How is the annual pass upgrade price determined for 3rd party tickets?

[orum]

I have a question about upgrading a 3rd party multi-day ticket to an Annual Pass. If I buy a 3 day ticket from somewhere like Undercover Tourist, how do they determine the cost to upgrade to the annual pass? Do they know what I paid for the tickets, or do I get to upgrade using the current price difference between the Universal ticket price and the annual pass price?

Thanks!

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Normally you will get credit for the direct Universal pricing for your ticket. So a 3 day ticket is credited as what Universal would charge you for that 3 day ticket. If it's a Universal promo (IE buy 2 days get 2 days free), you will get credit for the Universal promo price regardless of where you bought the ticket from (you will not get credit for a 4 day ticket).

 

[orum]

Thank you. This is very helpful. It is nice that you "keep" the ticket discount when you upgrade.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

I've always found the math to be a bit fuzzy when upgrading tickets at both Universal and WDW. At WDW, if you ask 3 different CM's you will get 3 different numbers. Universal is a bit more consistent. You should get the value as described above, but it might be off a little.

Still, a Universal AP is generally a great deal, because the discounts are great.