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From: Ginny Favers on 8 Jul 2010 12:48
Sigh -- this confuses me, so bear with me.

If you own several small DVC contracts, each one at a different home
resort, can you call one of your home resorts at the 11 month window and
use points from two or three contracts to book a reservation?

Example: I have 150 at AKL, 150 at BCV and 150 at VWL, can I book a 250
point reservation at the 11 month window anywhere?

--
*~Amanda
TDC Ginny Favers, Rescued Princess of Chickapin Hill
From: Steve Russo on 8 Jul 2010 13:14
On Jul 8, 12:48 pm, Ginny Favers <ginnyfav...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Sigh -- this confuses me, so bear with me.
>
> If you own several small DVC contracts, each one at a different home
> resort, can you call one of your home resorts at the 11 month window and
> use points from two or three contracts to book a reservation?
>
> Example: I have 150 at AKL, 150 at BCV and 150 at VWL, can I book a 250
> point reservation at the 11 month window anywhere?
>
> --
> *~Amanda
> TDC Ginny Favers, Rescued Princess of Chickapin Hill

No. Using points from a different resort can only be at the 7-month
window.
From: Ginny Favers on 8 Jul 2010 13:19
On 7/8/2010 1:14 PM, Steve Russo wrote:
> On Jul 8, 12:48 pm, Ginny Favers<ginnyfav...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sigh -- this confuses me, so bear with me.
>>
>> If you own several small DVC contracts, each one at a different home
>> resort, can you call one of your home resorts at the 11 month window and
>> use points from two or three contracts to book a reservation?
>>
>> Example: I have 150 at AKL, 150 at BCV and 150 at VWL, can I book a 250
>> point reservation at the 11 month window anywhere?
>>
>> --
>> *~Amanda
>> TDC Ginny Favers, Rescued Princess of Chickapin Hill
>
> No. Using points from a different resort can only be at the 7-month
> window.

So... if I ever wanted to book a two bedroom villa at Wilderness Lodge I
pretty much have to have that many points there. I've heard it's hard
to get 2 bedrooms there, and also it's difficult to get anything at
Beach Club at peak times if you don't own there.

Does that sound right to you?

~Amanda
From: Steve Russo on 8 Jul 2010 13:23
On Jul 8, 1:19 pm, Ginny Favers <ginnyfav...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/8/2010 1:14 PM, Steve Russo wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jul 8, 12:48 pm, Ginny Favers<ginnyfav...(a)gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> Sigh -- this confuses me, so bear with me.
>
> >> If you own several small DVC contracts, each one at a different home
> >> resort, can you call one of your home resorts at the 11 month window and
> >> use points from two or three contracts to book a reservation?
>
> >> Example: I have 150 at AKL, 150 at BCV and 150 at VWL, can I book a 250
> >> point reservation at the 11 month window anywhere?
>
> >> --
> >> *~Amanda
> >> TDC Ginny Favers, Rescued Princess of Chickapin Hill
>
> > No. Using points from a different resort can only be at the 7-month
> > window.
>
> So... if I ever wanted to book a two bedroom villa at Wilderness Lodge I
> pretty much have to have that many points there.  I've heard it's hard
> to get 2 bedrooms there, and also it's difficult to get anything at
> Beach Club at peak times if you don't own there.
>
> Does that sound right to you?
>

There's countless ways to do it. In your example, you could borrow
enough WLV points from next year to get a 2-BR this year. You could
bank your BCV points and stay there next year in a 2BR. And so on...

Managing points sounds very complex but, in reality, it's fairly
simple. You'll fall into a pattern of visits and know, untuitively,
how you want to manage them for next year.
From: LisaB on 8 Jul 2010 20:14
Ginny Favers wrote:
> Sigh -- this confuses me, so bear with me.
>
> If you own several small DVC contracts, each one at a different home
> resort, can you call one of your home resorts at the 11 month window and
> use points from two or three contracts to book a reservation?
>
> Example: I have 150 at AKL, 150 at BCV and 150 at VWL, can I book a 250
> point reservation at the 11 month window anywhere?

Been a DVC member since 1995. Only points available to purchase then was at
OKW. I hardly ever stay there these days with all of the other DVC resorts
that have been built since. I still like OKW a lot but I *love* AKLV.
Since I only tend to go to WDW once per year, I added on 100 points at AKLV
two years ago so that I could have the "home resort priority" 11-month
booking window. 7 months just wasn't working.

And, as of last week... I have 100 points at the Aulani resort in Hawaii
which opens in 2011! Went to one of the presentations they were having at
the Disneyland Hotel just to check it out and ended up buying. My plan is
to sell off the OKW contract and then probably re-invest it in more AKLV
points. Or possibly BLT.

I also recommend calling your DVC guide with any questions about how to work
out your multiple contracts if it doesn't quite make sense. That's what
they are there for. My guide is great. I had a bunch of questions for him
last week since it was the first time I had considered selling off points
and also because I am a bit new at managing multiple contracts. I went from
one contract then two and now three. He sat there with a notepad and
calculator and put each scenario down on paper to help me figure out what
options would work best for me based on how I tend to vacation. It really
did help.

Going to Hawaii. Weeee! :-)


--
Lisa
TDC Ping, Royal Heroine Warrior
Grand Imagineer of the Trimobian Pavilion

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