Combining points...Developer/Allocated..Ok I think I got it!

[drag n' fly]

Can I combine my developer points with my regular points and make my home resort booking at 11 months? Or is it because there is developer points involved would the whole booking be have to be made at 7 months instead? Can the developer points be combined with our regular allocated points? TIA

 

[Chuck S]

You can book your home resort using your regular points at 11 months, you can extend the reservation, if there is availability, at 7 months with the developer points. You cannot combine the points for an 11 month booking advantage, developers points can only be used at 7 months.

 

[GusMan]

Yes, you can combine your regular and developer points and use them together, but you can only do so at the 7 month mark regardless if it is for your home resort or not.

Keep in mind, Chuck is correct as well - but if you think availability is going to be an issue, then you will have to take that into consideration.

We waited for the 7 month mark so that we could use all our developer points first, then tapped into our regular points and then banked the rest as need be.

 

[drag n' fly]

Availability will definitely be an issue. We are trying to book Christmas 2008. We are going to book day by day. This is our predicament. We are buying in 2weeks and our original plan was to go March 2009. However 07 points cannot be banked for our 09 trip so we were going to try and book Christmas 08.:

 

[GusMan]

I think you might have a different issue on your hands.
If you are buying in 2 weeks (mid-November 07) and you want to go in December of 08, then your developer points may not be of any use to you for that trip. They are only good for one year. You would have to purchase in January of 08 in order for this to work out - and there is no guarantee that developer points will be offered then.

Now... I am going to state the above with a disclaimer - I know that my contract stated when my dev points were going to expire. I cannot remember if they were good from the day we signed the papers to purchase or from the day we actually "closed", which was a few weeks later. You would just have to be sure you know exactly when they will expire in order for your plan to work.

 

[drag n' fly]

Oh snap!

 

[larrytau]

Somehow I knew dragonfly was going to say that!

Oh snap!

 

[drag n' fly]

Ok here is my question. If we buy in 2 weeks and bank out 07 points how long do we have to use them? : We may re-adjust our plan. If we simply cannot use the developer points we might just buy the minimum 160 instead of the 225.

 

[GusMan]

If you immediately bank your 07 points into 08, then you will have to use them during your 08 use year.

Example, we have a March use year. So we banked all our 07 points into the 08 year and have until the end of Feb of 09 to use them.

One note... We did have a choice between the developer points and additional cash off per point. I dont know if that offer still stands but it never hurts to ask if it looks like you are unable to use developer points for your Dec 08 trip.

Hope that helps.

 

[drag n' fly]

Well I will have to wait and see if we are assigned a use year or given the choice since we are buying direct AKV from Disney. That will definitely affect when our trip will be as I wanted to bank 07, use 08 and borrow 09 and take a Christmas trip 08. That would give us enough points for a 1 bedroom concierge or 2 bedroom savannah view.

 

[drag n' fly]

Update:

We were planning to go out to Vancouver Island next summer for holidays. Another option is cancel next summers holidays to B.C. Buy 225 points. Take the developer points and borrow some 08 points and stay at the Grand Californian for summer holidays. We would have some 08 DVC points left over and if we banked the remaining 08 points and used them for 09 and we would have enough for a one bedroom concierge at AKV in 09.