Pay Annual Dues Early

[Steelers0854]

I know, blasphemy. But stick with me. I’m trying to get ahead of the CSR point change next month and wondering if I can pay my annual dues early?

Thanks!

 

[MattB2G]

Yes you can, or at least have a credit on your account.

 

[airjay75]

Yes, you absolutely can. I have been doing this primarily to liquidate Disney gift card deals I collect on a regular basis. You do have to pick which contract you’re paying on - I just try to keep it balanced between my contracts based on their point ratios to other contracts.

 

[Steelers0854]

Great, thanks!

 

[MattB2G]

Yeah, I had a 10% offer on Disney Cards through one of my credit cards and grabbed a $500 Disney Gift Card and just paid it on-line through my account. If you go to the dues section you can see the credit on your account.

 

[Steelers0854]

I may have to call to do it, when i go online it doesn’t give me the option to make a payment since I don’t owe anything currently. Unless it has to do with the fact that I have auto pay setup (annually), and I have to cancel that first.

 

[airjay75]

I may have to call to do it, when i go online it doesn’t give me the option to make a payment since I don’t owe anything currently. Unless it has to do with the fact that I have auto pay setup (annually), and I have to cancel that first.

That could be. I do not have auto-pay setup. When I go to my "Annual Dues Overview" page, I have three boxes at the top. The first one says Thank You - Your 2025 dues have been paid in full, and there is a blue icon just underneath that that says "Make a Payment" that takes me to the option to pay by contract. The middle-box is one to schedule auto-pay and the box on the right has links to Annual Dues Statements.

 

[Cfabar1]

Yes, I prepay using DGCs throughout the year... taking advantage of various promotions....

 

[airjay75]

Yes, I prepay using DGCs throughout the year... taking advantage of various promotions....

This is the way! I've quickly realized, if you stay up to date on your credit card offers, pretty easy to get 10-15% off DGCs. And, I hate having unused GCs sitting around, so just liquidate them and pre-pay the dues.

 

[Cfabar1]

This is the way! I've quickly realized, if you stay up to date on your credit card offers, pretty easy to get 10-15% off DGCs. And, I hate having unused GCs sitting around, so just liquidate them and pre-pay the dues.

me too... I know I'll have to pay one way or another....

 

[PolyRob]

Yes, you absolutely can. I have been doing this primarily to liquidate Disney gift card deals I collect on a regular basis. You do have to pick which contract you’re paying on - I just try to keep it balanced between my contracts based on their point ratios to other contracts.

It's funny, I did the same thing my first year as an owner!

You'll notice once your dues statement cuts for the next year it will take all the money you applied to each individual contract and reallocate it paying them off in order starting with .0

Now I just apply them all to the master contract and wait for it to refresh with the new dues statement.

 

[airjay75]

It's funny, I did the same thing my first year as an owner!

You'll notice once your dues statement cuts for the next year it will take all the money you applied to each individual contract and reallocate it paying them off in order starting with .0

Now I just apply them all to the master contract and wait for it to refresh with the new dues statement.

Thank you! That is good to know - maybe I should do the same. I probably can't help myself from trying to allocate based on the points amounts until I actually see them do that.

 

[J-Dog]

I add credit to my due account all the time throughout the year prior to it's due date. Most recently, I used my gift cards from buying the Sorcerer's pass to add to my account credit.

 

[Steelers0854]

That could be. I do not have auto-pay setup. When I go to my "Annual Dues Overview" page, I have three boxes at the top. The first one says Thank You - Your 2025 dues have been paid in full, and there is a blue icon just underneath that that says "Make a Payment" that takes me to the option to pay by contract. The middle-box is one to schedule auto-pay and the box on the right has links to Annual Dues Statements.

Yup, confirmed the autopay was the issue, once i turned it off i had the option to make an extra payment. Thanks!

It's funny, I did the same thing my first year as an owner!

You'll notice once your dues statement cuts for the next year it will take all the money you applied to each individual contract and reallocate it paying them off in order starting with .0

Now I just apply them all to the master contract and wait for it to refresh with the new dues statement.

Thanks for this info, very helpful and made the payment super easy!

 

[Good Ol Gal]

It's funny, I did the same thing my first year as an owner!

You'll notice once your dues statement cuts for the next year it will take all the money you applied to each individual contract and reallocate it paying them off in order starting with .0

Now I just apply them all to the master contract and wait for it to refresh with the new dues statement.

Thank you for this information. I've been spreading out the pre-payments between our contracts and would have been concerned (about my sanity) when I saw them applied differently.

 

[PolyRob]

Thank you! That is good to know - maybe I should do the same. I probably can't help myself from trying to allocate based on the points amounts until I actually see them do that.

Thanks for this info, very helpful and made the payment super easy!

Thank you for this information. I've been spreading out the pre-payments between our contracts and would have been concerned (about my sanity) when I saw them applied differently.

Yes! I had a spreadsheet with all the contract numbers and which DGCs I applied and then poof it all changed on me.

Now I screenshot the negative balance before the statement generates to make sure it carries over properly. Saves me time