Adding on question

crazywig

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i posted this in the add on thread but thought i should start a new one.

ok, my guide just called us AGAIN.

we have a June use year. she says in order to get our 50pts we have to take the '04 june pts (and essentially, eat them since we can't use them or bank them). we'd pay maintainance on those unusable pts as well.

is this right? it makes no sense to me. this means i'll have to wait to add on until after my use year rolls around?

i could use some schoolin' on this
 
I know some people have received a "banking exception" when they got their points. But, unfortunately....I think this is up to your guide. However, keep in mind that any "dues" you pay would be prorated. Since your UY ends in May, you would ONLY pay dues for April and May....and, when we bought our OKW add-on thru DVC in Oct, our scheduled "closing" was not until late Jan...so, we didn't pay any dues until then. So, I SERIOUSLY doubt you would be "closed" and charged for dues before your UY ends.

I know this is not really what you wanted to hear...but, I thought it might help a little.

:wave:

Beca
 
You will NOT pay maintenance fees on the 2004 points- you will pay prorated 2005 maintenance fees. (Remember that maintenance fees are paid on an annual basis and have nothing to do with your Use Year.)

If you wait until after June 1, you will get only the 2005 points and will still have to pay prorated maintenance fees for 2005 and then again in January, 2006. In this case, you can ask MS to use your once-in-a-lifetime-secret-banking option or try to rent those points if you are unable to use the 50 points from 2004- but there is no advantage in waiting until June to purchase (and the cost could even go up by then).

Maintenance fees are always based on the calendar year- regardless when the Use Year may be.

I hope this helps!
 
crazywig said:
we have a June use year. she says in order to get our 50pts we have to take the '04 june pts (and essentially, eat them since we can't use them or bank them)....

Unless you've already banked 2004 points, you still have about 3 days to bank the new 50.

Assuming you'll own at least 200 points (initial contract of at least 150 + new 50), you have until March 31st to bank up to 25% of your total ownership. The new 50 points should be no more than 25% of 200+.
 

use your once-in-a-lifetime-secret-banking option

Is that for real or just an inside joke??

I'm new to this.

Thanks.
 
Since it is only 50 points, why not try a night or 2 in a concierge collection that is nearby?? We are only 2 hours from The Sagamore in Lake George NY and that is our back up plan if we ever get stuck "eating" points..
 
We were in a similar situation in mid February when we purchased an add on at Hilton Head with a March use year. At first we attempted to rent the points, but there just wasn't enough time to get that done (you do have more time than we did so that may be an option for you). We were just going to eat the points, which was killing us.
Then when making another reservation the CM asked about the points that we were going to be losing. I explained that we had just purchased them and didn't have time to use them. She seemed a little surprised that our guide hadn't called to bank them, so she said she would see if the computer would let her bank them, the next thing we knew we were trying to figure out what to do with the extra points that she had banked for us.
I never even asked her to bank them for us, she just did it on her own. If they could do it for us with just a few days left in our use year I would guess that they could do the same for you.
:cool1:
 
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thanks everyone! we've decided to take them...hope they are still available when i call back in the morning!

mrsjar we are hoping MS will take pity on us as well :)
 
had to bump this up.

the bad news: MS would not let us bank the points

the good news: we just decided today to take a trip may 22-26th, they had studio availibility for SSR. :cool1:


those $49 each way Southwest tickets are really hard to pass up! so we won't be 'eating' those points as we thought, but enjoying them! woo!
 



















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