Tickets non-transferable!! Upset. Can someone explain this policy?

[smscrapbooks]

My f-i-l bought the military 4 day passes for the entire family but two people in our family are leaving a day early and won't use a day on their pass. I wanted to reassign their extra day to a friend who lives in the Orlando area. Just read on the Disney site that you can't do this. I think Disney has taken this too far. The tickets were paid for and we should be able to pass them on to who we would like! Can someone explain to me why Disney can get away with this and how they justify this policy?

 

[Spoiledraf]

As always, it's all about the $$$$.
The longer the stay the the less expensive the daily average for the ticket. If they want to visit it will be the one day price.
I think they make it pretty clear on all the ticket media that package tickets are non-transferable.

 

[photogineer]

As I recall this has been the policy for some time, tickets are linked to a fingerprint at first use and remain forever married to that print. The reasoning is it is (often significantly) cheaper to add a day on to a multiday pass than to buy a new 1 day pass, and Disney does not want people taking advantage of that to dodge ticket prices. This is the same reasoning you can't use multiple "days" worth of admissions to park hop as well.

Adam

 

[OKW Lover]

Basically because its their park and they set the rules.

The current ticket structure is such that on multi-day tickets the days at the end are "cheaper" than those at the beginning. In other words, the price per day is front loaded. Its the reason that you can add days to a multi-day ticked for very little extra. Disney did that to encourage families to spend more days in the parks. Allowing a ticket to be used by more than one person would work against their strategy.

 

[Spoiledraf]

Stated clearly at the bottom of the "purchase tickets" area on the Disney web site.

All tickets and options are nontransferable and nonrefundable and exclude activities/events separately priced.

 

[Jennytoon]

All the PP's are correct. To put a different (concrete) perspective on this and why Disney does not allow it, here is what Disney does not want:

1) I purchase a 10-day MYW ticket for $377.
2) I go for 5 days (the cost of a 5-day ticket is $322) over the course of a 7-day stay.

I sell my remaining 5 days that cost me $55 to someone I hooked up with on the internet who is staying for 7 days right after me for $150. I make $95, they save $170.

You only want to give your day away, but I assure you that if it was possible for you to transfer your day and give it away, the above scenario would play out far more often than people simply giving away their extra days.

 

[photogineer]

All the PP's are correct. To put a different (concrete) perspective on this and why Disney does not allow it, here is what Disney does not want:

1) I purchase a 10-day MYW ticket for $377.
2) I go for 5 days (the cost of a 5-day ticket is $322) over the course of a 7-day stay.

I sell my remaining 5 days that cost me $55 to someone I hooked up with on the internet who is staying for 7 days right after me for $150. I make $95, they save $170.

You only want to give your day away, but I assure you that if it was possible for you to transfer your day and give it away, the above scenario would play out far more often than people simply giving away their extra days.

Sadly, that scenario still attempts to be played out, which is right uninformed people end up buying partially used tickets on eBay that are tied to a specific print and/or expired since non-expiring is not a thing anymore.

Adam

 

[momimouse27]

I think this is the way it has always been, even before they started with fingerscan. But the Fingerscan made it impossible to transfer them.

Like the above poster stated, it's their park-their rules. Especially with the military tickets, they are very strict. I know because we've gotten military tickets the last four years and when we buy them on the base they tell you straight up once you either link the ticket to the magic band or go through the gate using the fingerscan, they are yours. The magic band even further prevents any transferring.

 

[Sytrace]

The military passes are ,I believe, to be used only by members of the immediate family of a serviceman/woman.
If the person you want to give the ticket to is in the military then they could get their own passes based on the criteria set forth by both the armed services and Disney at the discounted rate. However, if they are not and attempted to use the pass anyway, they would not be allowed to.
The basic ticket is also not transferrable but I think more people actually can slide past that.

