chuckcorden
DVC member, Pirates of the Caribbean fan, UConn fa
- Joined
- Jul 12, 2006
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I was unable to make my March 2 visit to WDW due to illness and other considerations.
I now have 105 points in a holding acct. with my use year ending in October. I will lose these points if I cannot use them. I realize that I cannot make a reservation with a checkout date that is more than 60 days in advance.
A few days ago I made a reservation with Member Services for six nights at SSR (April 12 - 18), which just happens to my home resort. I thought that I could reserve a flight from Hartford for the trip. Yes, I could reserve a flight if I wanted to pay through the nose and was willing to arrive at WDW late in the day or at night. Flying out of Hartford was out of the question. So I was trying LaGuardia and JFK. A little better but still not satisfactory.
My wife and I were not willing to pay the prices asked nor were we anxious to take just any flight just to get to WDW so I canceled my reservation at SSR. We are both retired so we are able to travel whenever we want. On every trip to WDW, we would take early morning flights with the lowest possible priced r/t flight. However, on each of those occasions, I made reservations months in advance, not weeks.
So this is the problem that I face trying to use my holding acct. points. I am wondering if anyone has had this problem and, if so, how did you go about solving it.
Yesterday, I attempted to make a reservation between the dates April 22 and May 10. Before I made my phone call I decided to see what flights were available for those days. I did this the most convenient way possible by going to the Kayak webside
and printing out a flight or two for each day. The prices were great and the times were what we wanted. Once I did this, I called MS and asked if they had anything available for my preferred dates. The person I spoke to told me that they had a studio at the SSR for April 22, 23, 25,26, 28. For the missing dates (24 and 27) we would be put on a wait list and if we were "fortunate" enough to get accomodations we would have to change rooms. Needless to say, this was not satisfactory and the cast member agreed.
I plan to repeat my preparation with the flights before I call MS later this week asking what's available and continue to do so until I get an available studio. I don't care what resort we go to and, as I said, we can go anyday. I guess that this is my strategy..
Does anyone else have a strategy for trying to get a reservation using holding acct. points?
I now have 105 points in a holding acct. with my use year ending in October. I will lose these points if I cannot use them. I realize that I cannot make a reservation with a checkout date that is more than 60 days in advance.A few days ago I made a reservation with Member Services for six nights at SSR (April 12 - 18), which just happens to my home resort. I thought that I could reserve a flight from Hartford for the trip. Yes, I could reserve a flight if I wanted to pay through the nose and was willing to arrive at WDW late in the day or at night. Flying out of Hartford was out of the question. So I was trying LaGuardia and JFK. A little better but still not satisfactory.
My wife and I were not willing to pay the prices asked nor were we anxious to take just any flight just to get to WDW so I canceled my reservation at SSR. We are both retired so we are able to travel whenever we want. On every trip to WDW, we would take early morning flights with the lowest possible priced r/t flight. However, on each of those occasions, I made reservations months in advance, not weeks.
So this is the problem that I face trying to use my holding acct. points. I am wondering if anyone has had this problem and, if so, how did you go about solving it.
Yesterday, I attempted to make a reservation between the dates April 22 and May 10. Before I made my phone call I decided to see what flights were available for those days. I did this the most convenient way possible by going to the Kayak webside
and printing out a flight or two for each day. The prices were great and the times were what we wanted. Once I did this, I called MS and asked if they had anything available for my preferred dates. The person I spoke to told me that they had a studio at the SSR for April 22, 23, 25,26, 28. For the missing dates (24 and 27) we would be put on a wait list and if we were "fortunate" enough to get accomodations we would have to change rooms. Needless to say, this was not satisfactory and the cast member agreed.I plan to repeat my preparation with the flights before I call MS later this week asking what's available and continue to do so until I get an available studio. I don't care what resort we go to and, as I said, we can go anyday. I guess that this is my strategy..
Does anyone else have a strategy for trying to get a reservation using holding acct. points?
every summer and the idea of driving to Florida just doesn't appeal to us. Besides for my wife to be away from the family and, especially, the grandsons
for 6 or 7 days is bad enough. Ten or 11 days (including the time needed for driving) would be too much for the boss---oops---my wife.
