How “granular” can I get when booking a reservation in terms of contracts and specific points from each contract?

[CWTC]

We currently have 1 br BLT theme park view room booked for 5/2023 and if there is availability we want to move to a poly bungalow for that week instead. We have 6 contracts in total (2 at BLT, 2 at BCV, and 2 at VGF). We are also planning either a 10/2023 or 12/2023 trip and will stay at BCV so we want to “hold back” enough banked UY22 and “current“ UY23 points for that reservation (2 br) but our booking window for those trips obviously doesn’t open until after our window opens to book a poly bungalow. We are undecided where we will stay in 24 (but either VGF or BLT) - again would want to be conservative using those points.

If I modify the 5/2023 booking myself OR call member services, will I be able to ask the system to only pull (for example) BCV contract #1 UY 24 or if I assign BCV contract #1 will it pull UY 22, then UY 23, and UY 24 as it goes through and uses points? And will I (or MS) be able to request only 92 points be pulled from UY 23 and not the whole 200 from UY23?

I guess my core question is what is the best way to assign/use points to modify into a poly bungalow while simultaneously hold back enough BCV (but not too many) to get a Oct or Dec room?

I’m assuming the system is not granular enough to only pull X UY or X number of points from that UY but thought I’d ask!

thanks in advance!

 

[RoseGold]

Book online with whatever and then call and have them modify it to what you want.

I did this once when I only wanted to use banked points from X contract.

 

[Sandisw]

We currently have 1 br BLT theme park view room booked for 5/2023 and if there is availability we want to move to a poly bungalow for that week instead. We have 6 contracts in total (2 at BLT, 2 at BCV, and 2 at VGF). We are also planning either a 10/2023 or 12/2023 trip and will stay at BCV so we want to “hold back” enough banked UY22 and “current“ UY23 points for that reservation (2 br) but our booking window for those trips obviously doesn’t open until after our window opens to book a poly bungalow. We are undecided where we will stay in 24 (but either VGF or BLT) - again would want to be conservative using those points.

If I modify the 5/2023 booking myself OR call member services, will I be able to ask the system to only pull (for example) BCV contract #1 UY 24 or if I assign BCV contract #1 will it pull UY 22, then UY 23, and UY 24 as it goes through and uses points? And will I (or MS) be able to request only 92 points be pulled from UY 23 and not the whole 200 from UY23?

I guess my core question is what is the best way to assign/use points to modify into a poly bungalow while simultaneously hold back enough BCV (but not too many) to get a Oct or Dec room?

I’m assuming the system is not granular enough to only pull X UY or X number of points from that UY but thought I’d ask!

thanks in advance!

They can not borrow off a contract if there are any points still available in that contract when you go to book,

You don’t mention your UY, but I am going to assume that both trips are in your 2023 UY.

To get the borrowed 2024 points into your May 2023 trip and leave banked 2022 and 2023 points for the Oct or Dec trip, you simply want to book something at least 31 days out to use up the points you want to “save”.

Then do your modification, borrow off that contract, and then cancel the trip you booked to save the points.

For example, say you want to save 100 BCV points. You book a trip as close to that 100 using the banked and 2023 points…then those won’t be availBe when you modify which will force the system to borrow from that contract.

The order of the contracts is the way they will use points available.

 

[CWTC]

Thank you both - great advice! Our UY is Feb so both 2023 trips will be in that UY. I foresee an elaborate excel spreadsheet in my future this weekend in anticipation of booking!! Thanks again!