Best Way to Book This?

[csmommy]

Hi all - please let me know your thoughts. Always like to have views that I might not have considered.

Tomorrow is my 7th month window opening. We plan on going from 8/21 - 8/28. We have 108 points to use from 2015 & will borrow whatever else we need from 2016. We use our points every other year so we combine. Unfortunately due to college & HS schedules not meshing well we can only go for a week.

Originally I was going to book AKL studio savannah view for a week & then in a couple of days make it a split stay with BLT - total points needed for this is AKL 8/21 - 8/24 = 55 + BLT 8/24 - 8/28 = 76 points total = 131

But now I might be able to book a Poly studio starting 2/25.

What is easier? Booking AKL for the week & then changing once Poly is released or doing my split & then changing to Poly?

My concern is how hard it is to change this all online? Will I put any points in jeopardy. I know the Poly will cost more.

Hope this all makes sense! Thanks!

 

[jerseyduke]

My thoughts:

Since if the Poly did not exist, you would be doing a split stay, that is how I would book it.

Since the poly will be more points than BLT you are not in jeopardy of losing them, you would merely have to borrow more on 2/25 if you can get into the Poly.

Also, if you book the whole stay at AKV, you will not be able to chop that reservation on line, you will have to call MS to do it.

On 2/25, you can log onto the member site and cancel you BLT ressie and go for the poly.

I WOULD NOT want to call MS on 2/25!!!!!!! You might not get connected until the 26th!

 

[csmommy]

My thoughts:

Since if the Poly did not exist, you would be doing a split stay, that is how I would book it.

Since the poly will be more points than BLT you are not in jeopardy of losing them, you would merely have to borrow more on 2/25 if you can get into the Poly.

Also, if you book the whole stay at AKV, you will not be able to chop that reservation on line, you will have to call MS to do it.

On 2/25, you can log onto the member site and cancel you BLT ressie and go for the poly.

I WOULD NOT want to call MS on 2/25!!!!!!! You might not get connected until the 26th!

Thank you!

Exactly what I was thinking - MS is going to be crazy on the phone.

So I have to cancel my BLT & AKL (since we want the entire week there) 1st? Can I cancel before 8:00am?

 

[csmommy]

Also, what it is the turnaround time for cancellations?

Should I cancel the night before & then book 8:00am 2/25 - provided I see availability at Poly the night before?

 

[LauraLea]

I certainly would not cancel any reservation until I knew for sure I was going to get the new one.

If you do not have enough points to make the new reservation before cancelling I would follow the process below. I am sorry I cannot remember who originally posted this process, but it has worked for me.

Instructions to hold and cancel:
Start booking the new reservation on your computer.
Get to the point where it says the reservation is held for 20 minutes.
There will be an option to borrow points on this screen.
Now, on another device or a different browser on the same computer, cancel the current reservation.
DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, just cancel the reservation.
Go back to the computer and select the "Borrow points" option.
Then click cancel.
Your point totals will refresh without losing the "hold" on the new reservation.

Laura

 

[csmommy]

I certainly would not cancel any reservation until I knew for sure I was going to get the new one.

If you do not have enough points to make the new reservation before cancelling I would follow the process below. I am sorry I cannot remember who originally posted this process, but it has worked for me.

Instructions to hold and cancel:
Start booking the new reservation on your computer.
Get to the point where it says the reservation is held for 20 minutes.
There will be an option to borrow points on this screen.
Now, on another device or a different browser on the same computer, cancel the current reservation.
DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, just cancel the reservation.
Go back to the computer and select the "Borrow points" option.
Then click cancel.
Your point totals will refresh without losing the "hold" on the new reservation.

Laura

Thanks Laura.

That sounds fabulous & scary all at the same time!

Wish I could test it out...............