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- May 12, 2022
Sounds like the friend has the 1BR booked as a couple. Now the kids are definitely coming she’s decided to try and have them stay in the room without changing the occupancy from 2 to 4 people, and also attempting to get them fraudulent access to Express Pass.
As others already described, the hotel key thing isn’t going to work. I’d tell her there are 2 options:
She pays the $50 each daily extra occupancy charge. Gets EP. Enjoys their stay without worry and stress.
She doesn’t pay the charge. At some point it will get caught. That risks having the roomrate reset to full current non-discounted rates plus the $50 each/day, or Universal can tell them too bad your room was only booked for 2 people and anybody else needs to buy EP at full price. Pretty sure however Uni decides to handle it will end up more expensive than just doing the right thing to start. Surely they want to discourage the practice so making it as easy as paying $50pp/day after the fact is not likely.
Call Universal anonymously and ask how they handle this. They probably have an answer. Let friend know.
eta - Universal can revoke the passes that are caught being shared.
As others already described, the hotel key thing isn’t going to work. I’d tell her there are 2 options:
She pays the $50 each daily extra occupancy charge. Gets EP. Enjoys their stay without worry and stress.
She doesn’t pay the charge. At some point it will get caught. That risks having the roomrate reset to full current non-discounted rates plus the $50 each/day, or Universal can tell them too bad your room was only booked for 2 people and anybody else needs to buy EP at full price. Pretty sure however Uni decides to handle it will end up more expensive than just doing the right thing to start. Surely they want to discourage the practice so making it as easy as paying $50pp/day after the fact is not likely.
Call Universal anonymously and ask how they handle this. They probably have an answer. Let friend know.
eta - Universal can revoke the passes that are caught being shared.
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