Different Use Years

[Nie0214]

Is it really that much of a pain? Especially if it's for different resorts with different goals and never (well, maybe 1-2 times over 20+ years) needing to transfer points? Ex. October VWL for fall and holiday trips and June SSR for who-cares-where summer vacation trips.

 

[ELMC]

Ever since Disney changed the website and allowed multiple membership numbers and Use Years to be controlled through one main login page, managing multiple use years has become significantly easier. Especially if it is for different resorts. I know that some people have suggested to avoid it, but I can say that I have three home resorts with three different use years and it's not a worry. Add in the fact that you are structuring your use years to match up with different goals and I think you will be fine.

 

[Nie0214]

Ever since Disney changed the website and allowed multiple membership numbers and Use Years to be controlled through one main login page, managing multiple use years has become significantly easier. Especially if it is for different resorts. I know that some people have suggested to avoid it, but I can say that I have three home resorts with three different use years and it's not a worry. Add in the fact that you are structuring your use years to match up with different goals and I think you will be fine.

Good to hear! There's a fair bit out there that it's such a bad idea but it seemed to really make sense for how we want to use the points.

 

[drusba]

Have had two use years for a long time and it has never really been an issue. One has BWV in it and the other AKV and BWV. When combining the use years for one trip, I do not actually do transfers but instead reserve some nights with one use year and the remaining nights with the other and then have the reservations linked (which at the resorts is now treated as one continuous reservation for check-in, check-out and any other purposes)..

 

[disneynutz]

Two UY's are double the work of one UY. Only you can decide if there is an advantage. We Have two, wish we didn't.

Bill

 

[supersnoop]

Good to hear! There's a fair bit out there that it's such a bad idea but it seemed to really make sense for how we want to use the points.

I have two use years, but, as you mention, I use one for a single, specific trip without ever combining. That hasn't been a problem for me.

Where owning two use years becomes a problem is when you want to combine points, and when you have two different banking deadlines. As long as you can manage a calendar, it shouldn't be difficult, but it is more work.

 

[Orsino]

I own at SSR and would like to buy some AKV points. Since I'm looking at a different resort do I need to care about matching use years? It seems that the benefit of matching use year only applies to the same resort, but there is so much that I don't know.

 

[Nie0214]

I own at SSR and would like to buy some AKV points. Since I'm looking at a different resort do I need to care about matching use years? It seems that the benefit of matching use year only applies to the same resort, but there is so much that I don't know.

Keeping the same use year makes things easy if you're combining points is all. Say you have a December and a June use year, trying to fit in a trip that uses both current points (12/1-5/30) plus leaving wiggle room that if you cancel the trip, you can use them before they expire, etc. I can imagine it gets tricky. Keeping the same is likely way easier if you plan on mixing points. If you have Dec and end up with Oct, maybe it won't be a big deal.

We have 100 Oct at BLT and are thinking of 50 at SSR or AKL with an Apr UY for when DS is older and in school, but we'd very rarely combine.

 

[supersnoop]

I own at SSR and would like to buy some AKV points. Since I'm looking at a different resort do I need to care about matching use years? It seems that the benefit of matching use year only applies to the same resort, but there is so much that I don't know.

Will you ever mix points to make or move a reservation with less than 7 months notice? That's when having the same use year is important.

 

[gharter]

As others have said, it really only matters if you want to combine points to book at 7 months. 2 different resorts with the same UY, you can only book at 11 months at the home resort for points from that resort, at 7 months you could combine the points.
We have points at 2 different resorts, 2 different UY, use them for different types of trips and have no plan to ever try and combine them so it works.
It really depends on what your plans are and how you plan to use the points.

 

[Dean]

Is it really that much of a pain? Especially if it's for different resorts with different goals and never (well, maybe 1-2 times over 20+ years) needing to transfer points? Ex. October VWL for fall and holiday trips and June SSR for who-cares-where summer vacation trips.

It's not a big deal but there are advantages to having them together and advantages to them being separate. The disadvantage is mainly in combining points and simplicity, advantages include more wait list spots and a better UY for specific trips. It also gives you the opportunity to title differently if you want to include or exclude someone on the first one.

I own at SSR and would like to buy some AKV points. Since I'm looking at a different resort do I need to care about matching use years? It seems that the benefit of matching use year only applies to the same resort, but there is so much that I don't know.

There are other advantages to having them together as I noted above. The other issue is if they change banking, it could make having them together more important. In a previous version of banking the % were figured on the total for a given contract.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

There are other advantages to having them together as I noted above. The other issue is if they change banking, it could make having them together more important. In a previous version of banking the % were figured on the total for a given contract.

I'm not quite certain what your stating here Dean? A percent will calculate the same for overall total. Of course if one missed a certain banking date with only one contract and not both they might lose less vs missing a date with only one large contract or UY but that seems a little obscure to base getting 2 different UY's on and complicating with double the banking deadlines.

 

[Dean]

I'm not quite certain what your stating here Dean? A percent will calculate the same for overall total. Of course if one missed a certain banking date with only one contract and not both they might lose less vs missing a date with only one large contract or UY but that seems a little obscure to base getting 2 different UY's on and complicating with double the banking deadlines.

What I'm referencing is that at one time banking was based on a % of the total points in the master contract. In that system, there was a banking advantage to having them under one master. While I doubt they'd go back, they certainly could.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

What I'm referencing is that at one time banking was based on a % of the total points in the master contract. In that system, there was a banking advantage to having them under one master. While I doubt they'd go back, they certainly could.

I remember when there were 3 or so banking dates that determined what percentage of points could be banked, but didn't remember the numbed of points in a UY having any determination on the percentages. Must have been even earlier?