Changing a ressie that uses banked & current points

[jamstew]

I'm a newbie, and I need some help, please. Here's my situation.

I have a 2BR/2Q at BCV reserved for a Sun.-Fri. stay in October. The ressie was made with 74 banked points and 86 current points. I need to change to a studio for the same dates, but I don't want to risk losing the 2BR reservation in the process by canceling & starting over. I do have enough current points to book the studio and leave the 2BR intact, but wouldn't I want to get the banked points back (so I can use them for the studio ressie) before using current points? Would I do this by canceling enough 2BR nights to get the banked points back, book the studio with those points, and then cancel the rest of the 2BR? I'm so confused! I need to do this tomorrow so that I can call back Tuesday to make a December reservation!

 

[jamstew]

bump

 

[Pakey]

I'm a newbie, and I need some help, please. Here's my situation.

I have a 2BR/2Q at BCV reserved for a Sun.-Fri. stay in October. The ressie was made with 74 banked points and 86 current points. I need to change to a studio for the same dates, but I don't want to risk losing the 2BR reservation in the process by canceling & starting over. I do have enough current points to book the studio and leave the 2BR intact, but wouldn't I want to get the banked points back (so I can use them for the studio ressie) before using current points? Would I do this by canceling enough 2BR nights to get the banked points back, book the studio with those points, and then cancel the rest of the 2BR? I'm so confused! I need to do this tomorrow so that I can call back Tuesday to make a December reservation!

I think I understand what you are asking but I am not sure. First of all, you can't cancel part of a reservation. If you have a reservation for 5 nights and wanted to change it to 3, you would have to cancel the 5 nights in total and rebook for the 3. You cannot just cancel 2 nights.

When I have wanted to cancel/rebook, I have just told the CM this when I call. He/she checks availability first, reserves, cancels. I've never had an issue with the CM NOT using the banked points first on the rebooking. Just make sure the CM knows for sure a studio is available for those dates before you cancel the 2BR.

 

[jamstew]

I think I understand what you are asking but I am not sure. First of all, you can't cancel part of a reservation. If you have a reservation for 5 nights and wanted to change it to 3, you would have to cancel the 5 nights in total and rebook for the 3. You cannot just cancel 2 nights.

When I have wanted to cancel/rebook, I have just told the CM this when I call. He/she checks availability first, reserves, cancels. I've never had an issue with the CM NOT using the banked points first on the rebooking. Just make sure the CM knows for sure a studio is available for those dates before you cancel the 2BR.

I had read a couple of horror stories about people losing their reservations in the process of canceling & rebooking, but you've made me feel better about it I didn't realize I couldn't cancel part of the reservation--that's a pretty important bit of information

The only reason I was concerned about using the banked points to make the new reservation is because they'll expire before I could use them--not acceptable!

Thanks again.

 

[bookwormde]

I had always seen posted that you could trim days of the front or back without having to cancel and rebook, I guess I will have to call tomorrow and find out, unless one of the very experienced DVC disMemebers can confirm this one way or the other

bookwormde

 

[hjic15102]

I called yesterday and they told me they can subtract a day or so from my existing reservation with no problem.

 

[Chuck S]

I've never had a problem dropping a day or two from a reservation. I realize October is popular at BCV and BWV because of F&W, but I don't think you'll have a problem.

 

[jamstew]

I thought I had posted the results of my call, but I guess I didn't. Anyway, I was able to cancel the 2BR (5 nights) to get my 160 points back and get a studio for six nights instead. I did have the CM check first to be sure there was studio availability, and, in banking the studio, she used the previously banked points first. No problems at all!

 

[mcrabeck]

Thanks for posting your update. I am going to try and do something similair on Friday and had the same concerns regarding the banked points. Hopefully it will go as well as your experience!