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I was wondering when do you usually call and get your Disney Rewards card? How close to your trip that is? We are leaving December 26th this year and I want to get as much points on the card I can before cashing it in. I thought I would ask your advice to see how you all do it.
You have two options: One is to call about 6-8 weeks before your trip and have them mail the card to your home.
The second is to redeem the points at Disney World. You can go to Guest Relations at all of the parks (and DTD) and request a rewards card. Then you call the number on the back of your card, talk on the phone for about 5 minutes, and the points are instantly there.
I would wait until the fall to get your card. The points that are transferred onto it will not expire for about 2 years, and if you accrue more points on your Visa card you can easily have them transferred to the card before you leave or while at Disney like the other poster said. I think there is a 10 point minimum when transferring them over.
I've done it twice already and both times did it right at Guest Services in the parks. Very easy & you get all the points that have accrued.
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The last time we used ours, we called from our hotel room after going to guest services. Only takes a couple of minutes and then you will know you have the most rewards on your card. Good luck!
The last time we used ours, we called from our hotel room after going to guest services. Only takes a couple of minutes and then you will know you have the most rewards on your card. Good luck!
This is what we do. Wait till we get there so that we have as many reward dollars as possible, and so quick, no need to wait and worry about things getting lost in the mail either!
I kinda wish this thread was here last week! I couldn't find our redemption card so Saturday I called to report it lost. They were able to move my old points back to my account, then issue a new card with all the available points. I also had them send new Visa cards as I had accidentally signed the one with DW's name on it when we got those last year. Those cards arrived in the mail Tuesday. Now I wait for the Redemption card. I'm sure it will get here in time for our trip, but had I known I would have just waited and loaded all points at WDW.
I usually order mine about 3 months in advance (usually in May for an August trip) and transfer all but 10 of my points onto it. Then when I get it, I use whatever I have to help pay off my package and I keep accumulating points until right before we leave then I call back and have whatever is left transferred onto the card (usually quite a few dollars since I charge absolutely everything to build up points instead of using cash)
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I waited until we got to park on our first day and redeemed it at guest services. That was I was able to catch an entire extra month (December) of points. It took almost no time.
I redeemed my rewards online a few weeks ago. The card came in about a week. We are leaving next week and had accumulated 17 more points so I went online and added them to the card. It was easy and only took a few minutes.
I charge absolutely everything to build up points instead of using cash)
I did the same thing and accumulated over $450 for our trip. I have my car insurance, cable, cell phone bill on there. Anything that does not charge extra for using a credit card goes on there.
I am going to keep my Disney Visa but I am starting to use my Costco AMEX card instead, It has a 3% cash back for Gas and Restaurants, 2% for travel and 1% for everything else. You can't decide when to redeem your rewards. You get a check once a year from around February. This is my first year with the card so we sill see how I like it. Since AMEX is not taken at as many locations, I will use my Disney Visa at those places.
I always order the reward card a couple of months out but with only 10 points on it. I transfer the rest of the points once I have the card in my hot little hand. That way I don't worry about it getting "lost" in the mail as much. We have had incidents where gift cards have been stolen out of the mail.
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