Need help with our Military Discount

[hoaks2]

Hello! My wife and I, along with another couple, are going to Disneyworld on September 18th. We are so excited, as none of us have been there before. The downside is that our 5th member is missing. He is in the Air Force and was stationed in Georgia, so he was just going to drive down to go with us. He is my best friend from High school, and one time roommate to my wife and I. Anyway, long story short, after we had already bought airline tickets (no small feat, as we live in Oregon), and he picked up the Military salute tickets for all of us, he gets orders to ship out in July. So, while we still have to go (we bought our airline tickets online at a discount, so no cancel/refund), he is in southern Iraq. Apparently, EOD doesn't count as combat troops, so he is still there.

While that is obviously unfortunate, here is my problem: we are kind of doing this trip on a budget, and because none of us are married to my friend in the military, we have to upgrade the tickets to full price if we can't find someone in the military to activate them. Does anyone have any ideas? I tried a craigslist post, but I am not getting anything. We may have to resort to looking for somebody with a buzzcut at the gates. The cost to upgrade our passes, somewhere around $700 would really kill us.

Any ideas? Or does anybody know a military person in the area? We can provide compensation if someone just made a trip all the way out there.

Thanks for the help!
Mike

 

[uk_wildcat]

Those discount tickets are only for military members and those who are with them. The military member has to be present in order to use the tickets.

It would be wrong, IMO for someone else to "get you in." It sounds like an abuse of the system and as a former military wife, it bothers me that you would try to pay someone to do that. I understand being on a budget, but you didn't earn the privilege of being able to use those tickets.

 

[21yankees]

Those discount tickets are only for military members and those who are with them. The military member has to be present in order to use the tickets.

It would be wrong, IMO for someone else to "get you in." It sounds like an abuse of the system and as a former military wife, it bothers me that you would try to pay someone to do that. I understand being on a budget, but you didn't earn the privilege of being able to use those tickets.

The current promotion is for family and friends. The only way to activate the tickets is to have the military member or their spouse do it there. Bottom line is that you have to find someone with a military id or spouse's id.

steph

 

[uk_wildcat]

I think this is a hoax post. Look at the person's screen name and this is their only post.

 

[sydneysmom]

Those discount tickets are only for military members and those who are with them. The military member has to be present in order to use the tickets.

It would be wrong, IMO for someone else to "get you in." It sounds like an abuse of the system and as a former military wife, it bothers me that you would try to pay someone to do that. I understand being on a budget, but you didn't earn the privilege of being able to use those tickets.

I have to TOTALLY agree here..... that's really not cool to use military tickets when none of you are even in the military. And to insult a member of the military by asking them to activate your tickets ? Wow. that's a new low. How do you think an active military person might respond ?

I actually saw your topic and came on to thank you for your service....but now I kind of want to say shame on you. These men and women deserve this discount because of what they do for our country. What you're doing is stealing that discount. It's not a noble thing to say the least. I hope you reconsider and do what is honorable. You can easily change your hotel to something less expensive that would suit your budget.