Different resorts different use years?

[tom1944]

This subject came up on another thread and I did not want to hijack it

The common sentiment is to try to have the same use year.

As we research this entire process before purchase we selected the resorts we like (about 5 or 6) and how we plan to vacation.

Let me admit upfront I/we over analyze everything

If we go with the extended contracts and narrow it down to Copper Creek and Riviera restricted we would use them in alternate years

Our vacations would be end of January (wife and I) in a studio and either the end of August or November (Jersey week) for a family trip (4 people) in a 1 bedroom

We would alternate years. A January trip one year and an August or November trip the next

A week between Copper Creek and Animal Kingdom SV would need between 242 and 259 points and we plan on a purchase of 150 CCV points to use alternate years. My thought is that an August use year is best for that contract. We would book CCV for the week at 11 month and at 7 see if AKsv is available for a few day

The spousal trip in January would be 3/4 days at the Riviera and the rest at another resort based on availability. We would buy 50 points at Riviera giving us 100 on the alternate year. We also purchase a small contract of 50 points at any resort to cover the balance of our stay at a resort with availability we want to try.

My assumption is that December would be the best use year for the January vacation

We end up with 250 points with 300 (August use year) available for a 1 bedroom and 200 (December use year) available for a studio stay in alternating years

I know I am overthinking, but does this make sense? In this situation is it practical to have 2 different use years?

 

[Sandisw]

We have multiple UYs for this exact reason. They are to cover different travel times so that we can optimize having trips in the beginning of the UY.

But, each one has a good amount of points so we don’t strand points.

I do want to mention something about RIV if you are thinking resale.

Remember, resale points are restricted from RIV so if all you own is resale, you may find you end up with restricted RIV points that can’t get used since what you want might not always add to 100 (50 per year).

We do have 125 resale points there but we also have 150 direct points at VGF as well in that membership, which can be used at RIV at 7 months. This ensures that we won’t strand points.

Just keep that in mind!

 

[dvc lover 1970]

If you plan to purchase RIV direct then it would have to be the same use year because the minimum for new members is 150 and a different use year than the one you would own is considered a new member. However you said RIV would be resale and thus restricted. In that case there really isn't a benefit to same use years since ccv and riv will both be resale. I would purchase wherever you get the best price.
However if the ccv points are direct, you could use those at riv in the 7 month window to extend a stay there, but same use year or different use year doesn't really matter since the riv points are restricted.

 

[SLThomas318]

I would keep it all 1 use year… August UY banking window is March so it would cover all of your trips. With the same use year all of your points can be used to book online at 7 months vs having to call and transfer between memberships. We had 2 use years and found it frustrating since we would like to combine or switch out at 7 months and it required more work. We sold the diff use year and now all our contracts are 1 use year.