booking dilema - I think !!

[abner1776]

My UY is Oct and for my Oct 2011 UY I have 168 points made up of 150 regular and 18 banked points. I have no points remaining in my 2010 UY.

I have a wait list for the Grand Californian for this coming August which will use 130 points and if it does I will borrow the points from my 2011 UY.

I also want to book 68 points now for a trip next April...my problem is that if I book the 68 points now, that will leave me with only 100 points in my 2011 UY which is not sufficient to cover the wait list if it executes.

My other option is to hold off booking the 68 points for April 2012 until the wait list executes(or not) and then if need be I could borrow from my 2012 UY to cover the April 2012 ressie.

Do I have any other option here ? If I book the 68 points now can I have MS "adjust my points" IF the wait list comes through so I use 2011 points for the wait list and then borrow from 2012 for the April 2012 68 point ressie ?

 

[drusba]

You cannot have MS autmatically adjust points for an April trip if waitlist for August comes through as you mention if you made April reservation now using 2011 points. Only way you could make April 2011 reservation now and keep automatic waitlist is to physically borrow points from 2012 for the April trip so that you leave at least 130 points needed to be borrowed from 2011 if your waitlst comes through. You can actually do that even though borrowing is not usually done unless there are no current year points left.

Other option is to go onto a will-call waitlist where they will contact you if waitlist for August comes through before making the reservation. Then you could reserve April now and do the switch of points needed by borrowing from 2012 for April 2011 when the waitlist comes through for August. However, that waitlist may leave you with no reservation if they are unable to get in touch with you promptly when the waitlist opens.

 

[abner1776]

Thanks for the info...I like the "will call wait list" option better than actually borrowing the 2012 points now.

 

[abner1776]

So, I called MS to book the April 2012 ressie and to change the wait lists to a "will call", but apparently "will call" is no longer an option... it's either an automatic wait list or no wait list.

That presented me with a dilema since if I booked the April 2012 vacation, I would not have enough points left over in case the waitlist came through. The MS agent agree that I had a problem, but said he had the solution...he attached a note to the waitlist that instructed the wait list booking agent to borrow 30 points from my 2012 UY for the April 2012 ressie and then to put those released points back into 2011 to cover the waitlist ressie. This is exactly what I was looking to do....now time will tell if it really happens.