How many points never get used?

[rentayenta]

I seriously cannot imagine letting points go to waste. I would gift them before I let them expire.

 

[wildernessDad]

Good grief! These people should at least consider donating these points to a charity! I would think a trip to WDW would make a great raffle!

Yeah the 'give the points to wildernessDad' charity.

 

[starbox]

I have a feeling that tons of points expire every year - unlike a timeshare on a beach where if the room is paid for, you can pretty much be good to go, with DVC there are LOTS of expenses to a vacation not covered at all by your DVC points.

I can imagine that a good percentage of owners - especially newish ones that did not really know what they were budgeting for or younger members with growing families find themselves in positions where they simply can't afford to travel to Disney World as often as they expected to. If you are not paying annual dues monthly, the amount of money going to DVC annually may not hit until it's too late to bank or rent.

 

[Morganpics]

We manage to use or bank ours each year so no loss there-never will be, either! BUT, having said that, we also have a timeshare and are II members. We haven't yet used it, one year we gave it to our DS & DDIL, last year we just let it go. We aren't very smart about the trade-exchange part, and pretty much have decided to try and sell it and use the money to buy more DVC points!

 

[edk35]

The next time I get more points is not until December of 2011 all my points until then are already used ! I figure at the end of the contract I'll only have Dec and Jan to use them up so Im better off being in borrow mode constantly

I have no problems borrowing either. I am always borrowing into the next year. I have no problems borrowing.....we have this for many many years...it will all work out in the wash so to speak. Eventually we will go less or get a smaller unit because the kids won't want to go. It is all good.

 

[chrisw127]

Our friends let theirs go for several years. They had a child with serious medical issues and it didn't even cross their mind until just recently now that life has gotten back to normal. They're currently looking at selling.

 

[whitfamily]

Those of us who are "in the know" will always use, bank or borrow our points, but there are plenty of people who have no clue how to do that. Our guide once told us he had someone he sold points to who went only once in 10 years and never banked or borrowed....just let them go to waste. I can't imagine why someone would pay dues all that time and not use the points!

That is such a waste! I can understand that it is very time consuming, stressful and even risky to rent your points out. But at least donate them to a charity such as Make A Wish....or something!