A word of caution.
We do not know at what value "old stock" tickets will be evaluated at the time of upgrade.
They will be price-bridged, but it MIGHT only be at the value of "Disney Price" before the latest
price increase.
So, before you buy from "old stock" with the intent to upgrade, consider that the price-bridge
MIGHT not be up to the current (2018) ticket value.
It would be very "safe" and a good value to purchase discounted tickets from "old stock" if your intent is to simply USE those tickets, as-is.
Hi just thought I would share my bridging experience just last month. I had purchased
Undercover Tourist no expire tickets in 2016 and had them put away for future STAYS in case we did not want to renew APs one year in future.
So upon letting our last year APs expire, because we wanted the start month to be different this year, I decided to use them for upgrading in Jan of this year.
I wasn't sure about the new rule of bridging after the no expires began last Feb of 2017. So we entered the park on the 1 st day of use as we have in the past and proceeded to guest ralations at Epcot.
I was told my tickets were discounted priced before the no expire and that value would be added to the new increased price on APst this year. Which would be the $467 price of Feb 2017.
Ok no problem as I paid 418.00 for the
UT tickets so some savings at least.
So it should have gone this way with the new rule:
UT 4 dy 3 extra day free no expire hopper ticket at their 2016 price of 418.00 (tx incl) the back of ticket has a jan 2017 date on back as when issued.
Gate price in Feb 2017 for 7 day hopper 467.54
Current Regular premium 2018 AP @ 904.19 tx incl
904.19-467.54= 437.00 difference owed at upgrade
However here is how it turned out after bridging:
UT value I paid at Jan 2017 issue date $418.00 as stated above
Current Jan 2018 AP price- 904.19
Looking at my reciept the amount I was charged to upgrade was 362.10 per ticket including taxes.
904.19- 362.10= 542.09
Which means the value I received for my UT tickets and used for upgrade was 542.09
So not sure how or what they based the calculations on, but it seems I was given the current gate price toward my upgrade.
The current gate price for 7 day hopper in Jan 2018 was 532.50 going by what I had written down. Not sure if that was online or gate price or total with 20.00 up charge buying in person. I would assume that what is maant by "gate" price.