Okay, I am sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but the DW and I are considering the TIW purchase, and I am trying to "Calculate" the "Value" of it to see if it's worth it. Reading through this thread though makes me wonder about other things.
It seems the TIW card essentially will take care of the "Tip" since it's discount is 20% but a gratuity of 18% is automatically added. (Except for counter service). This result is (at least on the surface) a Net 2% discount. The question is, is the gratuity calculated on the "Discounted" price or the price before discount, as they can be very different.
Example Pre-Discount Tip:
- $100 Bill
- Tip on original price (18%) = $18
- 20% Discounted Price $80
- Total Price = $80 + $18 = $98
- Net 2% Discount
Example POST-Discount Tip:
- $100 Bill
- 20% Discounted Price $80
- Tip on Discounted price (18%) = $14.40
- Total Price = $80 + $14.40 = $94.40
- Net 5.6% Discount (on this example)
Obviously the second one is a better discount
Also according the the TIW website, if you are buying tickets for a dinner show (such as Hoop-Dee-Do) that is "Pre-Paid" you have to show your TIW card at time of arrival (or ticket pick-up) to get the discount. How do they "Refund" the amount? Do they give you cash, a gift card or do they return it back to your credit card? I want to reserve tickets for the Hoop-Dee-Doo show well in advance (as you really need to do). Since the cost of the ticket already includes tax and gratuity, how is the discount calculated? On the surface, our 3 tickets would be a savings of $43.20 which gets us almost a third of the way of the value of the TIW card.
Thanks in advance for any help.