buying points from DVC

[jmassey1samchi]

I know I could find the answer to this somewhere but threading is usually just as fast. I find myself 7 points short for the vacations I want to do for next year. Can you purchase point shortfalls from DVC, or do you have to transfer in points from someone who is selling?
thanks

 

[erionm]

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 per Use Year per Membership.
  
• One-time-use vacation points can be processed in multiple transactions that when combined may not exceed a total of 24 vacation points per Use Year.
  
• 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*, and World Collection reservations.
  * Available when you purchase directly from Disney.
  
• 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 and World Collection reservations can be used according to the booking guidelines for each individual collection.

 

[TimR]

You can buy one-time-use points from DVC. I think it's $15/point. They can only be used at the 7-month booking window, and there are restrictions on how many you can buy and what happens if you have to cancel the reservation.

 

[jmassey1samchi]

Is it something that the reservation system will let you know you need to do when going through the booking process, or is it something you have to call ms prior to making the reservation?

 

[Deb & Bill]

Is it something that the reservation system will let you know you need to do when going through the booking process, or is it something you have to call ms prior to making the reservation?

You have to call MS to purchase the extra points and make the reservation. It will take a few minutes and they will transfer you to make the payment, then transfer you back to complete the reservation.

 

[jmassey1samchi]

Thanks for the info!