Extra Points Required

[Worksop Woody]

Hi everyone

I am a DVC member and the next trip I am planning will leave me short by a few points.

Am I able to purchase extra points?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Jayne

 

[mickeyman42]

Yes i believe you can buy up to 25 points in a single one time per use year transaction. Its 15 pp and you can only buy exactly how many points youre short by, at least thats my understanding. I bought 22 points a few weeks ago this way

 

[rackle]

Hi everyone

I am a DVC member and the next trip I am planning will leave me short by a few points.

Am I able to purchase extra points?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Jayne

One time use points are available at $15 each. If I remember correctly it's a max of 24 and they can only be purchased/used to book at 7 months out. We are going to run into this problem for our March 2015 trip so I'm debating between booking a hotel for Universal for a night vs purchasing them since it'd be $180 for the one time use points for us.

 

[erionm]

One-Time-Use Vacation Points details from DVCMember.com:

As a Disney Vacation Club Member, occasionally you may find yourself in need of just few extra vacation points in order to book that perfect dream vacation. Previously, this required borrowing vacation points from a future use year, but very recently a new alternative was introduced. They're called "one-time-use" vacation points and are available for a fee of $15 ($13.33 plus $1.67 tax) per vacation point. Availability of one-time-use vacation points may be limited or suspended from time to time, and the fee is subject to change.

Details:

• One-time-use vacation points are vacation points available for Disney Vacation Club Members to use as an alternative to borrowing vacation points from the following use year's allotment.
• You can obtain a maximum of 24 one-time-use vacation points once per use year per membership.
• A maximum of 24 one-time-use vacation points are processed in a single transaction, not multiple transactions.
• The fee for one-time-use vacation points is $15 (including tax) per vacation point, and is subject to change.
• One-time-use vacation points expire according to the use year of the reservation booked and are non-refundable, non-transferable and cannot be banked or borrowed.
• One-time-use vacation points are not available for waitlist reservations.
• One-time-use vacation points cannot be applied retroactively to existing reservations.
• One-time-use vacation points are only available for Members whose contract is closed and in good standing.
• One-time-use vacation points are available only for Disney Vacation Club Resorts, Disney Collection*, Adventurer Collection* and World Passport Collection reservations.
  * Available when you purchase directly from Disney.
• One-time-use vacation points used for Disney Vacation Club resort reservations can only be used up to 7 months prior to arrival.
• One-time-use vacation points for Disney Collection, Adventurer Collection and World Passport reservations can be used according to the booking guidelines for each individual collection.

 

[com_op_2000]

You could go to the rent/trade forum and find someone willing to transfer some points to you for cheaper than the $15 DVC is charging.