Any BWV October UY add-ons recently via DVC?

[DisneyBill]

Just curious if anyone has had recent luck adding onto their BWV October UY through DVC?
Thanks!

 

[kathyseb]

We just had our add on come through for BW through DVC. In fact, we just mailed the finally paperwork in yesterday.
I am confused. Our guide told us that when you add on through Disney, you have no choice of your user year. It is always the same as your orginal purchase.

 

[DisneyBill]

Originally posted by kathyseb
We just had our add on come through for BW through DVC. In fact, we just mailed the finally paperwork in yesterday.
I am confused. Our guide told us that when you add on through Disney, you have no choice of your user year. It is always the same as your orginal purchase.

Thanks for the info Kathy. Funny though, our guide not only told me he hasn't seen any October use year points for ages, he also tried to sell us a different use year (for UY he had points available for). Knowing better, I told him I didn't think that was possible unless at another resort. He disagreed but did look into it, and sure enough, he could not sell us another UY at BWV.

How long were you on the wait list?

 

[kathyseb]

How long did it take us to get our add on? Murphy's law!

As you can see by my signature line, we leave in a matter of days for our first trip since buying at SSR.
I have spent hours on this board, trying to take it all in.

I never understood why someone would want a small add on somewhere. Like 50 points. What would that get you?
Then late one Sunday night, I read that what you do is bank and borrow and you then have 150 points.

After understanding the Disney logic behind it, when I left for work two days later, I told me husband to call our guide and put our name on the list for a 50 point add on at BW. He said it would come through in 2-3 months.
Then two days later our guide called and told us of the price increase and the new wait list policy. He then told us it should be a matter of weeks.
He called less than a week later and told us it had come through.
So we are now the proud owners of 313 points at SSR and 50 points at BW.

One of the questions I had my DH ask the guide during that initial phone call was if there was anyway we could request a Feb user year like we have with our SSR contract. Randy, our guide said you did not have an opiton. DVC would not sell you multiple user years.
We got the points in the following day-all of 2004 and paid less than half the dues for 2004 as they prorated the dues.

 

[DisneyBill]

Thanks for your info. Have a very good time at SSR, this is going to be one heck of a place when it is all done. Hope you have a good view of DTD. We stayed there 2 days before our DCL 7 day western at the beginning of this month. - Enjoy!

 

[jel0511]

One of the questions I had my DH ask the guide during that initial phone call was if there was anyway we could request a Feb user year like we have with our SSR contract. Randy, our guide said you did not have an opiton. DVC would not sell you multiple user years.

That is slightly incorrect. DVC will not sell you another use year if your add-on is below 150 points. If you are adding on at least 150 points (which means a new contract) DVC will allow you to pick another use year, but it is looked down upon. When I originally called my guide about a BWV add-on. I had asked for a few different use years, since it would be 150 points. She told me that it is allowed, but management at DVC looks down upon guides selling a different use year, but with at least 150 points it can be done if the member really pushes for it. To end the story, we got our Feb use year BWV add-on less than a week after the new waitlist policy.

 

[kathyseb]

Thanks Lori, as I stated, we are new to DVC and still learning the ins and outs.

After reading a great deal of posts here, Iwas excited that we would not have to manage a totally different user year.

Was not aware of the difference between a large and a small add on.

That is what is so great about this forum, I have learned so much.

 

[DisneyBill]

Anyone else?

 

[DisneyBill]

Just a quick update, our Guide just called and advised we were able to get 200 points as requested. Just when I was beginning to wonder.

 

[jel0511]

Congrats!!!!

 

[DMDSTPRGIL]

Just wondering what the price is now days for a resale at the BWV from the DVC? We just finished buying andother 100 points resale with our same use year of October from The Timeshare Store. We also bought 150 October points two years ago from the same company. The 150 points were $68 a point and the 100 points last month were $70 a point. Are the BWV points from the DVC more then this,and I am assuming that they are? And if so why don't you just buy them from one of these resale companys? With both contracts I would just check the sites from time to time and when a resale came up that I wanted and it was the correct use year for me,I would put in and offer.

 

[DisneyBill]

Originally posted by DMDSTPRGIL
Just wondering what the price is now days for a resale at the BWV from the DVC? We just finished buying andother 100 points resale with our same use year of October from The Timeshare Store. We also bought 150 October points two years ago from the same company. The 150 points were $68 a point and the 100 points last month were $70 a point. Are the BWV points from the DVC more then this,and I am assuming that they are? And if so why don't you just buy them from one of these resale companys? With both contracts I would just check the sites from time to time and when a resale came up that I wanted and it was the correct use year for me,I would put in and offer.

Believe me, I've spent an enormous amount of time searching resales. TTS has been good about calling me for anything that resembles what we were looking for. We bought our existing BWV contract via resale. Just sorta glad the looking is over.

 

[jel0511]

Originally posted by DMDSTPRGIL
Just wondering what the price is now days for a resale at the BWV from the DVC? We just finished buying andother 100 points resale with our same use year of October from The Timeshare Store. We also bought 150 October points two years ago from the same company. The 150 points were $68 a point and the 100 points last month were $70 a point. Are the BWV points from the DVC more then this,and I am assuming that they are? And if so why don't you just buy them from one of these resale companys? With both contracts I would just check the sites from time to time and when a resale came up that I wanted and it was the correct use year for me,I would put in and offer.

Resales are now going for a minimum of $73 per point, and usually more to get past ROFR. Depending on the contract, buying through DVC might not be much more. We had an offer in on a BWV contract for $72, and including closing fees came out to be $75. We were also on the waitlist for BWV and that came through while we were still in the recision period of the resale. It was $89 per point, but came with a full supply of 2004 points, the resale didn't have any until 2005. So, with my being able to rent those points, my total cost came down to $79 per point. That $4 per point difference wasn't a big deal to me, since it enabled me to get the same use year as my other points, as the resale wasn't. It was worth it to me. and I was also able to secure my ressies for BWV immediately.