bicker said:
There have been reports of CMs enforcing the limits on the card (2A2C), and there have also been reports of CMs not enforcing those limits. Just be prepared for either experience, and you'll be okay.
I absolutely agree with bicker on this. I JUST returned last night and this is how it went for us:
In September we shared our credits with other family members and it was not a problem.
NOW: We took 2 family members with us to Coral Reef. On our card it says 02A (means 2 adults on the dining plan). When the server arrived he asked if we were on the dining plan (which is something you are asked before EVERY meal now). We were honest and told him we were on the plan, but was treating our 2 other members with our credits. HE absolutely said no this can't be done. We told him we had done this before....he insisted that this is NEW policy and it can't be done. So I pulled out my card and said, then bill 2 TS credits on my card and 2 TS credits on hubby's card. HE again said he doubted this would work and would have to clear it with his manager. He came back after the meal, took our 2 cards and charged each of them. He said it was alot of work on his part and he was not too happy at all. YES, it all worked out....but did I enjoy my meal, absolutely NOT, because the whole time I kept wondering how the bill was going to work out.
We took the same 2 family members to Kona's the next night and told the server we again were paying for their meals. We asked if she wanted to ring each of the cards and she said no, she could ring the bill (all 4 TS credits) on one bill. She did the bill correctly and it went smoothly this time. Again, this time the server looked PO'd.
Third night....again, the same 2 family members to LeCellier. We had 4 TS credits to use and told the server what we were doing and asked it we needed to use 2 cards or 1. She said one.
Keep in mind we were doing nothing wrong. It actually says in the brochure, you can use your credits anyway you want! I even carried the brochure around with me after the hassle at the Coral Reef.
We paid for a couple of dinners OOP earlier because we ate at Prime Time and the Plaza and had small meals each time. (plus we have the DDE card too.)
We paid alot of money for the
DDP since we were there 12 nights, and had to share our credits with our family that arrived on our last 5 nights. We could barely get through them ourselves. We had 14 snack credits on the last 2 days to use up because with deserts for lunch and deserts for dinner, we just were never hungary.
Normally I would post, this is not a problem. But as Bicker said, this MAY be a problem and your server may get their panties in a bunch. But I still don't believe we were doing anything wrong. The brochure says several times, you use them the way you want, and that's what we did.