Advantage of December Use Year?

[BraveMom3]

This question was asked at the end of another post, but I decided to post it specifically in hopes of getting an answer! Is the advantage that you would still receive 2003 points?

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

That would have to be the only advantage because use year doesn't give you any type of reservation priority. However it is a minimal advantage for them to be 2003 points. If you are traveling for the first time in 2004, you would still use those points whether they have a December 03 use year or a February 04 use year. But I suppose the sooner you get them could be looked at as an advantage especially if you don't have to pay maintenance fees on it.

HBC

 

[DebbieB]

Doesn't SSR expire 01/30/2054? So December use year would be the last to get points in December 2053. February use year would get their last points in February 2053.

 

[Geyser Gazer]

December 2003 SSR use year essentially means you will get 51 years worth of points. This is a nice bonus, especially if medical science will have advanced to the point of keeping us old codgers alive and kicking that long.

 

[timC]

IMO, the advantages of any use year are quite limited. One advantage of December would be if you take December-February vacations regularly, you're points would be better protected should you have to cancel a trip...meaning, you'd have plenty of time to re-book another vacation before they expire, or their banking value starts to decline.

I don't think December would be my first choice. We vacation in June and November. Borrowing Dec points into November would be risky... and any cancellation would also be a problem.

I can't imagine why anyone would be interested in getting the upper hand in booking in the year 2054.

Getting 2003 points. Huh?

 

[nuthut]

and like to visit Disney during the winter months so a December use year is perfect for us. We travel to Disney four or five times from Christmas to Easter and the Dec year is perfect...

 

[tjkraz]

It's worth noting that DVC is no longer selling the December Use Year at SSR to new members. The remaining December points that were allocated have been held in reserve for add-ons by current DVC members who already have a December Use Year.

Last I heard the earliest you could get was a February Use Year, which still gives members points a few months before the resort opens. You can also request a Use Year later in '04 if it will better suit your travel plans.