UGH, so my trip is booked for 11/28 to 12/5, one day off from an FD friendly check-in date. I was originally going to book 11/26 to 12/3, but wound up saving $600 on flights by flying Tuesday to Tuesday instead of Sunday to Sunday. We booked through a AAA
travel agent back in January because they were having a promo to receive a $200 Disney gift card for booking with them. At that time, we booked the whole thing, including flights. So this morning when I saw that my arrival date doesn't work for free dining, I cringed, thinking that even if we re-book the vacation to get free dining, I'll still need to pay for flight rebooking fees. Also, by moving my arrival date from Tuesday to Monday, the price of our flights increases by $600. I emailed our AAA Travel Agent this morning to ask her if there is anything we could do to get the free dining and if it would even be worth it at this point, considering all the money we'd have to pay to fly on Monday. That was at about 7am. It's 10:40 and I have no answer
Lesson learned for next time, I suppose?!?