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This is what we do...
You call the number on your statement and tell them you want to cash out your points and put them on a debit card to use in the parks. They send you a card that has the dollar amount on it, and you use it like cash all around the parks for anything and everything.
OR... Guest Services at any of the parks can do this for you, which gives you points up to the time you travel, as you need to order the card a couple of weeks before your trip. Guest services can have it done for you. It's a beautiful thing!!
Enjoy!
Julie
Next Up:
Summer 2018... WE ARE BACK!!!
2 families
4 teenagers and Larry
Taking on the parks!
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Since you need a credit card to use your room key card for purchases, I don't believe you can use a rewards card or points instead of that.
We start using the rewards card for everything from paying for the room onward ... we'll use it for every purchase we make until it's run out, then switch over to the Disney VISA. We generally don't connect the Disney VISA with the room card --- why complicate things? We have wallets, etc. with us anyway, so might as well use 'em. We'll be doing this when we go in August 2011.
I'd worry about losing the room key card even more if I had the credit card attached. Just start using the rewards card until it runs out. One way or another, you'll use them up.
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[just passing through] OCT94
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Disney Magic DEC06
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We always charge everything back to our room and then on the last day pay off the room with our Disney points. I find this easier to track what we spend because the desk will give you a reciept with all charges on it instead of trying to keep track of all the individual reciepts from the different eating places and gift shops.
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Do this!
Assuming you intend to spend ALL of your Reward Dollars during this trip, during check-in tell the CM that you you want to apply as a credit on your account the entire balance on your Disney Dream Reward Dollars card (which is not the same card as your Disney Visa Card).
Then use your room key to charge all of your meals and the Reward Dollars credit balance will get used up first to pay for all of your charges (all your charges, not just the dining ones).
This way you only have your credit card charged if you spend more than you have in Reward Dollars, plus if you have them applied as a credit to your account you don't run the risk of waiting to the last day and the charges being charged to your credit card because they run your card for Express Check-Out or you spend more than your line of credit allows (500/1000/1500).
If for some reason you do not spend the full amount of Reward Dollars then Disney will refund the remaining balance back onto you Dream Dollars card. You can't go wrong by loading the credits up front instead of waiting until later on in the trip (when things can go wrong.)
If you choose not to load the Reward Dollars up front, then don't wait until check-out to use them or Disney may have already charged your credit card instead.
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94 June Onsite
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Thanks for the good idea Goofy4TheWorld! I'm going to do this on our next trip!
'85-Disney Village Hilton; '87-Poly; '88-Day Trip-Disneyland; '89-GF; '94-GF; '97-ASMu; '98-Dixielandings; '02-CBR; '03-Offsite; '03-ASMo; '04-WL; '04-Offsite; '05-POFQ; '06-POFQ; '08-POP; '09-POP; '11-POP; '13-Day Trip-HS; Up next: Oct. '14-Day Trip-MK
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