Can you pay for a room?

[fireman17]

Planning a 2012 trip and have enough points for a six night stay and wanted to add one more night. Can I pay for the extra night to add it onto our reservation?

 

[DVCconvert]

Yes, you can make a cash reservation thru MS. Subject to availability. You may also ask if the member discount is available, in which case the rate will be 25% off the rack room price.

HTH

Another possible alternative is to "rent" up to 24 "one time use" points from MS.

 

[Kidanifan08]

You can purchase up to 24 add'l points from DVC, but then you can't book until the 7 month window. You could always borrow from your next use year if possible. I don't think you can cash-up a reservation, but you could spend one night at one of the other resorts on the front end of your trip.

 

[DVCconvert]

I don't think you can cash-up a reservation,

the cash night would be it's own reservation. I have done this both thru MS and CRO. The point stay and cash stays can be linked.

 

[hellerjw]

DVCconvert is correct, they will link the points & cash reservations together so you shouldn't have to worry about 2 separate reservations. We have added on cash nights multiple times and have been lucky to get the 25% discount each time, but have yet to try the "one time use" points they now offer. I think that might be a good option if the 25% discount wasn't available and you were within the 7 month mark.

 

[MsRem]

Yes, you can make a cash reservation thru MS. Subject to availability. You may also ask if the member discount is available, in which case the rate will be 25% off the rack room price.

HTH

Another possible alternative is to "rent" up to 24 "one time use" points from MS.

Regarding the cash room discounts: Can members use the general public discount, if they are running it at the time, of 40% off deluxes? Or just the DVC discount of 25%?

 

[DVCconvert]

Regarding the cash room discounts: Can members use the general public discount, if they are running it at the time, of 40% off deluxes? Or just the DVC discount of 25%?

Yes you can. But whereas the general public discount has to be made thru CRO, you'll want to give CRO your MS ressie #, and call MS and give them your CRO ressie #. I wouldn't assume that CRO and MS can link automatically. Of course the CRO ressie would have to be for the same room size to have the linking work and not be required to change rooms.

HTH
(I have done this too...sometimes the general discounts can be upto 40%)

 

[DebbieB]

the cash night would be it's own reservation. I have done this both thru MS and CRO. The point stay and cash stays can be linked.

Only cash stays through MS can be officially linked.

If you go through CRO, they can be noted but not officially linked. You will have to check-out and check back in.

 

[DVCconvert]

Only cash stays through MS can be officially linked.

If you go through CRO, they can be noted but not officially linked. You will have to check-out and check back in.

You are semantically correct. But I've never had a problem in keeping my room after having done what I posted above (proably in a dozen stays)