Home Base?

[nvrenoughdisney]

I know all about the home base advantage, but I had a question about owning at two different resorts. If I own 160pts at SSR and buy a 50pt add-on at another resort (say BLT...), would I be able to make reservations 11 months ahead at both? Or would there be some type of limitation based on how many points I own at each? It seems like there would be some kind of catch to this...

 

[Farmboy90]

I know all about the home base advantage, but I had a question about owning at two different resorts. If I own 160pts at SSR and buy a 50pt add-on at another resort (say BLT...), would I be able to make reservations 11 months ahead at both? Or would there be some type of limitation based on how many points I own at each? It seems like there would be some kind of catch to this...

No you cannot do this, otherwise we would all own 1 pt at each resort.

At the 11 month mark for SSR you could use your 160pts for SSR. At the 11 month mark for your 50pt add-on, you could use those 50 pts for the BLT (or wherever you bought them). At the 7 month mark you could use any of your points for any resort.

 

[nvrenoughdisney]

I figured there was a catch...otherwise it was too good to be true!

 

[Disney_Villain]

The term is called "Home Resort", not "Home Base". This is DVC, not a baseball game.

 

[nvrenoughdisney]

Guess you can tell where my passions lie

 

[JimMIA]

If I own 160pts at SSR and buy a 50pt add-on at another resort (say BLT...), would I be able to make reservations 11 months ahead at both? Or would there be some type of limitation based on how many points I own at each?

Actually, depending on the precise wording of the question, the answer to this may be YES.

If the question is whether you can combine home resort and non-home resort points in the 11-month window, the answer is nice try...but NO.

However, if the question is whether you can use the 11-month window at multiple home resorts in the same time period, the answer is YES.

If you owned 160 pts at SSR, you could make a ressie at SSR using those 160 points, but none of the other resort points.

If you owned 50 points at another resort, you could make a different ressie there using those 50 points, but none of the SSR points. Keep in mind, however, that with banking and borrowing, you could use 150 points at that resort every third year.

There is nothing at all in the rules to prevent you from having multiple 11-month ressies. Many of us do that all the time. You just can't use points from anywhere except the resort where you're making 11-month ressies.

At seven months, you can combine points from different resorts and book anywhere there is availability.

 

[JimMIA]

P.S. It's Home Plate!

Only a Mets fan would call it Home Base!

Let's go Marlins!

 

[Disney_Villain]

Err, I think my age is starting show!

P.S. It's Home Plate!

Only a Mets fan would call it Home Base!

Let's go Marlins!

 

[nvrenoughdisney]

So much to keep straight; thanks for the clarification. I think I have it all down now.

And of course, it's GO RED SOX!