7 month booking dilemma when modifying original home resort booking

[Maddiesmum03]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn’t find anything similar on searching!
I have a stay booked at BWV (my home resort) in a 1bed for next May. I want to drop the first night to free up some points to book a studio at SSR for a a few days before and the night I’m dropping, if I don’t drop the night, I’d have to buy several one time points and I don’t really want the hassle of phoning to buy them at 9am when I could book online at 8am!
I don’t have many points left to play around with, I’ve already borrowed most of what I have, hence the swap from the 1 bed to studio!
I need a strategy to get it booked, and I’m scared to modify my BWV reservation first then risk not being able to get the days I need in the studio (I know SSR is always easier to snag, but these are the low point weeks and there is already patchy availability everywhere else……..I’ve just thankfully been able to snag a studio at the Poly for the very beginning of our trip!)
I wondered if I could snag the first couple of days I need a the 7 month window with the points I have, then drop the BWV night, and then modify the SSR stay using the points freed up from dropping the BWV stay? My question is then basically, can you modify a reservation at the 7 month window to add more nights, when the nights you are adding are theoretically beyond your 7 month window?

I would love to be able to book the studio, then drop the day from the one bedroom, but I don’t have the points, and don’t want to borrow any of the points I do have which then won’t be needed if everything goes to plan. Thanks in advance for any insights anyone has

 

[TDK44]

My question is then basically, can you modify a reservation at the 7 month window to add more nights, when the nights you are adding are theoretically beyond your 7 month window?

If I'm understanding you correctly, then yes, you can do this. You can always book 7 days past your booking window for a continuous reservation. So if you locked in say 2 nights with the points you have and wanted to add 2 more nights after dropping 1 night at BWV to free up those points, you could do that.

That being said, while no one in the 7 month booking window could book those following nights (since you'd be locked into a room at exactly 7 months and no one can start a reservation at 7months+2days), there's no guarantee that someone who has the 11 month home resort priority couldn't book the available room in the time it took for you to drop the BWV room and modify your reservation. Likelihood of this happening? Probably zero. But theoretically possible.

If I were in your shoes, I would book the first night or two of the SSR room at exactly 7 months online when you can, and then call Member Services to have them drop the night at BWV to pick up more nights on your SSR reservation. They should be able to do this without you getting stuck in no-man's-land.

Good luck!

 

[eticketplease]

I’d have to buy several one time points and I don’t really want the hassle of phoning to buy them at 9am when I could book online at 8am!

Call now and buy and book a reservation with OTUP anywhere as long as it is more than 31 days out and in the use year that your May trip will occur.

After the call cancel that reservation and then the points will be available for your 8 am booking when you need them.

 

[Maddiesmum03]

If I'm understanding you correctly, then yes, you can do this. You can always book 7 days past your booking window for a continuous reservation. So if you locked in say 2 nights with the points you have and wanted to add 2 more nights after dropping 1 night at BWV to free up those points, you could do that.

That being said, while no one in the 7 month booking window could book those following nights (since you'd be locked into a room at exactly 7 months and no one can start a reservation at 7months+2days), there's no guarantee that someone who has the 11 month home resort priority couldn't book the available room in the time it took for you to drop the BWV room and modify your reservation. Likelihood of this happening? Probably zero. But theoretically possible.

If I were in your shoes, I would book the first night or two of the SSR room at exactly 7 months online when you can, and then call Member Services to have them drop the night at BWV to pick up more nights on your SSR reservation. They should be able to do this without you getting stuck in no-man's-land.

Good luck!

Thank you! I’m thinking this is a good plan if I go with dropping the BWV night.

 

[Maddiesmum03]

Call now and buy and book a reservation with OTUP anywhere as long as it is more than 31 days out and in the use year that your May trip will occur.

After the call cancel that reservation and then the points will be available for your 8 am booking when you need them.

Thank you, that sounds like a perfect plan if I decide to stick with the BWV reservation and need those extra few points, It’s not something I’d considered as I’ve never been in this position before!

 

[eticketplease]

Thank you, that sounds like a perfect plan if I decide to stick with the BWV reservation and need those extra few points, It’s not something I’d considered as I’ve never been in this position before!

Remember you can buy the full allotment and bank the extra BWV points that you could then use at 11 months next year.