oh my, the expiration date on MYW tickets has me so confused. i always purchase my WDW tickets from the ITT/MWR office to get the best price. I'm a civilian employee of DoD so I don't get the "salute" rate, but the ticket pricing is very good. The only problem is their agents can't answer my questions about the new expiration dates on these tickets.
A. In Nov 2016, I tried to buy 7day PH for a trip in March 2017 but they wouldn't allow that because they said the tickets were going to expire in Dec 2016, so I had to buy my tickets on Jan 3, 2017 & tickets didn't arrive until Feb 1 (it takes 15+ business days for WDW to arrive) so i missed my 60 day FP window.
B. FYI, the tickets I've purchased from ITT/MWR have always been the regular credit card looking park tickets, not any special military type ticket. i'm able to enter the numbers on the back of each into
MDE so I'm sure they're the same as I would get straight from Disney.
1. We're planning to go again in March of 2020, so will that still be the case? if i bought MYW/PH tickets in Nov 2019, they have to be used in the parks by Dec 2019?
2. It looks like the expiration date info just came out in Feb 2017, so would i have to wait to see what Disney does after the price increase in Feb 2018 to receive a better answer to my question?
3. i did read the 1st page of the post but it wasn't clear on how the determination of "use by" dates are. it just says "will expire in 9-24(?) months" which will be printed on the ticket only after i've purchased it. that uncertainty concerns me, so the bottom line question is... when should i purchase my tickets for March 2020 in time to make my FP window without having the expiration date lapse before my trip?
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