Direct vs. resale

[longrf01]

I was wondering if you have 50 points direct (the minimum I was given Thursday) and 150 points resale (total 200) and wanted to do an RCI for 75 points, can you use points from the resale contracts as well as the direct contract or must all points for 'direct exclusives' come from direct points?

I seem to recall there was a similar issue with home resort points at the 11 month mark versus combined points from home and other resort.

 

[erionm]

RCI exchanges are not excluded from resale purchases.

 

[JimMIA]

You have a couple of things mixed up.

First of all, for RCI, you can use either direct or resale points for RCI -- makes no difference.

The booking window for home resort points (no matter how you purchase them) is 11 months, and the window for non-home resort points (no matter how you purchase) is 7 months.

Direct vs. resale has nothing to do with either use of DVC points you're asking about.

What you will want to do, however, is to be sure that both contracts are titled exactly the same and have the same Use Year, so they can be in the same account. If not, the two contracts will be in different accounts which will greatly complicate your life.

 

[longrf01]

You have a couple of things mixed up.

First of all, for RCI, you can use either direct or resale points for RCI -- makes no difference.

Okay - I thought RCI was only for direct. Maybe it's DCL or Concierge Collection in thinking of?

 

[erionm]

Okay - I thought RCI was only for direct. Maybe it's DCL or Concierge Collection in thinking of?

From the Member website:

New Policy Announced for Re-sale Purchases
Disney Vacation Club® has announced a new policy that limits access to certain Member Getaways exchanges for Ownership Interests purchased on the secondary market (also known as the re-sale market).
Under the new policy, Members who purchase from anyone other than Disney Vacation Development, Inc., on or after March 21, 2011, will not be eligible to use those Vacation Points to make reservations within the Concierge Collection, the Disney Collection or the Adventurer Collection. Those Vacation Points will instead be valid only for reservations at Disney Vacation Club resorts, as well as for RCI® exchanges, Club Cordial and Club Intrawest.
The affected collections are special Member benefits programs offered by Disney Vacation Development, Inc., and are not part of Members' Ownership Interests. That said, Members who purchased on the secondary market prior to March 21, 2011, may use those Vacation Points for all Member Getaways.
Note that the policy doesn't impact banking, borrowing or transferring Vacation Points. All Members will continue to have the ability make such transactions, regardless of where they purchased their Ownership Interests. Complete rules about these transactions are available in the Home Resort Rules and Regulations section of this website.