Buying extra points from Disney

[melk]

I remember seeing something about DVC allowing you to buy an extra 25 points or something directly from them if you needed some extra (one time per year??). Can someone direct me to the info on this?

Thank you!

 

[Sandisw]

At the 7 month mark, Disney will sell you up to 24 points to complete a reservation. These points are $15 each. They are one time use and only for the reservation you make. You can not get them during home resort booking period.

I believe there is information on the member website as well.

 

[CarolMN]

Here is the info from the Members' Website:


One-Time-Use Vacation Points

As a Disney Vacation Club Member, occasionally you may find yourself in need of just few extra vacation points in order to book that perfect dream vacation. Previously, this required borrowing vacation points from a future use year, but very recently a new alternative was introduced. They're called "one-time-use" vacation points and are available for a fee of $15 ($13.33 plus $1.67 tax) per vacation point. Availability of one-time-use vacation points may be limited or suspended from time to time, and the fee is subject to change.

Details:

* One-time-use vacation points are vacation points available for Disney Vacation Club Members to use as an alternative to borrowing vacation points from the following use year's allotment.
* You can obtain a maximum of 24 one-time-use vacation points once per use year per membership.
* A maximum of 24 one-time-use vacation points are processed in a single transaction, not multiple transactions.
* The fee for one-time-use vacation points is $15 (including tax) per vacation point, and is subject to change.
* One-time-use vacation points expire according to the use year of the reservation booked and are non-refundable, non-transferable and cannot be banked or borrowed.
* One-time-use vacation points are not available for waitlist reservations.
* One-time-use vacation points cannot be applied retroactively to existing reservations.
* One-time-use vacation points are only available for Members whose contract is closed and in good standing.
* One-time-use vacation points are available only for Disney Vacation Club resorts, Disney Collection, Adventurer Collection and World Passport Collection reservations.
* One-time-use vacation points used for Disney Vacation Club resort reservations can only be used up to 7 months prior to arrival.
* One-time-use vacation points for Disney Collection, Adventurer Collection and World Passport reservations can be used according to the booking guidelines for each individual collection.

 

[shreked]

Thanks for the info not sure when this started but would have saved me a lot of time getting a point transfer in the past.

Love Fozzie!!!

 

[magicron]

I spoke with MS about the rules last week. It's stated in the post regarding not being able to 'bank' these, but just to highlight, you can only buy points needed to complete a reservation. For example, if you only need 8 points to complete a particular reservation, you can't buy 24 points and hang on to the remaining 16 for a future reservation.

 

[Checkers]

Great thread! I was just going to investigate this today as we are going next March and are thinking of going a day early but don't have enough points for the additional day. We are taking my DD, SIL, 3DGC and staying in a 2br at OKW and I would really like to get 2 studios (where available) for that extra day using some "cash" points. Can this be done -- 2 rooms -- does anyone know?

 

[charvel67]

Magicron is right, but if you know exactly what you need ahead of time you can call and bank the right number of your regular points into the next year and then buy what's needed up to the maximum of 24 pts for this year's ressie.. We did this so we would have our regular allotment plus banked points plus the option of buying the extra 24 for next year's vacation.

 

[DeeCee735]

Magicron is right, but if you know exactly what you need ahead of time you can call and bank the right number of your regular points into the next year and then buy what's needed up to the maximum of 24 pts for this year's ressie.. We did this so we would have our regular allotment plus banked points plus the option of buying the extra 24 for next year's vacation.

That is a great idea, and I don't think it would have occurred to me, even though I've come to consider myself a points wizard Thanks for the tip!