Ticket upgrading question after first day use?

[MOM POPPINS]

I know I read somewhere awhile back to purchase a discounted hopper ticket with no expiration and exchange it for an Annual pass after we have used it one day. .

I bought the 7 day no expirations ticket/hopper for 380.95. The DVC price for an Annual Pass is 392.00 The value of this ticket is 413.22 so the cost to upgrade would be zero.


BUT I think what I should do for the other 3 tickets I need is buy the 6 day no expiration/hopper for 348.00. The DVC Annual Pass is 392.00 but the value of the 6 day no expiration/hopper is 378.08 so the upgrade would cost approx. 14.00.

Please let me know if I am missing something. I saw a thread about this awhile back but somehow I deleted it and I want to make sure I am doing this correctly. I think all I need is the 6 day hopper with no expiration to upgrade to the DVC annual pass.. I don't know why I thought I needed the 7 day one.

Please advise.

 

[mjones73]

This the one you were looking for?

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1452684

 

[Hootch]

have described is my understanding. There is a sticky thread at the top written by a CM that works with tickets. The seventh entry specifically addresses your question.

Post and Contents
1. This Table of Contents
2. Magic Your Way (MYW) Ticket Basics Including Definitions
3. Annual Passes and Water Park Tickets
4. Tickets Available Only to Florida Residents
5. Tickets Not Available to the General Public
6. Upgrading MYW Tickets (Not to Annual Passes)
7. Upgrading Tickets to Annual Passes
8. Dealing With Tickets Issued Prior to 1 January 2005 (Pre-MYW)
9. Children and Adults
10. Special Events
11. Comprehensive MYW Ticket Example
12. Hotel Card (Key To The World (KTTW))
13. Lost Tickets
14. Finger Scans
15. Frequently Asked Ticket Questions.
15A. Hopping Rules
15B. WPF&M With No Expire
15C. No Expire Upgrades
15D. Upgrading an Usused Ticket
15E. Upgrading Special Tickets
15F. Checking on Old Tickets
15G. Renewing Annual Passes
15H. Upgrading a Completely Used Ticket
16. Price List as of August 3, 2008
17. Comparison Chart of 2007 and 2008 Pricing.
18. 2009 Free On Your Birthday Promotion
19. Additional Birthday Promotion Details and Clarification
20. Information on Disney's Armed Forces Salute 2009


http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1452684

 

[MOM POPPINS]

Thanks, It looks like getting the 6 day hopper with no expiration will be my best deal in upgrading to a DVC annual pass?

 

[Bowen9475]

Take a look at this thread: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2132785. I had asked about upgrading tickets from the 4/3 deal to DVC APs and got a lot of great, helpful information

 

[MOM POPPINS]

Ok thanks. I found the original thread I was looking for in my user cp. If anyone is interested in this topic. Here it is...

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2025263

 

[seashoreCM]

Thanks, It looks like getting the 6 day hopper with no expiration will be my best deal in upgrading to a DVC annual pass?

Generally a non hopper works better for this purpose.

1. Figure out the price you will pay for the starting ticket.
2. Figure out the gate price of the starting ticket.
3. Figure out the cost of the ticket (AP, etc.) you will upgrade to.
4. After some usage the ticket is valued at gate price for upgrade purpose.
5. Expect Disney to keep the change if the starting ticket has a value greater than what you want to upgrade to.

 

[doconeill]

Your best bet for a ticket is whatever ticket you can get with the biggest discount without the "gate" price (Disney's selling price) going over the gate price of the target ticket. It doesn't really matter if it is the one closest in price to the target ticket. If you can get $20 off a 5-day expiring hopper, but only $10 off a 6-day non-expire non-hopper, even though the latter ticket is closer in price to an AP, in the end you've only saved $10 instead of $20 - you just paid less out of pocket at the time you upgraded.

So the best ticket varies depending on what discounts are offered.

 

[Nikisha421]

This the one you were looking for?

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1452684

Def an extremely thorough and useful thread!!!