Frozen2014
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- Jan 12, 2014
That's great. Thank you both. eTickets sounds like a fine option.
I thought I'd weigh in for those of us heading to DLR. A couple points:
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3) I have a US visa under my Aunt's address in the states and use that for all US purchases. Apparently, I cannot use it to purchase my Canadian tickets. It has to be a CC based in Canada. Not sure how I can get around this. I wonder if I purchase Disney Gift cards in the states if they'll allow that? If anyone knows about that, I'd be interested in finding out.
When i paid with my US credit card to pay off a balance on my daughters account I was merrily going along with the automated voice-anger inducing attendant and it got confused with part of my address and i got switched to a "real person" and the only piece of information she needed to verify the card was the Postal Code attached to the mailing address for the card. I was prepared to give her the full address, expiration date etc and she said it was already processed once she keyed in my postal code.How would they know where your credit card is from? I don't think I've ever been asked for a billing address when processing a credit card payment over the phone. It's possible they could do this when purchasing tickets online, where a billing address typically is required, but I strongly doubt that they would have bothered to update their website to enforce this, just for the sake of this one special offer.
Have you actually tried to do this and been denied, or did you just preemptively ask if it would be allowed?
I thought I'd weigh in for those of us heading to DLR. A couple points:
3) I have a US visa under my Aunt's address in the states and use that for all US purchases. Apparently, I cannot use it to purchase my Canadian tickets. It has to be a CC based in Canada. Not sure how I can get around this. I wonder if I purchase Disney Gift cards in the states if they'll allow that? If anyone knows about that, I'd be interested in finding out.
When i paid with my US credit card to pay off a balance on my daughters account I was merrily going along with the automated voice-anger inducing attendant and it got confused with part of my address and i got switched to a "real person" and the only piece of information she needed to verify the card was the Postal Code attached to the mailing address for the card. I was prepared to give her the full address, expiration date etc and she said it was already processed once she keyed in my postal code.
When my MasterCard was comprised a few months back i did some digging and found out that to order sumtin on-line you need the expiration date, the verification code and the address needs to match the billing address or it *usually* won't be processed. Over the phone they need only the last 3 digits of the Postal code and at times they might ask for the expiration date.
The billing address needs to match your credit card address exactly. I live in what is now Ottawa but some of my CC's go to Ottawa others to Nepean same postal, code house address etc. The payments (online) which didn't match exactly were rejected. I use the two city terms interchangeably all the time but apparently it makes a difference sometimes.
We actually got one with Bank of America in the States under my Aunts address. So the zip code is a California one. But I'm still gonna try using it with the Canadian discount and see if it works. I haven't done a US credit card with my Canadian bank. The CM said it wouldn't work but I was in the final stage of checkout and had no issues, so we will see.
We have a US MasterCard through BMO and the only option we have for paying the bill is US cash. No transaction fees, just the exchange on the cash we take out to pay with!What's the advantage of having an American credit card? When you pay it off, does your bank not charge you a foreign transaction fee regardless?
Why not just get a Canadian credit card with zero foreign transaction fee?
We have a US MasterCard through BMO and the only option we have for paying the bill is US cash. No transaction fees, just the exchange on the cash we take out to pay with!
We use both.What's the advantage of having an American credit card? When you pay it off, does your bank not charge you a foreign transaction fee regardless?
Why not just get a Canadian credit card with zero foreign transaction fee?
I have a US$ CC with BMO as well as a US $ savings account. When I charge to my US CC it is paid with US cash I already have on hand in my US Savings account. I am charged $1 for a transfer to make the payment or $4 to withdraw cash. The advantage I see to this setup is that I choose when to convert money from Canadian to US $. Yes I will end up paying 1.5-2.5% fee to do so but I only convert when the overall rate is acceptable. If you watch the exchange rates and have cash on hand to convert and have sit in a US$ account the overall savings can be significant.
What's the advantage of having an American credit card? When you pay it off, does your bank not charge you a foreign transaction fee regardless?
Why not just get a Canadian credit card with zero foreign transaction fee?
Ya the USD credit card definitely makes sense with the USD savings account.
This screen shot i took from the section "special offers"I am about to buy Disneyland tickets under the CDN discount and am considering adding a 5-day base ticket to WDW for me to use at Dopey 2018. The Disneyland tickets expire at the end of 2017 and I would be headed to WDW in January 2018.
I do not see on the website where it says, as has been quoted in this thread multiple times, that the tickets are for use in 2017 and beyond. Neither do I see an expiration date like the Disneyland ones, but can someone link or post a screenshot of where it says on the website that these tickets will be good in 2018?
I just received a code to pick up my tickets at Will Call - didn't get anything shipped here. They linked to MDE automatically. I will see when I check in Jan 1 if they take our info then, however I will probably still bring ID to the park Jan 2 just in case. Will post later that day and let you know how it worked out.
Thanks!This screen shot i took from the section "special offers"
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