The vibe she gave me was that if someone wants a 300 point contract with a Dec UY they will get it before my 50 point one. So, the higher I go the better my chances. I still stuck with 50. I have purchased one of our AKL contracts resale. I might call and mention that to her and see if that helps move this along faster. It just seems odd that it only sold out a few weeks ago and that their is a long waiting list. Thanks for helping me out.
I've been on the DVC wait list twice for add ons at VGC. Once was 75 points, so close to your situation.
From everything I was told by my guide, and from everything I've read on these boards from others on any DVC wait list, what your guide is telling you is not the way things worked in the past. In fact, I called my guide about adding on another 50 at VGC just last month and he could give me an estimate of the wait based on my UY and the # of people ahead of me on the list vs how quickly points had been coming in to DVC via ROFR or foreclosure in the recent past. So what he told me is pretty current.
The list has been purely first come first served. Your name goes on the bottom when you give them your credit card # and then you wait.
In fact, smaller add ons might even be filled BEFORE larger ones. Say you are waiting for 50 points and are 5th on the list for your UY. The four names above you are waiting for contracts in the 250-300 point range.
Then DVC gets a 160 point contract via ROFR. That's not enough to satisfy any of the people ahead of you, so they will carve out 50 points from the 160 and offer it to you. This is sort of how the ROOM wait list system works as well - if you wait list seven nights, and five of those become available, you don't get them. Only when all seven open up are you filled.
My guide even told us, with an earlier add on, to give him a RANGE of points. This way, our name would pop if the lower end of our range came up. So we did. They will take a range as well as a set #, and you can adjust how many you want when your name comes up. It's easier to adjust DOWN, however, since if they offer you say, 100 and you want 50, then they just pass those extra 50 to the next person. But adjusting up doesn't work as well since they would have to find those points somewhere - somewhere not already allocated for you.
I think either the system changed in the last month or your guide is not explaining it right, or is confused himself.
Bill
