DVC Cancellation Thread?

[robinb]

Is there a DVC cancellation thread like there are ADR cancellation threads?

 

[Msmithmd]

No longer useful with the advent of instant online booking availability. And sometimes (certainly not all the time) a cancellation fills a wait list before it goes out for open booking availability.

There is no waitlist for ADR, so there is a better chance with those of grabbing something that some other board poster is going to cancel.

 

[robinb]

No longer useful with the advent of instant online booking availability. And sometimes (certainly not all the time) a cancellation fills a wait list before it goes out for open booking availability.

There is no waitlist for ADR, so there is a better chance with those of grabbing something that some other board poster is going to cancel.

Really? Does the wait list automatically grab nights now? I thought it was still run at night.

FWIW, the ADR cancellation threads are still useful with online booking which is why I asked. If someone's wait list is activated with a cancellation that's different.

 

[Msmithmd]

Waitlist is run when the wind's from the east, mist coming in, something's a brewin', about to begin.

In other words, it seems to vary, members have gotten notice of filled waitlists at all hours of the day. So a cancellation tread might or might not work. But probably more bother than it is worth.

 

[robinb]

Well, the wait list is NOT set up to grab a night when it is cancelled because I am pretty sure the night I just let go is on someone's wait list and it's still there minutes later. If someone is looking for an AKV-CL studio for 12/19 there is one available .

 

[twoj]

I think a cancellation thread would be useful... I have booked a waitlist before the site has.. I just stalk the site and the availability popped up.

 

[robinb]

It's still there, an hour later.

 

[LisaS]

Well, the wait list is NOT set up to grab a night when it is cancelled because I am pretty sure the night I just let go is on someone's wait list and it's still there minutes later. If someone is looking for an AKV-CL studio for 12/19 there is one available .

The wait list process only grabs nights if it can fill a wait list in its entirety. It won't set aside a night that only partially fills a wait list.

 

[disneynutz]

I have been told several times by different CM's that the waitlist matching is run at night after MS closes.

The following day CM's work the matches from the night before.

Bill

 

[GOOFY D]

I have been told several times by different CM's that the waitlist matching is run at night after MS closes.

The following day CM's work the matches from the night before.

Bill

That is sad in this day of technology that the waitlist does not grab the nights immediately (if it fills the entire waitlist). I am not sure how useful the waitlist is if that is the case.

 

[robinb]

I have been told several times by different CM's that the waitlist matching is run at night after MS closes.

The following day CM's work the matches from the night before.

Bill

That was my understanding, Bill. Which would mean that a cancellation thread (or threads, one per month like the ADR threads) may be a good thing for DISers. My coveted ALV Club Level Studio sat out there for at least 2 hours.

 

[disneynutz]

That is sad in this day of technology that the waitlist does not grab the nights immediately (if it fills the entire waitlist). I am not sure how useful the waitlist is if that is the case.

Unless software and systems have changed recently, most MS CM's do not have the ability to even hold inventory.

It's only in the last couple of years that we have had website improvements, online booking, and the availability tool.

Bill

 

[rfc0001]

I think a cancellation thread would be useful... I have booked a waitlist before the site has.. I just stalk the site and the availability popped up.

+1 - the purpose of a cancellation thread is completely different than a waitlist IMO. For example, you aren't realistically going to create a waitlist for an AKV CL springbreak week (inside 7 mos) since you have no realistic expectation of getting it. However if someone cancels said week, I guarantee you that someone on DISBoards would grab it despite not having a WL for it. FWIW, I got exactly said week (inside 7 mos) a year ago and cancelled it and couldn't find a place to post it here. That said, what's to prevent someone (anyone) from creating said thread? Just create a thread, set some rules (e.g. no posting until after you cancel to avoid renting/advertising solicitation) and go. Any mods care to comment on the feasibility of this?

 

[Sur]

That is sad in this day of technology that the waitlist does not grab the nights immediately (if it fills the entire waitlist). I am not sure how useful the waitlist is if that is the case.

I've been glad it didn't as I tend to tweak my vacations several days after booking.

 

[BWV Dreamin]

Unless software and systems have changed recently, most MS CM's do not have the ability to even hold inventory.

It's only in the last couple of years that we have had website improvements, online booking, and the availability tool.

Bill

I had a MS person hold the last studio available to book while she transferred points and purchased one time points. So yes they can hold the room while booking it.

 

[disneynutz]

I had a MS person hold the last studio available to book while she transferred points and purchased one time points. So yes they can hold the room while booking it.

The CM that I talked to last was upset because online booking holds inventory but she couldn't.

It would be nice to know if all CM's have that capability now. A few months ago only senior, team line, and managers could hold inventory. They often answer the regular phone lines so we don't know who we are talking to.

Bill

 

[Sur]

Our last MS call involved a strong degree of transferring, combining existing reservations and purchase of OTU points. Rock worked VERY hard and succeeded with pulling together a great, long vacation. He must've done some holding in there as it was a high demand, get-it-while-you-can booking. I gave him a rave review on the survey.

 

[Minniesgal]

I had a MS person hold the last studio available to book while she transferred points and purchased one time points. So yes they can hold the room while booking it.

A few of them can very many more can't. It is very hit or miss. More than once I have had a CM lose a room while they were canceling something else for me.