Has anyone used their Disney Gift Cards

[BlackMagicWoman]

as a credit to the room account? You know like loading up $1K and then drawing down on it. I feel like a vaguely remember putting $150 worth of GCs on my room in 2013 before charging anything when I checked in.

 

[winthropf]

You can't pre-load for room charging. In order to have room charging privileges, you must leave a credit card attached to the room. You can then stop by periodically to use gift cards to pay down the balance. Just make sure you do it before the total hits the amount at which the hotel actually charges the credit card. $500 at values, $1000 at moderates, and $1500 at deluxe/DVC.

 

[supersnoop]

as a credit to the room account? You know like loading up $1K and then drawing down on it. I feel like a vaguely remember putting $150 worth of GCs on my room in 2013 before charging anything when I checked in.

It's possible, but not really allowed anymore. What happens to any leftover funds?

You really need to put a credit card on the account, and then just go to the front desk to pay down the balance before they charge the card. The limits vary by resort type, Value/Moderate/Deluxe charge the card at $500/$1000/$1500.

Personally, I was paying off my final balance and had 16 cents left on a gift card. The lady at the front desk just put it against the room, saying she wasn't really supposed to, but "you'll spend another 16 cents before you leave." I didn't. And, somehow, they sent it back as a refund to my credit card.

*note this was 8 months ago. The rules seemed to change before that.

 

[BlackMagicWoman]

I have a credit card on the account but I also have the gift cards. I didn't want to use the cards in lieu of a credit card, more as in addition to. I'm pretty meticulous with a spreadsheet. I doubt that I will have any left over.

 

[MermaidMommy]

FYI, WDWmagic is reporting that the credit limits have been raised to $1500 at value/mods and $2000 at deluxe.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/resorts/wal...raised-at-walt-disney-world-resort-hotels.htm

 

[BlackMagicWoman]

Also to be clear, I had a credit card linked to my account in 2013.