I am so sorry! That is really frustrating! Is it possible to book with a GC for the deposit (transfer your current deposit to the new reservation with the discount) on the Visa offer, and then get that Visa rate as long as you pay the balance with a Disney Visa when you check out? I am not sure, but it might be worth a call to see if they can book it for you to hold the rate until your card arrives.
Oddly it makes it sound like the *deposit* is the important part that needs to be paid with the Visa. It actually doesn’t say that the balance needs to be. I’m a little confused that it has Disney rewards balance, Disney Visa card, ClickPay, and PayPal. I’m curious if ClickPay and/or PayPal will pass the card information onto Disney, or is they’ll just ask for the card or something at check in and if I didn’t have one they would just revert it back to standard rates.
My main concern here is with refunds with PayPal and ClickPay. PayPal would be frustrating if it just went into my PayPal account and I had to transfer to my bank and then pay off the credit card. ClickPay… well I’m worried a refund would go off into a black hole…
Of course I would only need to refund it if Disney somehow runs an automatic check and I see my reservation change rates in a few days or something.
I don’t know why, but I thought somehow these accounts would be linked tighter, especially since on the CHECK OUT page has the banner ad did signing up for a Disney Visa for the cash back introductory offer. Wonder how many people click that and realize they have to abandon their hotel reservation for a week until the card shows up.
I also don’t think chase will secure message my Chase app with the card number, security code, and expiration date “for my protection,” even if I can verify every bit of personal information.
Finally, of course I could instantly add it to Apple Pay, but Disney doesn’t offer that as a payment option.
I wouldn’t have bothered if it was the usual extra 5% discount, but a 10% AND a standard view room being available vs a deluxe, it really was worth it.
(Also, another annoying thing, for my 4 night stay standard room with public fall offer isn’t available, but deluxe is… same dates but checking out a night later, so 5 night, standard room is available… yet the offer doesn’t mention a minimum night stay…)