Help with banking points & points in holding-HELP!...Long

[Disneyfun1]

I was just reading on the dvcmember site. It states that you can only bank points once. This is where i need clarification.

My use year is august. I get 160 points a year. I banked some points from last year so i had extra for all this.


Here is the deal-I have a reservation for june 21-28, 2007 at both boardwalk and beach club for the week-4 nights at one and 3 at the other. total points used-134.

Last Oct, we had a reservation, then 2 weeks before we went to wdw, we decided to go on the disney cruise, thus cancelling some of the points we had a reservation with. I was told those points went into a holding account. If i read how to use holding points correctly, I can only book those withing 2 months of a stay-is that correct?

I currently have 53 points in a holding account, and i also have 49 points available to bank now.

My main goal is to use the holding points for the june trip. My banking deadline is March 31.

If i read it correctly, i have to wait until april 21 to book using holding points??

but since i have to bank by march 31, i would have to cancel some nights at boardwalk on or before march 31, wait it out and hope that 3 weeks later on april 21, i can call and use my holding points to get my reservation back or book at another place like SSR if i have to.

I want to bank what i can, so i also want to know if i can go online now and bank the 49 points now that i have, then go back and bank 53 points from canceling part of the stay at boardwalk, hoping to reuse the holding points to get it back or stay someplace else. Can i bank the 49 now and the 53 on march 31, or do i have to wait until march 31 to bank all at once??

Does any of this make sense? Please let me know if i have it right, or what i can do now or what do you suggest. I want to bank the most i can without losing any. I prefer not to rent any out and save them for next year.

thank you very much for all help.

 

[Chuck S]

OK, I went to the member website, and the banking rules there are rather poorly written. I think what "banking once" is referring to is that points can only be banked for one year.

In other words, 2007 use year points can be banked into 2008 use year, but they can not be banked again into the 2009 use year. Unless rules changed recently, you can bank as often as you like during your use year, up to the end of your banking window. You simply can't re-bank points that were already banked from the previous use year.