Quick Ticket ?? before I waste my time

[MichiganMomto4]

Thanks to the DIS I found out I cannot upgrade or add to old, unused tickets I have (and I thought I was so smart LOL); Here's my question:

I have 3 tickets with one day each left on them. Will guest services turn my 3 seperate tickets into one ticket with 3 days on it? I'm not asking for anymore than what I have, just would prefer that it be consolidated onto one actual ticket instead of 3. tia

 

[bumbershoot]

I found out I cannot upgrade or add to old, unused tickets I have

Are they unused? If entirely never ever used, they can be upgraded. But if they were used, then you can't upgrade.

I found your post when you found out, and there it seemed that they were used, but here you said unused. (maybe they are different sets of tickets?)

 

[StitchandPooh'sMom]

If they are unused one-day Magic Your Way tickets (not complimentary), they can be upgraded. If you have one day leftover from an old ticket or if the ticket is pre-MYW, it cannot be upgraded.

The CMs will not combine three tickets into one ticket.

 

[chartle]

Short answer no.

 

[MichiganMomto4]

Yes, they are used - I meant they still have a day left. Sorry, my mistake for using the wrong words.

Okay....... will be interesting when we try to get a sunbleached, curved ticket in the scanner. They will probably have to issue a new one for at least one of them anyway. When I had them read last trip, the CM just laughed at the condition but was able to read them somehow and tell me what was left on each ticket.

 

[MichiganMomto4]

If they are unused one-day Magic Your Way tickets (not complimentary), they can be upgraded. If you have one day leftover from an old ticket or if the ticket is pre-MYW, it cannot be upgraded.

The CMs will not combine three tickets into one ticket.

I'm not asking for any kind of 'upgrade' whatsoever. I just don't want to have to carry around 3 seperate tickets.

 

[chartle]

Yes, they are used - I meant they still have a day left. Sorry, my mistake for using the wrong words.

Okay....... will be interesting when we try to get a sunbleached, curved ticket in the scanner. They will probably have to issue a new one for at least one of them anyway. When I had them read last trip, the CM just laughed at the condition but was able to read them somehow and tell me what was left on each ticket.

They can replace each of them no problem, like posted above they just can't combine them.

They will give you a new ticket but it will still have all the old entitlements, usage and restrictions attached to it.

 

[StitchandPooh'sMom]

I'm not asking for any kind of 'upgrade' whatsoever. I just don't want to have to carry around 3 seperate tickets.

I know. I was just saying if they are new tickets, you can upgrade them to get more days (cheaper for you in the long run since the most expensive day is the first). If they are leftover, you can't modify them. By "upgrade", I meant to add days to them so you won't have multiple tickets for each person.

There are a couple of reasons they won't combine tickets. Frequently, they belong to different people and can't be combined (not necessarily the case for you, though). Even if they all belong to you, the system won't let them be modified. Even three brand new tickets can't be combined.

 

[MichiganMomto4]

They can replace each of them no problem, like posted above they just can't combine them.

They will give you a new ticket but it will still have all the old entitlements, usage and restrictions attached to it.

Oh, of course! I'm not looking to get anything that I already don't have coming.

Can you tell me (in Disney's mind) what difference it makes if they reissue one ticket or 3? It's still the same 3 days with the same benefits. I could see me, as the consumer, not wanting to do that so the days could be used by different people..... but since they will all be used by the same person, I don't get why Disney wouldn't just combine them

 

[chartle]

Oh, of course! I'm not looking to get anything that I already don't have coming.

Can you tell me (in Disney's mind) what difference it makes if they reissue one ticket or 3? It's still the same 3 days with the same benefits. I could see me, as the consumer, not wanting to do that so the days could be used by different people..... but since they will all be used by the same person, I don't get why Disney wouldn't just combine them

The system won't let the CM do it because you trying to combine three tickets into one not just getting a ticket with three days on it.

When you get a ticket replaced they give you the same type of ticket you had before.

So if you had a 5 day park hopper with one day left you will get a ticket that says 5 day park hopper. If you go to GS they could scan the ticket and see exactly when you bought it, when and where you used it and how many days are left.

How would they combine that data?

A ticket is not a piece of paper or a card its a record in a computer, in order to give you a 3 day ticket they would have to strip off a day from each ticket (make it a ticket with one less day in the system) and give you a completely new ticket. One that could possibly be upgraded and thats not how it works.

Also there is a the little bit about tickets not being transferable. Even though you paid for the tickets are they tickets that only you used? And yes I know they can't really know that because it was before finger scanning.

 

[MichiganMomto4]

Okay, I get it. I had no idea how their computers work but your explanation makes sense. Thanks

 

[linzbear]

Each ticket has a number on the back that corresponds to data in a computer bank. The data includes purchase date, purchase price, entitlements, where and when the ticket was used, how many days are on it, finger scan data, etc.

There is no way to consolidate all of this information, nor do they want to consolidate it as it is used to confirm ownership if a finger scan fails or if the ticket needs to be reissued in the event that it is lost and you had the number on hand to give to them to reprint it.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

On tickets that cannot be upgraded, each stand on their own. If the magnetic stripe cannot be read (or does not exist) they can be looked up based on the serial number and a new ticket will be issued.

That ticket will have all the entitlements and use-history of the original ticket, so there will be no change in what entries remain.

The only exception to this is a MYW ticket with WPF&M visits on it, when the number of Fun visits was less than the number of days on the ticket; in this instance the system, when reissuing the tickets, will bump up the total fun visits allowed to the current number.