Does bridging to discount tickets still work?

Actually there is: The final two days of our trip are AP blackout days so using an AP for the entire trip isn't possible. 

Unfortunately I was informed by DVC Member Services yesterday that they also won't allow you to bridge to an AP if the day you attempt to do it is an AP blackout day. The day in question for me is 12/22, which is an AP blackout day so it looks like I'm hosed. 

I'm hoping for some pixie dust from guest services. I'll be stopping by to request the AP bridge literally as we are leaving the park for the day on our final day, so it's not like I'll be attempting to re-enter under the AP I leave. Maybe their system simply won't allow them to process the bridge transaction?

I figure I have nothing to lose by asking in person.

I'll be exiting AK and visiting Guests Services there. 

I didn’t try due to our plans changing and us deciding against doing the AP’s for now. 

Hi everyone!

I'm looking for help/advice/confirmation on bridging tickets. I've never bridged tickets and am nervous about it.  My preference is to do it in advance (so, over the phone - that's possible, right?), rather than in person because APs still require park reservations, and I'd like to have that all set prior to arrival.  Here's my situation, and also my questions:

My DD's employer participates in an online benefit program where one of the available discounts is for WDW tickets.  Not APs, but date-based tickets (with or without hoppers).  The savings are pretty good.  At last check, it was about $775 (including tax) for a 10-day hopper, which appears to be about $150 savings over gate price for our travel period.  So, I'm thinking of trying to bridge to new APs, to essentially apply that savings to an AP. [So far so good, right? This is what bridging is and why people do it, right?]  She has purchased date-based tickets for my mother and I previously, and we had no problems with that and linking to MDE, etc., so I feel reasonably confident about this first part of things.

What do I need to know about how the bridging process works?  Here's what I think happens: 

First, I purchase the 10-day date-based hoppers and link them to the appropriate people in MDE.  Then, I call DVC member services to request an upgrade of those tickets to Sorcerer AP -- this can be done over the phone, right?  (and, no way to do it myself online to get the Sorcerer Pass -- need to talk to someone, yes?)  They take my cc over the phone and do the upgrade in real time - yes? My understanding is that Disney sees the ticket in my MDE and credits me the value of a Disney-purchased 10-day park hopper pass toward the AP.  Do they calculate that based on the current value of a Disney-purchased ticket, or the value of a Disney-purchased ticket on the day my DD buys them for me? I want to know what number they will be using before I call so that I know what the numbers should be. I suppose I could call to upgrade them immediately (before Disney would be likely to change prices), but in case I don't, does anyone know this?  Could I do this upgrade transaction for one or two (or five!?) date-based-tickets-to-APs in the same call?  Lastly, to confirm:  these new APs wouldn't be activated until our arrival, right (they don't become activated at the time of the upgrade for any reason, do they?)?

Anything I'm misunderstanding or forgetting or should otherwise know in advance?

THANKS!!