Home resort points usage question with multiple resorts

Vigile

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I understand the idea of home resorts - you can book 11 months out, versus 8 months for the rest of them. I own 100 pts at PVB and just bought 200 pts at AKV, same use year. When can I use the 200 points from AKV to book an 11-month-out reservations at PVB? On June 2018 I will have 300 NEW points, 100 from PVB and 200 from AKV. Can I book a trip for PVB for May with all 300 points, or just 100? I really bought the 200 points to "pad out" the point count so I could book stays at PVB, but in order to take advantage of the full 300, will I have to let the 200 new points "roll over" once?

Thanks for any help!
 
Never, you only have the 11 month booking at the resort where you own those points. At 7 months, not 8, you can use your points at any resort.
 
You cannot use your AKL points to book 11 months out at PVB. Home resort is home resort. What you can do is make an 11 month reservation at PVB with your PVB points...then at the 7 month mark use your AKL points to add some nights or change your accommodation at PVB (subject to availability).
 
Okay. I assume if I have 200 points (or some subset) available from AKL from the PREVIOUS year that I can use them to book at the 11 month window?
 

Okay. I assume if I have 200 points (or some subset) available from AKL from the PREVIOUS year that I can use them to book at the 11 month window?

Only at AKV.

Home resort priority (11 months to 7 months, 1 day) is only for points owned at that specific resort
 
I don’t think you understand how use year works.

You can book the vacation before the points “show up.” Use year is only important for when you actually take the vacation.

If you want to use your AKV points at PVB, you’ll have to wait until 7 months out from the start of your vacation.
 
Okay. I assume if I have 200 points (or some subset) available from AKL from the PREVIOUS year that I can use them to book at the 11 month window?

You’ll also have to bank those points if you want to use them in the next UY. But again, the points retain their home resort.
 
Interesting, so then I can NEVER use points that come from another resort in the 11-month window for any other resort, even if I have multiple "home" resorts, and I may have banked points from those other resorts, etc.? That definitely makes my additional point purchases in a different light.

PS - love your countdown to the "daddy daughter" trip - I went on one with my 2yo in Aug and it was what sold me on buying more points for DVC! :)
 
Interesting, so then I can NEVER use points that come from another resort in the 11-month window for any other resort, even if I have multiple "home" resorts, and I may have banked points from those other resorts, etc.? That definitely makes my additional point purchases in a different light.

PS - love your countdown to the "daddy daughter" trip - I went on one with my 2yo in Aug and it was what sold me on buying more points for DVC! :)

That is correct. Points ALWAYS retain their 11 month home status. Even if transferred to another user. Even if banked or borrowed.

Think about it. If you could do what you’re suggesting, everyone would buy 25 points at BCV/VGF/VGC and then a huge SSR contract and then try and use those SSR points at BCV during food and wine.

And I can’t wait for the daddy daughter trip. Going to be so much fun!
 
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Yah, that makes sense, I just never had it figured out before now. Well, that helps direct my next point purchase at the very least. Now to decide if I like Contemporary or Polynesian better! :)
 
Interesting, so then I can NEVER use points that come from another resort in the 11-month window for any other resort, even if I have multiple "home" resorts, and I may have banked points from those other resorts, etc.? That definitely makes my additional point purchases in a different light.

PS - love your countdown to the "daddy daughter" trip - I went on one with my 2yo in Aug and it was what sold me on buying more points for DVC! :)
The home resort is a function of the points, not the membership. Each point always has a specific home resort which can never be altered.
 
You should 'study' up on banking and borrowing. That my help with what you want to do.
 
You didn't ask, so feel free to ignore the rest of this post. :)

My advice is to hold off buying any more points until you have a good understanding of how DVC works. The DIS DVC Resource Center has some very good information for anyone interested in owning DVC - as well as info for existing members.

At a minimum, spend some time with this thread:

Understanding Use Year.

You'll be glad you did.
 
Hey, I'll never turn down advice! :D I read a similar information dump here last night: https://*******.com/dvc-information/buying-dvc/understanding-use-year/ so I think I am caught up. My main bit of confusion was about about using the points in that 11-month vs 7-month window. The explanation of "everyone would buy 50 points elsewhere" makes a lot of sense, clarifying it all.
 
Points need to be banked during the first 8 months of your UY. Your UY is not a calendar year. Points need to be available during the dates of your stay, not when you make the reservation. Banking moves points one UY forward, borrowing moves points one UY back. Banking and borrowing are final transactions and can not be reversed.

Select the best UY for your vacation patterns.
Buy where you love to stay.
Book at 11 months.
Buy resale if you can.
If you buy additional contracts, keep the same UY and names on deeds.
If you intend to buy a small direct contract for the perks, buy now before the minimum increases.
DVD/DVC marketing can change the perks at any time.
Perks and policies tend to change when management changes.
Expect to spend more on Disney vacations after you buy DVC.

:earsboy: Bill

 
OP, DVC refers to the time between 7 and 11 months from check-in as the "home resort window". That can lead to the misunderstanding that if you own resort XYZ, you can book a room there more than 7 months out using any points you happen to have in your account. As you now understand, that booking window is really the home resort POINTS window. In other words, booking a resort more than 7 months out is restricted to those who have enough points from that resort in their account to pay for that reservation. They can be banked, current, borrowed and/or transferred, but they must be from the resort you want to book.

For example, I don't own PVB but if I arranged for a PVB owner to transfer enough PVB points into my account, I could use those points to book PVB 11 months out. It's not one of my home resorts but because the booking priority is tied to the points, I could make that reservation using those transferred points. It's all about having enough of the right "currency" in your account when you book.

At 7 months or less from check-in, any points you have can be used to book any resort, subject to availability.
 
And, if you do decide to do a transfer, you can only do one transfer in or out each UY for the membership. If you have to member numbers, you can transfer in or out each once per year. But an add-on isn't a new membership, just the same as the first. You can bank transferred points, but you cannot borrow them.
 
If you own one location, and add on at a different location it would be fine if you are planning to book 7 months or less. All points could be used together at any DVC resort. If you wanted to book from the 7 to 11 month window, you would only be able to book using the number of points you own at that home resort. In other words, if you wanted to book a vacation 11 months out, you would have to split the vacation between 2 different resorts. You can only book 11 months in advanced with the number of points you own at that SPECIFIC resort.
 



















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