Still easy to bridge UTC tickets to APs?

[pangyal]

I would appreciate some more experienced minds for a moment, please .

We are looking at either renewing our APs that expire this month (note- we are not going again until June, and the extra three months on the Seasonal pass would not help us with our Universal trip schedule for the next year or two) versus purchasing tickets from UTC (2+2-day) and bridging them to new APs onsite in June. We have done it that way before and have only had to pay an additional $10 or so per person for the APs. However, I know from personal experience that it's gotten tricky to upgrade reseller tickets at Disney, so I would like to be sure it's still smooth sailing at Universal before I purchase the UTC tickets. Is it still easy to bridge reseller tickets to APs, and does anybody happen to know how they do the valuation?

The second part of my question is as follows: the UTC tickets come in at $275 with tax and the Universal site shows the same tickets at about $330 with tax, with a new Seasonal AP coming in actually less, at about $305 with tax. Is my math correct, first of all? Second, what would happen in the (unlikely) event that the UTC tickets are bridged at their full value per Universal's site and not the purchase price, thereby creating a deficit of about $25 per ticket?

Thank you in advance!

 

[CAPSLOCK]

You can upgrade UT tickets easily. Note that they are valued at the promotional price of $275 (before tax), since that's what Universal sells those 2+2 tickets for.

https://www.universalorlando.com/we...s/index.html?days=2&adults=2&children=0&flr=0

 

[georgina]

Yes to what CAPSLOCK said. But if there was a circumstance where the seasonal AP was lower, we were once given a Universal gift card for the difference.

 

[pangyal]

You can upgrade UT tickets easily. Note that they are valued at the promotional price of $275 (before tax), since that's what Universal sells those 2+2 tickets for.

https://www.universalorlando.com/we...s/index.html?days=2&adults=2&children=0&flr=0

Perfect, thank you! I saw a different figure on the Universal website for the four-day ticket and hadn’t seen the promotional price until you linked to it...glad I asked! It looks like renewing will be the cheapest option, then.

Is it the same as Disney where we have 30 days after expiry to renew, does anybody happen to know? I can’t find this on their website.

 

[Aela]

If you upgrade to AP during your trip, and it is on a Mardi Gras concert day, do you get blacked out? Or can you still use the normal ticket days?

 

[georgina]

If you upgrade to AP during your trip, and it is on a Mardi Gras concert day, do you get blacked out? Or can you still use the normal ticket days?

After you upgrade to a seasonal pass, then you are bound by the blackout dates. I would wait until the concert date has passed to upgrade, or do it once you are already in US on the concert day (and not planning to hop out & back in that day)

 

[Aela]

After you upgrade to a seasonal pass, then you are bound by the blackout dates. I would wait until the concert date has passed to upgrade, or do it once you are already in US on the concert day (and not planning to hop out & back in that day)

Okay thanks, I was afraid of that. Our last days are Sat/Sun, concert dates. So we can’t make use of the AP MardiGras lanyard