Upgrading to AP - Help me with the math

[BrownHP800]

Wife and I are looking to upgrade to an AP on our upcoming trip in October. We bought 2 5 day park hoppers from UT. I know the basics like use those tickets at least once and then upgrade to get the price bridge. I am not 100% on the math.

We paid $816.54 from UT. Including tax. Ticket value is $818 + tax = 871.18

2 AP is $1498 + tax = 1595.38

Am I correct in figuring 1595.38 - 871.18 = $724.20?

Or is it calculated before tax like 1498 - 818 = $680 + $97.38 (tax for 2 AP) = $777.38

Seems like the 2nd way you lose out on $53 of tax you already paid.

I may be overthinking this.

Thanks for any help.

 

[bumbershoot]

Take the cost of the AP including tax.

Take the current gate price of the ticket, including tax, that you have at the time you upgrade.

Subtract the second from the first. That should be what you pay.

Using it first is what allows the cm to bridge the cost. Bridging the cost is what brings your ticket up to the correct price which is why the math is ultimately simple.

 

[BrownHP800]

Thank you. That is what I originally thought and then I began to question myself and thus started to over think it.

Cool. Even more excited for our upcoming trip now.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Wife and I are looking to upgrade to an AP on our upcoming trip in October. We bought 2 5 day park hoppers from UT. I know the basics like use those tickets at least once and then upgrade to get the price bridge. I am not 100% on the math.

We paid $816.54 from UT. Including tax. Ticket value is $818 + tax = 871.18

2 AP is $1498 + tax = 1595.38

Am I correct in figuring 1595.38 - 871.18 = $724.20?

Or is it calculated before tax like 1498 - 818 = $680 + $97.38 (tax for 2 AP) = $777.38

Seems like the 2nd way you lose out on $53 of tax you already paid.

I may be overthinking this.

Thanks for any help.

You can do it either way but calculate tax on only the upgrade:
$1498-$818=$680 + $680*6.5%=$44.20 for total of $724.20

 

[Lesverts]

If the tickets were bought directly from Disney, but at the previous price do they need to be used and bridge and does Disney just give you credit as is?

 

[ravenclawtrekkie]

If the tickets were bought directly from Disney, but at the previous price do they need to be used and bridge and does Disney just give you credit as is?

When tickets are bought directly from Disney, and not as part of a package, they are not price bridged. Whether they've been used or not is irrelevant. (Whether any tickets have been used or not is always irrelevant.)