Help me understand the 60 day rule....

[paslea_pooh]

for your use year. My Use year is Sept. I read where you can't book and travel the last 60 days of your before your use year. So does that mean I can never travel to WDW during July and August?

Help

thanks

 

[cobbler]

That is only if your points go into a holding account. For example you book a Disney Collection and cancel it, then they go into a holding account and then 60 day rule applies. You can travel in your last 60 days as long as the reservation was made before 60 days before the end of your use year. This is for points in a holding account.

 

[BillPA]

The 60 day rule applies to staying at the WDW resorts... NOT to stays at a DVC resort.
The way it is to work, is that during the last 60 days of your use year, called the breakage period, you can not book a stay at say the Poly. You can however book a stay at the Poly from 11 months up to 61 days before your use year ends, for stays during the last 60 days.

At the 60 day mark, MS releases these points to CRO for cash reservations to anyone that calls CRO.

Hope this helps.

 

[CarolMN]

That is only if your points go into a holding account. For example you book a Disney Collection and cancel it, then they go into a holding account and then 60 day rule applies. You can travel in your last 60 days as long as the reservation was made before 60 days before the end of your use year. This is for points in a holding account.

The 60 day rule has nothing to do with the holding account.

As Bill posted, the 60 day rule has to do with when you may book something in either the Disney Collection, the Conceirge Collection or the Adventurer's Collection. Among other things, those include the non-DVC WDW resorts and DCL.

If you want to stay at one of those non-DVC "Collection" options during the last 60 days of your use year, you have to make the reservation at least 61 days prior to arrival.

The 60 day rule does NOT apply to reservations to stay at one of the DVC resorts. It does not apply to exchanges via II, either (but there are restrictions for late deposits - those made in the last 60 days of your use year).

HTH.

Best wishes -

 

[CarolMN]

cobbler - If you book a Disney Collection resort and cancel it, the points are returned to your account in reservation status. That means they expire at the end of your use year and can only be used to make a reservation at another "Collection" option.

Reservation points cannot be used to make a reservation at a DVC resort or for an exchange via II.

AFAIK, the holding account does not apply to reservation points at all.


Best wishes -

 

[CarolMN]

Holding Account - If you make a DVC reservation and cancel it 30 days or less prior to arrival, the points are returned to your account in holding account status.

Holding account points can only be used to make a reservation 60 days or less from your arrival date. Availability is often limited 60 days or less prior to arrival, so holding account points are not desirable.

Holding account points may be used to make a "Collection reservation", but there are additonal restrictions, because the 60 day rule also applies.

Best wishes -

 

[cobbler]

When I made a reservation at the Contemporary this year she did tell me I had to cancel before 6 days out and my points would go into a reservation holding account and that the 60 day rule would apply. I would have to book it with another Disney collection for travel less than 60 days prior to arrival and that I couldn't travel in the last 60 days of my use year unless the reservation was made before the last 60 days in my use year.

I guess this is what I was trying to say.

Was the person at MS misinformed in telling me this?

 

[RobDoc]

When I made a reservation at the Contemporary this year she did tell me I had to cancel before 6 days out and my points would go into a reservation holding account and that the 60 day rule would apply. I would have to book it with another Disney collection for travel less than 60 days prior to arrival and that I couldn't travel in the last 60 days of my use year unless the reservation was made before the last 60 days in my use year.

I guess this is what I was trying to say.

Was the person at MS misinformed in telling me this?

No, they were not misinformed - that is the cancellation policy for the Disney Collection. If you cancel more than 6 days ahead, the "reservation" points are returned to your account with no other restrictions (except that they can not be used at DVC resorts). If you cancel within the 6 day period, they are still "reservation" points, but in addition are "Holding Account" points and can only be used for reservations made within 60 days of travel.

 

[mark&sue]

There is something on the DVC member website saying that 60 day rule has been relaxed but not sure what it means!!!


Susan

 

[CarolMN]

There is something on the DVC member website saying that 60 day rule has been relaxed but not sure what it means!!!


Susan

That's only for bookings at one of the Disneyland resorts.

If you are booking a stay on points at either the DLH or the GC, you can make the reservation during the last 60 days of your use year even if the stay will also be during the last 60 days of your use year.

I think this "rule relaxation" is because of the 50th Celebration and will not be in effect once the 50th is over.

Best wishes -