Exactly!
As a government employee, I always look for those discounts as well and they almost always beat AAA. (Strangely enough I have NEVER been asked to show my ID when checking in on a government rate.)
The same is true with AAA. Iâve claimed the AAA discount rate, and Iâm told I MUST show my AAA ID. But when I arrive for check-in, they never once even mention AAA. (Truthfully, the only reason I keep my AAA membership is for the roadside assistance.)
Yes - when you upgrade reseller tickets at GS, the Disney CM is supposed to bridge the value of your tickets to Disneyâs gate price. (Note: the gate price is $21+ more than if you bought tickets directly from Disney online.)
However, CMs notoriously do not perform this transaction in any standard way, so sometimes it can take a few tries at different GS locations for them to bridge properly so you keep your savings.
So, one of the other things I added in my âMaximum Savingsâ sheet is a cheat-sheet table for you to have in hand when you get to GS so you know the amount it should be. It also has the math laid out in a simple formula so you can compare what the CM comes up with or even explain what you expect the upgrade to cost to the CM if necessary.
While I realize this process may take up some valuable time on site, saving around $77 per person ainât too shabby and really adds up if upgrading multiple people.
One thing that plays into this is the memory maker. I always get that and I think it is $170 in advance now, that savings makes a big difference. By doing 6 days with park hopper and MM, then include the savings for dining and shopping, a second trip - just buying the memory maker pretty much makes the park tickets for that trip free
sooo⌠based on my calculations, I will basically have my tickets free for a second trip, because of the memory maker & the amount of stuff I buy LOL
I would love to go to the Christmas party and the first week in November doesnât look too busy. I may need to cut back how much money I spend on food/drink at work. I am just lazy and donât like to shop and then make lunch for myself. However I might be able to overcome that if my reward is an extra Disney trip 
QuestionâŚ
If I included Memory Maker in my package and have paid the package in full, If I upgrade to an AP on my first day will they take the cost of the MM into account when working out the price difference I will need to pay?
I am going to wait for someone who knows better to answer - but I believe that they either deduct it from what you need to pay to upgrade, or they refund you the MM money.
They should credit you the value of your MM, and more than several people on chat and in forum over years have said they have had that done with no issue.
However, as full disclosure there was one person that did report the CM would not (at least initially) give them credit for MM. I very much tend to think that last report was an outlier and not the expected outcome.
I think I know the answer to this question but I will ask it anyway: we are going to WDW in December and purchased two sets of tickets. One set is a 2 two (non PH) day single park tickets and the remaining tickets are 5 day PH. These PH tickets were purchased using the Military pricing (we are not military but traveling with SIL who is so we were able to buy 6 park tickets at the discounted price). I am assuming that if I upgraded to AP, I wouldnât get to bridge using the discounted military tickets, right? I am guessing those would be excluded since the discount is so significant??
Iâm not expert on military tickets, but over on my Maximum Savings thread I posted a related quote about military tickets shared by other Liners:
Regarding the military tickets: My only experience with those has been speaking with my sister about my nephew using them. But, I just learned this info over on the TP chat with help from trampslady63 and brerbeer:
âThere are 2 different military discount tickets: the deeply discounted Salute tickets (canât bridge these) & military discounted MYW tickets. I bridged the MYW type.â
Also, if Iâm not mistaken - this info says you canât bridge the Salute tix, but I believe they can be upgraded, but Disney just uses the price you paid for them, so no savings gets passed on.
Hopefully someone else with experience will chime in.