Not to redirect the thread but i didn't feel a simple question justified the extra server space to create a new thread....plus i don't want to irritate anybody by creating a ton of threads while i figure the whole process out.
Can you bank points as soon as you get them? My UY is march and will not use these points until dec 2011... Is there any difference between using current year banked and current year unbanked points (i.e. as soon as you bank they have the 1 yr expiration so they last longer if you wait the 8 mo then bank)?
I purchasing from Disney which means i have last years (2009) banked points and next week i was going to bank the 2010 points. I wondered why most just don't bank as soon as they get their new allocation of points and not worry about the 8mo window.
Thanks, this whole thing has a relatively steep learning curve and since it was a large investment i don't want to make a mistake.
Not to redirect the thread but i didn't feel a simple question justified the extra server space to create a new thread....plus i don't want to irritate anybody by creating a ton of threads while i figure the whole process out.
Can you bank points as soon as you get them? My UY is march and will not use these points until dec 2011... Is there any difference between using current year banked and current year unbanked points (i.e. as soon as you bank they have the 1 yr expiration so they last longer if you wait the 8 mo then bank)?
I purchasing from Disney which means i have last years (2009) banked points and next week i was going to bank the 2010 points. I wondered why most just don't bank as soon as they get their new allocation of points and not worry about the 8mo window.
Thanks, this whole thing has a relatively steep learning curve and since it was a large investment i don't want to make a mistake.
Can banked points be transfered to another member? I have 12 pts from my dec. 2008 u.y. that I banked into my current 09 u.y. that I'm not going to use but they will help another member complete his stay this oct . Thanks
While you can simply re-borrow the next years points, borrowing is also final and you could end up stuck.
So if I understand this, you can bank points into the next year, and then if need be borrow points from the next year. The disadvantage to those two transactions being that the borrowed points must be used in this year, and the banked points must be used next year or else they all expire.
As a new member we're trying to make some plans and I considered banking all of our points into 2010-2011 (August UY) and then if something comes up this year (before August) just borrowing points. I've found out that as a new member, for this year only, I have until the end of my UY to bank the points of this year. So I'm just going to see what happens and then bank the rest in July.
I called member services and got a confirmation that in the first year the banking deadline is the last day of my UY, specifically July 31. The person I spoke to said that some times the people there won't realize this exception so if I am denied the opportunity to bank points I should ask to speak to a supervisor. That's good news since I'm not sure that I am going to know what we want to do by March 31.