Last year they were good throughout December for check ins up to 12/23/06 (and they came out in August) - of course who knows what they'll have in store for us this year? I'm going to want a December deal too, so cross our fingers!
They were awesome for us because not only was there an ap rate when we checked in, but it also put us back into the cheaper season rather than being in holiday we were in value. It was an amazing deal. I paid far less for my room in December Sav View at AKL than my poolview in June which was rack rate. There were no ap rates for the summer months at AKL except for very early in June last summer. I took the average of the two and called it good