Another question about points

[LJM721]

I just recently made my first reservation with MS. I booked a 2 BR villa at BLT for next June for a total of 5 nights. I knew I was going to be 16 points short for the sixth night but just assumed that I would purchase them direct. Well MS comes back to me and tells me that you can only purchase points for non-home resort transactions so even though BLT is my home resort I have to wait until the 7 month window to purchase the points and book the sixth night. Is there another alternative or is my best bet just to wait until November?

 

[chalee94]

1) ideally, you borrow them from the next year.

2) if you can't do that, you could try to find a BLT owner who can transfer 16-20 pts to you.

edited to add: 2b) you could also find a BLT owner to rent you the 5th night - then ask MS to link the reservations (more risky IMO.)

3) alternatively, you could give in to add-on-itis and buy a 25 pt contract.

4) or else wait till the 7 month window and take your chances...

 

[disneynutz]

I just recently made my first reservation with MS. I booked a 2 BR villa at BLT for next June for a total of 5 nights. I knew I was going to be 16 points short for the sixth night but just assumed that I would purchase them direct. Well MS comes back to me and tells me that you can only purchase points for non-home resort transactions so even though BLT is my home resort I have to wait until the 7 month window to purchase the points and book the sixth night. Is there another alternative or is my best bet just to wait until November?

I would call MS again and verify what you were told. I don't remember reading about the restriction.

Bill

 

[Chuck S]

I would call MS again and verify what you were told. I don't remember reading about the restriction.

Bill

Yes, that is a restriction, and it is noted on the Member website.

One-Time-Use Vacation Points
See the details on how you can purchase a minimal number of additional vacation points to use towards your stay of choice.


As a Disney Vacation Club Member, occasionally you may find yourself in need of just few extra vacation points in order to book that perfect dream vacation. Previously, this required borrowing vacation points from a future use year, but very recently a new alternative was introduced. They're called "one-time-use" vacation points and are available for a fee of $15 ($13.33 plus $1.67 tax) per vacation point. Availability of one-time-use vacation points may be limited or suspended from time to time, and the fee is subject to change.

Details:

•One-time-use vacation points are vacation points available for Disney Vacation Club Members to use as an alternative to borrowing vacation points from the following use year's allotment.

•You can obtain a maximum of 24 one-time-use vacation points once per use year per membership.

•A maximum of 24 one-time-use vacation points are processed in a single transaction, not multiple transactions.

•The fee for one-time-use vacation points is $15 (including tax) per vacation point, and is subject to change.

•One-time-use vacation points expire according to the use year of the reservation booked and are non-refundable, non-transferable and cannot be banked or borrowed.

•One-time-use vacation points are not available for waitlist reservations.

•One-time-use vacation points cannot be applied retroactively to existing reservations.

•One-time-use vacation points are only available for Members whose contract is closed and in good standing.

•One-time-use vacation points are available only for Disney Vacation Club resorts, Disney Collection, Adventurer Collection and World Passport Collection reservations.

•One-time-use vacation points used for Disney Vacation Club resort reservations can only be used up to 7 months prior to arrival.

•One-time-use vacation points for Disney Collection, Adventurer Collection and World Passport reservations can be used according to the booking guidelines for each individual collection.

 

[Sparkie]

I just recently made my first reservation with MS. I booked a 2 BR villa at BLT for next June for a total of 5 nights. I knew I was going to be 16 points short for the sixth night but just assumed that I would purchase them direct. Well MS comes back to me and tells me that you can only purchase points for non-home resort transactions so even though BLT is my home resort I have to wait until the 7 month window to purchase the points and book the sixth night. Is there another alternative or is my best bet just to wait until November?

I had the same situation. I did not read the fine print and realize about the 7 month window either.

I had 2 reservations- one in October at AK for a savanah view studio, and one in March for a 2 bdr lake view at BLT.

I called member services back and told them that I needed to free up some points to complete my march reservation. So we looked at the october reservation in either value or standard.

I was able to change my AK reservation to standard view and free up points to add the extra night at BLT in march.


So maybe this would be possible for you. I'm not sure which view you have booked but maybe if you change the view you could free up enough points to complete your reservation without having to purchase extra. Just a thought.