Maddysdaddy
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 18, 2010
Hi all. Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with trying to use their points at one of the above, and being told that there is no availability.
My situation is this. We made a recent decision to go to Disneyland in November to take part in the 60th celebration, and of course, reservations at VGC are long since gone, and I'm not holding my breath for a waitlist, since the week we are going has both Veterans Day and the marathon in it.
Much as I hate to 'spend' the additional points to stay at one of the hotels, it's still better than paying cash out of pocket, especially since the Canadian dollar has tanked in 2015 (1 $USD = $1.33-1.35CDN).
The problem I'm facing is that Member Services won't give me an idea about whether there is lots/some/very little availability at these hotels, so I'm now in the position of:
(a) having to book now to guarantee a room, and risk having my points go into holding if I have to cancel for some reason, knowing that because of other life commitments, I won't be able to use the points before the end of my use year next July; or,
(b) waiting until closer to November to book, thereby mitigating some of the risk of having to cancel, but increasing the risk of not being able to get in anywhere.
Is there an option (c) that I'm not considering? Renting my points (AKV) and putting those monies towards a cash reservation, is still going to leave me out of pocket, since the hotels (with exchange rates and taxes) are still going to be $4-600 night (or to put it another way, the points are better used to rent the room than rented out at $10-12 a point - or at least come close to being a wash).
All comments and advice are greatly appreciated.
My situation is this. We made a recent decision to go to Disneyland in November to take part in the 60th celebration, and of course, reservations at VGC are long since gone, and I'm not holding my breath for a waitlist, since the week we are going has both Veterans Day and the marathon in it.
Much as I hate to 'spend' the additional points to stay at one of the hotels, it's still better than paying cash out of pocket, especially since the Canadian dollar has tanked in 2015 (1 $USD = $1.33-1.35CDN).
The problem I'm facing is that Member Services won't give me an idea about whether there is lots/some/very little availability at these hotels, so I'm now in the position of:
(a) having to book now to guarantee a room, and risk having my points go into holding if I have to cancel for some reason, knowing that because of other life commitments, I won't be able to use the points before the end of my use year next July; or,
(b) waiting until closer to November to book, thereby mitigating some of the risk of having to cancel, but increasing the risk of not being able to get in anywhere.
Is there an option (c) that I'm not considering? Renting my points (AKV) and putting those monies towards a cash reservation, is still going to leave me out of pocket, since the hotels (with exchange rates and taxes) are still going to be $4-600 night (or to put it another way, the points are better used to rent the room than rented out at $10-12 a point - or at least come close to being a wash).
All comments and advice are greatly appreciated.
