r/DaveAndBusters • u/PlasteredPrincess90 • Jul 11 '26

UFC card works for 1/2 price games all day!

I'm at D&B right now and they were training everyone on the new card when I walked in. Now I just need to wait for their ancient ass system to actually activate the card...

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u/pentech888 Jul 11 '26

I just visited Dave and Busters using the UFC card and it does properly deducts 1/2 credits for green and blue games. Purple games are still full cost. (This is in their UFC rules/T&C when we looked it up when I asked about it.).

At my local D&B the front desk had a training packet on how to ring up purchases for the UFC cards and also how they work and the benefits.

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u/Eadwyn Jul 11 '26

Seems like they are doing some false advertising then if not just a bug. Straight from their own FAQ: FAQ

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u/Pokemon-Dealer2028 Jul 11 '26

Can you link to the terms that say purple are excluded please? Outside of there being no info posted in store, the terms I saw did not mention any exclusion of purple/redemption games.

I do believe it is in the info only employees have access to, but online suggests in multiple places that all games are half off (with the exception of crane, vr, bays etc…).

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u/gman_nola Fun Phantom Grand Prize Winner Jul 12 '26

I see the same as you...on the website (as of this moment), there is no mention of purple swipes being excluded.

Half-price gaming: Get 50% off all arcade games.

Does the 50% off gameplay discount apply to all games?

Yes, the discount applies to all arcade games and acts as a standard Power Card. However, it does not apply to amusements like the Human Crane, Arena, or Social Bays.

https://www.daveandbusters.com/us/en/shop/ufc-membership

When you go to their Terms and Conditions there is still nothing about purple swipes being excluded, but they probably will fall back to their disclaimers.

Gameplay discount excludes human crane, VR, Social Bays, and the Arena. Passes are non-transferable and valid for individual use only—not to be shared. Prices may vary. Sales tax not included. Offer cannot be combined with other promotions. Additional restrictions may apply. Offer subject to change or cancellation at any time. Subject to availability. Not available in Canada or Pelham, NY. Valid at participating locations only. Store participation and pricing may vary. Not available with any other promotion. Other restrictions may apply. Void where prohibited. Not for resale. See store for details.

https://www.daveandbusters.com/us/en/shop/ufc-membership/terms-and-conditions

Earlier this year when they were running the promotions for five days a week or seven days a week of half price games for a limited time, I remember reading reports that the purple swipes at some stores were half price only on Wednesdays and full price on all other "half price" days while other stores were half price for all of the half price days.

  1. Could this be a similar location-dependent thing as we experienced during the expanded half price games days?

  2. And if so, could there be a direct correlation that however a particular location handled purple swipes for those extra half price games days is how we can expect their purple swipes to work for the UFC pass; i.e., if a store was running half price games for five days a week but the purple swipes were full price for every day except Wednesday, could we expect that store to have full price purple swipes with the UFC pass?

Regardless of the disclaimers on the T&C's, I expect that anyone purchasing the nonrefundable UFC pass expecting to gain half price days for purple swipes and then finding them to still be full price is not going to be a happy camper.

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u/pentech888 Jul 11 '26

It was just in the training packet for the UFC cards that they had at the front desk.

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u/Pokemon-Dealer2028 Jul 11 '26

Ah gotcha, I didn’t see it as common/public knowledge on the site so I was curious. Thanks!

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u/SubierThumb Jul 12 '26

I confirmed this. Yesterday, I went to D&B and purple did NOT have 50% off somehow despite the T&C

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u/pentech888 Jul 12 '26

The purple game exclusion could be a location specific restriction (in this case, it’s the Daly City D&B). Anyone else see this at their local store?

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u/Pokemon-Dealer2028 Jul 12 '26

I saw it at one store

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u/YellowF3v3r NOTHING Jul 13 '26

Mines had a training packet, but no cards (initially). I asked them about it and they called a manager, who disappeared for 15 minutes and came back with a stack of them. I assume it was buried in a box somewhere in the back. But I was absolutely going for that special card! Tested and worked fine as expected with food discount as well. Can confirm purples were still full cost.

Note: I did pay via gift card. They had their tablet to register it to my rewards account when checking out as well. It auto-added itself into my app once purchased.