ugh. This new pricing format is concerning me for my trip planned for Dec 2019. I usually buy my MYW tickets from my local ITT office as a DoD employee (not military so I've never purchased Salute tickets) &
when I asked the ITT employees when the MYW tickets they sell expire, I was told by their manager Feb 2019.
1. Is that even possible?
2. All the expiration dates from the beginning of this thread say it will either be Dec 2018 or Dec 2019, which "born on" year would that make the ticket worth?
3. Whenever I've purchased MYW tickets, I've always received credit card type tickets with the number on the back that I enter into MDX & it shows up just fine.
4. I've never had to exchange them for RFID cards or anything at the gate since they were tied to my Magic Band. It usually takes 3-4 weeks for my tickets to be ready for pick up from ITT.
5. I always assumed they purchased them directly from Disney
6. which is why it always took so long.
My main questions are about trying to avoid the limitations of the tickets being sold after Oct 16
My
Dreams Unlimited agent gave me a price for MYW tickets she could sell me that wouldn't expire until Dec 31, 2019.
7. If I purchased the same ticket from ITT, I would save over $120 for our group BUT the tickets may expire in Feb 2019 when I want to use them in Dec 2019 (I wouldn't be able to verify expiration dates until I had the tickets in hand).
8. The start of the thread said that if my tickets expire, I could pay the difference to still use them in Dec, but the ticket office would determine it's "born on" date which would determine it's value toward a current ticket?
9. This transaction would occur at a park ticket office?
10. Is it safer to just pay the extra $120 (idk if there's shipping on top of that price) to guarantee I'll have valid tickets & avoid the hassle at the ticket office?
11. I've also considered UT, but the PP said her recently purchased tickets from them expire in Dec 2018 which really would be the same as buying from ITT right now & UT is more expensive that ITT.