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

Believe me, there are plenty of days I would love to let my folks in on my AP as well. But its YOUR ticket, and frankly, I think this has been the case for over a decade. The only shady thing are the kid's tickets, they don't require a finger print, so I think you probably could swap out a kid although I think the guys with the iPads at the front of the park can read off the names they are assigned too, so they might at least have to be the same gender, I wold imagine. But people used to sell remaining days off all the time, so that's why Disney started with the bio metrics. Cruise lines and airlines also have standards on your ticket is your ticket and sometimes they aren't transferrable or you have to pay an up charge to change the original ticket, but once someone uses that airline or cruise ticket even partially, no one else could use that ticket. This is pretty common. I think OP may be thinking in terms of Disney packages per DAY, where as most vacations, airlines, cruises sell packages per PERSON for x amount of days....

 

[photogineer]

The basic ticket is also not transferrable but I think more people actually can slide past that.

I'm not sure how this would be true? Once the ticket is activated to a specific fingerscan, that's all she wrote. Even when using MBs you still have to scan don't you? As far as before they're activated, I believe it's fully allowed to transfer them, who cares at that point? They wouldn't expect it to be tied to a purchasing entity, that would make it against the rules to ever gift a trip to someone, or for travel agents and booking websites like UT to sell them.

Adam

 

[Sytrace]

I never believed it before either...I am a rule follower. But a friend of mine has annual passes and her son did not want to go, so she gave the magic band to a friends DAUGHTER and they had no trouble with finger scans or even being asked why the boy had long hair and well, a female figure.
And this is an annual pass with finger prints, photos etc coded into the pass. Not a hopper or a base ticket.

 

[photogineer]

I never believed it before either...I am a rule follower. But a friend of mine has annual passes and her son did not want to go, so she gave the magic band to a friends DAUGHTER and they had no trouble with finger scans or even being asked why the boy had long hair and well, a female figure.
And this is an annual pass with finger prints, photos etc coded into the pass. Not a hopper or a base ticket.

Ahh was the original child under ten? I don't think they biometric lock those (yet), and as long as the girl was around the same age, the CMs are probably not going to confront her about what might appear to be a dubious parenting name/style choice.

Adam

 

[crostorfer]

Save any unused days for another trip later in the year, that is what we do. They don't expire during the promotion period they are purchased in. We used 2 days from our 4 day tickets, that we bought last October, in March.

 

[Sytrace]

Possibly, the boy was 12 and the girl 11 I think. Probably didn't want to argue. lol

 

[BigAlsGal]

If this were allowed can you imagine the amount of people who would buy a 10 day ticket and just distribute it amongst the family.

I have a family of 5. I could buy a 10 day ticket and give each person 2 days for $388. Making each entry $38. What a deal right??

If I buy each person a 2 day ticket the right way it's $994.

They give you a deal the more days you go in the parks. You can't just throw them to whomever you want.

 

[magicbob]

If this were allowed can you imagine the amount of people who would buy a 10 day ticket and just distribute it amongst the family.

I have a family of 5. I could buy a 10 day ticket and give each person 2 days for $388. Making each entry $38. What a deal right??

If I buy each person a 2 day ticket the right way it's $994.

They give you a deal the more days you go in the parks. You can't just throw them to whomever you want.

Even if left-over days could be transferred, you still could not do this. You can't use the same ticket twice on the same day. Your family would have to visit individually on ten different days.

 

[Robo]

Basically because its their park and they set the rules.

It is also against Florida state law.

 

[BigAlsGal]

Even if left-over days could be transferred, you still could not do this. You can't use the same ticket twice on the same day. Your family would have to visit individually on ten different days.

I get it. But we're speaking hypothetically here. Op seems to think that you should be able to distribute days purchased in any way you please.

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

Save any unused days for another trip later in the year, that is what we do. They don't expire during the promotion period they are purchased in. We used 2 days from our 4 day tickets, that we bought last October, in March.

Can anyone verify this? Most tix sold today expire 14 days after initial use.