Can I transfer points between my own contracts?

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I can't seem to find the answer anywhere...

Can I transfer points from one of my accounts to another one of my accounts with a difference use year?

:earsboy:
 
I have two different use years like you. I have never "transferred" points but DVC has allowed me to use the points from both contracts to make a reservation.

HBC
 
Each contract's points retain they innate characteristics, i.e., Use Year and Home Resort, but you can surely use them, after the 7 month point, at any resort. I typically make a short reservation with my home resort points at the 11 month point, and then if there is still availability at the 7 month point I extend my stay.
 
bicker said:
I typically make a short reservation with my home resort points at the 11 month point, and then if there is still availability at the 7 month point I extend my stay.

bicker,

Are you always successful with this? I was going to reserve all the weekday nights at VWL at the 11 month window and then add 2 wk-end nights at the 7 month window using my BWV pts for our stay next May. I thought there was probably more of a chance of wkend nights still being available at 7 months than wkday.

Also, should I go ahead a reserve the 2 nights at the BWV at the 11 month window and then switch them over to VWL?

Thanks, I am still a rookie at this........Laura
 

I'm not always successful with this -- about 60/40 in my favor I think.

And actually we have done as you suggest at least once... booking the extra days in the resort we have the points for, and then try to transfer them. We were successful that time.
 
But if you need four points to complete a reservation, can you transfer them from another contract you own to complete that reservation?
 
JimC said:
But if you need four points to complete a reservation, can you transfer them from another contract you own to complete that reservation?

Yes, MS will assist with the transfer. It's easily done. If there is any other way to accomplish the same reservation (ie- borrowing from the next year) they will suggest that - as it's a lot simpler transaction, but the transfer can be done between accounts.
 
WebmasterDoc said:
Yes, MS will assist with the transfer. It's easily done. If there is any other way to accomplish the same reservation (ie- borrowing from the next year) they will suggest that - as it's a lot simpler transaction, but the transfer can be done between accounts.
So someone could in theory buy a huge contract at HH, a tiny contract at their fav. WDW resort, transfer the points in and book at 11 months? That doesn't seem like it should be allowed if it is.
 
Duckfan-in-Chicago said:
So someone could in theory buy a huge contract at HH, a tiny contract at their fav. WDW resort, transfer the points in and book at 11 months? That doesn't seem like it should be allowed if it is.
Theoretically, that would NOT be allowed. The transfered points are supposed to retain their original identity, and therefore could not be used for the 11 month window at another resort.

Now...what happens in actuality could be anyone's guess...
 
I have never read of a case where folks were able to use, say, HH points for a BWV reservation prior to the 7 month point. I would think that would be a major no-no on MS's part, and would be soundly quashed if it became routine practice without going through the proper procedures for changing the rules.
 
bicker said:
I have never read of a case where folks were able to use, say, HH points for a BWV reservation prior to the 7 month point. I would think that would be a major no-no on MS's part, and would be soundly quashed if it became routine practice without going through the proper procedures for changing the rules.
This is what I always thought too, and I hope that it stays like this or it would only lead to making it harder to book at certain resorts down the road. Maybe I just don't understand the benefit/need to transfer points from one contract to another if you're not gaining anything in the booking window. Why not just book the room with the other contract? Sometimes these banking/borrowing type threads make my head hurt.
 
bicker said:
I have never read of a case where folks were able to use, say, HH points for a BWV reservation prior to the 7 month point. I would think that would be a major no-no on MS's part, and would be soundly quashed if it became routine practice without going through the proper procedures for changing the rules.

It happened to me. I rented some BCV points and had them transferred into what I thought would be my BCV contract. However they went in under my VWL contract and became VWL points. When I called to make 11 month reservations at the BCV, I was told I couldn't. If I wanted to use them at the VWL, it wouldn't have been a probelm. It took a few phone calls to straighten the situation out and get the points back to being BCV like they were supposed to be.

HBC
 
Duckfan-in-Chicago said:
So someone could in theory buy a huge contract at HH, a tiny contract at their fav. WDW resort, transfer the points in and book at 11 months? That doesn't seem like it should be allowed if it is.

Apparently, that is now allowed for transfers from other members. In the case posed in this thread, the question was whether MS will transfer points from the same member. I'm not sure that MS would be too accommodating if someone just wanted to transfer points without making a reservation at the same time. I know of members who have used points from several contracts to reserve the cruise and Adventure Collection options. MS was happy to work with those members to combine the points.

If the question is will MS transfer points from different resorts and then allow all of the points to be used at one resort 11 months ahead, I'd like to think it would not be allowed, but you never know.
 
Happy Birthday Cat said:
It happened to me. I rented some BCV points and had them transferred into what I thought would be my BCV contract. However they went in under my VWL contract and became VWL points.
Yes, I've had them make a mistake like that once too. However, that was, as you indicated, an error, and (hopefully) not standard practice.
 
Well, this is from the 'Points Transfer Rules 101' thread that I found after starting to read this thread:
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If a Transfer occurs between Club Members from different Home Resorts, the Transferred Home Resort Vacation Points retain all the reservation rights of the Transferring Member.

The recipient of the Transferred Home Resort Vacation Points may use them to make a reservation at the Transferring Member's Home Resort during the Home Resort Priority Period, or at other qualified DVC Resorts after the Home Resort Priority Period and any other applicable priority periods.

MS's systems have a hard time tracking the Home Resort attribute. This means that if you own OKW, and had someone transfer BCV points to you, the points would take on your Home Resort and "become" OKW points. This glitch is supposedly being fixed "soon", but it has been years and still the glitch exists. It can work for you or against you depending on where you want the 11mo booking window.
***
So to me, it doesn't seem like an isolated event, or that MS is allowing this to happen-its clearly against the rules. Its seems like a glitch in the system that may or may not be fixed.
 
Thanks Doc. I was thinking that you would book what you could at 11 months then at seven months transfer the points and complete the reservation.
 
There is a legitimate reason for me asking this question. I have a buyer for one of my contracts but it does NOT include the 2004 and 2005 points. I want to transfer these out to my other account as I haven't been able to rent them all out at this time.

They are for the same resort, just different use year.

I'm going to call MS on Monday to ask for certain. Thanks for all the help so far.

:earsboy:
 















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