Help me understand UY...

[lyndeah]

I think my husband gets this but he still is hesitant to buy NOT direct through Disney so before I sit down and show him listings I want to understand UY. We ALWAYS go during the holidays specifically like Dec 26 or 27 through like Jan 2 or 3 is usually when we go every year. Does it matter when I am looking at existing listings for sale when the UY is? This is a bit confusing to me. Obviously there could always be a time in our life when we could change out minds and say lets go in the summer or fall, etc. Can someone explain this to me? As layman terms as possible?

I guess what I am asking is for example I see a listing that will say BLT $100 per point 250 points Oct 2015 - does that mean we have to travel Oct 2015? or how does that work?

 

[CarolMN]

Give this thread a read - it should help you figure it all out.

Understanding Use Year

 

[lyndeah]

Give this thread a read - it should help you figure it all out.

Understanding Use Year

awesome thank you

 

[disneynutz]

Your UY is best when you travel the 8 months after the start of your UY.

An October UY is best for vacations in Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, and May.

The reason is because should you have to cancel your vacation, you can bank your points and save them for your next UY.

Bill

 

[chalee94]

Can someone explain this to me? As layman terms as possible?

UY has nothing to do with when you can call to book - that is based on home resort.

traveling in the last 3 months or so of your UY is risky, because if you need to cancel, you will have limited options and little time to find a way to use those points before they expire.

example: i like to travel in nov/dec. i do not like to travel in the heat of the summer (july/aug/sept). i have an oct UY which is a good fit for me since i will likely never travel in july/aug/sept.

 

[jerseyduke]

Do not get all caught up in UY. People over complicate it.

It affects banking of points and such.

It is advantageous to travel early in your UY. So, if you at least tend to travel at one time of year, you can pick a good UY.

For example: If you are a sept - december traveler (exclusively or mostly), an August or Sept. UY would be excellent. February would be awful.

If your travel is almost totally unpredictable, and all over the place, then I would look for the more common UY at the resort.

Aside from the banking issue there is the holding points issue. Holding points expire at the end of your UY. If you have a Sept. UY, and cancel an October trip within 31 days, your points become holding points, and you have until the end of the following August to use them. With a Feb., UY, you only have until the end of January.


Just suffice it to say, selecting a UY so you will tend to travel in the first few months of it is the main goal.