Is it possible Disney will stop bridging tickets?

[Amanda999]

Anyone think there's a risk of Disney no longer bridging tickets (e.g., bought from UT) at the then-current ticket price? (I plan to buy 10 day hop UT tickets, use them day 1 of trip in June 2016, then upgrade to an AP.)

I would save an extra $20 per person ($60 total) if I buy from UT (vs. the package from Disney I now have - with old ticket prices).

If there is a risk of this - especially if there's a chance they won't permit me to upgrade to an AP from UT tix - then its not worth (potentially) saving $60 to me. (UT does take returns, for non- e-tix - but there's a 5% fee.) I wouldn't be interested in holding onto 10 day tix for a future year's trip.

TIA

 

[Robo]

Unlikely to stop price-bridging.

It would render their authorized ticket resellers to selling "second-class tickets."
Disney benefits from having the ticket resellers.

That said, Disney has been making a lot of strange decisions of late.

 

[Accident]

I don't think so but they have made the first step to expiring unused tickets with this 1 day price change. I would assume as long as you can use the ticket to get into the park then it would be price bridged and I don't see that changing for upgrades to other types of tickets. The new 1 year expiration and then paying the difference to upgrade an expired ticket to current price is where this really gets interesting. I wonder what will happen with a resold ticket that expires, do you pay the wholesale to new price difference or will that get bridged to the previous non-expired retail price.

 

[Amanda999]

Thanks, Robo. (as always; I often appreciate your responses in many threads here - I 'like' you alot!) Always some risk I guess of policy changes. $60 is real coin, but not worth risking buying $1,200+ of tickets that I have to save for a year or two to use.

 

[Disneylover99]

I would be okay if Disney eventually stopped price bridging, but I will be ticked if they suddenly announce that all older unused tickets expire within a year.

 

[Robo]

I would be okay if Disney eventually stopped price bridging, but I will be ticked if they suddenly announce that all older unused tickets expire within a year of purchase.

There is a big difference between what some would call "expire" and what I would call "going dormant."

If a new ticket ceases to allow entry after a year or so, but Disney will let you use what you paid for that "dormant" ticket towards a new, working ticket, that is not a tragedy.

Some places simply won't accept an out-of-date ticket.
THAT would be a tragedy.

 

[Disneylover99]

There is a big difference between what some would call "expire" and what I would call "going dormant."

If a new ticket ceases to allow entry after a year or so, but Disney will let you use what you paid for that "dormant" ticket towards a new, working ticket, that is not a tragedy.

Some places simply won't accept an out-of-date ticket.
THAT would be a tragedy.

That's what I'm saying.

 

[Robo]

That's what I'm saying.

I'm actually surprised that Disney has not always done this, anyway…
But, it is still unlikely in my mind that they would start doing this.

 

[Disneylover99]

I'm actually surprised that Disney has not always done this, anyway…
But, it is still unlikely in my mind that they would start doing this.

I do hope price bridging does continue. But I really, really hope my older unused tickets don't start expiring.