Free Upgrade to Adult Ticket?

[Club Cooloholic]

"Finally, if you think your 8 year old will be 10 by the time you go, you can purchase your tickets ahead of time. Child tickets upgrade to adult tickets for free if you purchased them when your child was 9 or under. That can save you quite a bit on your tickets."
Read the above on another forum...is this true?

 

[coasterphil]

Yes it is.

 

[figmentisgreat]

i hate loopholes like this...it's screwing over the company...it just doesn't seem right

 

[Club Cooloholic]

i hate loopholes like this...it's screwing over the company...it just doesn't seem right

I hate statements like this.

It's not really a loophole. You buy the ticket. the money goes......to Disney. They now have your money and can do with it whatever they want, wheather you go there or not. And by buying the ticket they now have compelled you to make sure you come to the kingdom. I don't think it is screwing over the company to pay for a ticket in advance, when you may not even use said ticket for over a year, your still out whatever money you paid for the ticket at the moment you click "purchase". I think it's being smart having foresight.
Know what really screw's a company? Paying a CEO $38 million in cash and $100 million in stock as a severance package, for 16 months of lousy work.

 

[shoppingnut]

i hate loopholes like this...it's screwing over the company...it just doesn't seem right

It's clearly a loophole that the company really doesn't care about otherwise they'd fix it. It's also probably something that doesn't happen very often, so it's not worth dealing with. In the long run they are making money because they are getting your money upfront for a ticket you're not using, so in essence, you've given disney an interest free loan for a year.

If you can find a way to save money and it is "legal" then more power to you, that's not screwing the company over.

 

[Rob562]

Techically, I believe the procedure is supposed to only be used for *partially used* tickets.
i.e. A ticket that was bought for a child on one vacation, not entirely used on that trip, and then the child passes age 10 before the next trip, they will change the ticket into an adult ticket. (Because the older child needs the Adult ticket)

It's not *supposed* to be used for tickets that were purchased but never used. (Whether or not that actually happens in practice, I couldn't tell you)


-Rob