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I am a new member with a 50 point OKW contract. My DW and I took our first trip home a few weeks ago and loved it. We only go to WDW once a year in the fall, and we are thinking maybe a one bedroom villa might suit us better than the studio. So. I found a 40 point OKW resale that I am considering. The contract we have now is a April UR and the 40 point contract is a Oct UY. Will this cause any problem with the yearly trip? Thanks in advance for the advice. :thumbsup2 Philip
 
If you purchase a contract with a different UY, it will be set up as a completely separate master contract from your existing master contract. Each would have a separate membership number. You will not be able to combine points to make a reservation. You will be able to book a reservation for as many nights as you have points for on one contract and another reservation with as many night as you can get with your other contract and then link the reservations together. But you will undoubtedly end up with "stray" points left in each contract. With two small contracts, even a few leftover points would represent a significant percentage of your total points, and if you could have combined them, you probably could book an additional night for your trip.

Your other option with two master contracts is to transfer the points from one to the other. You get exactly one transfer/year (in or out, not both) per master contract so that would use up your transfers for both memberships. If you wanted a bigger trip one year and needed more points, you would not be able to have points transferred in from other members.

With such small contracts, you would be better off having them in the same UY. In that case, the 50-pt contract would be your one and only master contract, and the 40-pt contract would be an "add-on" to that master. In that case, you have a 90-pt pool of points to use when making a reservation. For example, if a reservation required 51 pts, you could use 50 pts from the master and 1 pt from the add-on.

For such a small add-on, I would purchase directly from Disney. You will pay $92/pt (I think that's the current price for OKW), get full current-UY points, no closing costs, pro-rated dues. Compare that with resale where you will pay a premium for a small contract, $200 or so in closing costs? and probably dues reimbursement to the seller. Disney apparently has a lot of OKW points available at the moment so I doubt there would be any wait to get the points.

Hope this helps!
 
Very good information to know. I'll change directions and call Disney. Thanks again! :thumbsup2
 
Especially with a lower point contract, I don't believe you'll save much money (if any) by going with the resale anyway due to the closing costs you will pay vs. none by adding on direct at disney.
 

Wow, that was easy! Added 40 OWK points with April UY for $92 per point. No closing costs and got '06 points as well! Thanks again for some good advice!! :thumbsup2
 
disneybass said:
Wow, that was easy! Added 40 OWK points with April UY for $92 per point. No closing costs and got '06 points as well! Thanks again for some good advice!! :thumbsup2
Wow! That was quick! I think you might hold the record for shortest time between asking questions about adding on points and actually purchasing them! One other advantage to purchasing an add-on directly from Disney is that they have been letting people bank the current-UY points that they get with the add-on, even if they are past normal banking deadlines. In your case, since those 40 pts represent less than 50% of the 90 total points you now own, you are still within the banking guidelines to bank those points by Dec 31st, if you won't be using them for a trip between now and Mar 31, '07.

Congratulations!

ETA: My DH and I have only had one stay in a 1BR at OKW so far, but we absolutely loved it!! I think you will really appreciate moving up from the studio to a 1BR.
 
disneybass said:
Wow, that was easy! Added 40 OWK points with April UY for $92 per point. No closing costs and got '06 points as well! Thanks again for some good advice!! :thumbsup2


LOL...wow! You don't mess around, do you! That was FAST! Glad it went so smoothly for you!
 
Wow! Quick, easy and painless. :teeth:

Congratulations and good for you. Enjoy!
 

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