BTW it looks like No expiration has the most savings on UT. When I went to the Disney World website, I couldn't even find the option to buy No expiration. Did they completely get rid of this option? For some reason I thought they only got rid of the 10 day No expiration? :confused3

Please, for your sanity (and mine,) just stay FAR AWAY from the Disney website. ;)

It is as close to worthless as anything Disney offers.

For accurate ticket prices, use Cheshire Figment's ticket sticky info at the top of this forum.

The TICKET PRICE-LIST (including all of the Non-Expiring Tickets) can be seen HERE.

None of the Non-expiring tickets have been eliminated.
They are just not listed on the "Disney website." (I spit on the ground as I type the name.) ;)
 
(10 and 8 day would have put me over the 609 and with a 8 or 7 day MWY + NO Expiration, I would have saved $70) and we don't want WP&M because then you'd have to upgrade to the Premier AP.

Sorry, but you're confusing things.

The only time you would "have to" upgrade to a Premium AP
would be if you actually USED any of the WPF&More options BEFORE you did the upgrade.

Just BUYING a ticket with the WPF&More options does not obligate you to upgrading to a Premium AP.

This is why I (and others) keep repeating just to look for the discounted ticket that has the MOST SAVINGS
(regardless of "days" or "options" as long as its Disney gate price is less than an AP.

Then, just use the ticket to go into a THEME PARK (not a water park) at least once before you do the upgrade.

("Premier AP" is a completely different KIND of AP that is good at both WDW and DLR in Anaheim.)
 
It's easy to see, with all of this minutia, just how difficult it would be to know all of these kind of details if you were a rookie ticket CM, still green around the gills.
 
Sorry, but you're confusing things.

The only time you would "have to" upgrade to a Premium AP
("Premier" is a completely different KIND of AP good at both WDW and DLR in Anaheim)
would be if you actually USED any of the WPF&More options BEFORE you did the upgrade.

Just BUYING a ticket with the WPF&More options does not obligate you to upgrading to a Premium AP.

This is why I (and others) keep repeating just to look for the discounted ticket that has the MOST SAVINGS
(regardless of "days" or "options" as long as it's Disney gate price is less than an AP.

Then, just use the ticket to go into a THEME PARK (not a water park) at least once before you do the upgrade.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I wasn't even looking at those prices because yes, I was confused. (I even read the ticket sticky!!) However, now I have to go back and so some more research to look at the WP&M option. I thought even if you buy them you'd have to upgrade to Premium. I think I got it now.

and I'm starting to understand why only some CMs understand this. I can only imagine having to learn all of this in addition to a bunch of other stuff! and like someone said before, we can clarify on here where a lot of people can chime in but if you're only dealing with one or two CMs then knowledge is limited.

Oh and I try to stay away from the Disney website as much as I can. I don't know why I ended up there. It gives me such a headache. :crazy2:

Thank you Robo for further clarification! and sorry to the OP for hijacking your thread.
 
My annual pass expires halfway through my September trip. I will have a 2 day ticket from my free dining package. Do I wait until my annual pass expires before using the 2 day ticket at the gate (to apply the 2 day ticket to the renewal), or can I do it at any time during my trip?

Good Luck!
I know September is a long time away, but please come back and let us know how this MYW ticket to AP "renewal" upgrade goes for you.
 
Bumbershoot wrote....Can anyone discuss that? Did "kids play free" tickets have NO value whatsoever?

I can only offer my personal experience with that. In 2010 I received the "Kids Play and Dine Free" offer. It was fabulous! However, I was only going to be staying at the resort for 5 days but wanted to continue to be able to use them offsite.

Fortunately I knew this before I made my initial purchase along with the room. The CM said that I could do it on the phone with her... increase my paid ticket to 10 days and pay the differential on my girls' tickets from the 5 day to the 10 day... which in that year was around $3-6 each per added day.

She told me that if I tried to upgrade those "zero value" tickets from the "Kids Play and Dine Free" tickets at the park I would be unable to do so.

I was fortunate to know what I wanted to do ahead of time and extra lucky to have a phone CM who knew her stuff and was able to help me.

I don't know if this is typical policy on that type of ticket but they worked for 10 days beautifully.
 
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!
 
My husband's HR department just gave us a link to buy Discounted Disney Park Passes that are cheaper than I can get them through the Mousesaver link on UnderCover Tourist.

We are DVC members and are purchasing AP's this year. Buying one every month to spread the cost out. I already have 2 of the 4 I need, but the price just went up! :mad:

My question is: Can the ticket I get from (Plum Benefits) for the discounted ticket be bridged to a DVC AP? And to confirm that the 5+ 2 free days is really a 7 day will work.

If so, it will save us about $50 a ticket, or approximately what the price increase Disney just made to the DVC AP's that we purchased before the increase.
 


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