If we bought direct October UY right now (as in Monday), would we still get 2021 points?

MamaBear12

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We've decided we're going to buy and that an October UY will be best for our travel times. We're on the fence between a direct purchase and resale. Points would mainly be sleep around (booking 7-8 months out), so resort doesn't matter as much (we like them all!). If we can still get the full 2021 points banked by purchasing now, that might sway us towards a direct purchase along with the ability to use our CC for the purchase and get the rewards (not financing and paying balance off in full immediately). We've been considering DVC for years, so the decision isn't being made rashly. DH is just finally 100% on board and we can comfortably afford it.
 
It's possible to buy a contract like this resale, but not direct. You don't get a previous year's banked points buying direct.

You could do this for December, because we are still in 2021 for that UY.
 

No 2021 use year points for VGF, even if you decide on a December use year.
 
Also when I was looking to buy Direct last month, the only Use Year they were offering was in the summer. I tried to push and they said they could do February but I couldn’t get them to budge on December to get Riviera points from 2021. I even lead the convo by saying I was looking for December because of our travel schedule.
 
Also when I was looking to buy Direct last month, the only Use Year they were offering was in the summer. I tried to push and they said they could do February but I couldn’t get them to budge on December to get Riviera points from 2021. I even lead the convo by saying I was looking for December because of our travel schedule.
I'm not surprised that you could not get a December use year at Riviera. It's very possible (even likely) that they did not have December 2021 use year points available to sell you. They would almost certainly have used the 2021 points that they own to rent rooms to the general public. Demand is high right now and December 2021 use year points expire 11/30/2022. They do not keep unsold points about to expire in inventory hoping for a sale - not when they can get cash for them for sure by offering rooms to the public.
 
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Also when I was looking to buy Direct last month, the only Use Year they were offering was in the summer. I tried to push and they said they could do February but I couldn’t get them to budge on December to get Riviera points from 2021. I even lead the convo by saying I was looking for December because of our travel schedule.
I also bought RIV direct last month and I insisted that I needed December points cuz I had a friend who I traveled with frequently who had December UY. Guide checked with his manager and I had to give the name of a dvc member with December UY that they confirmed and used as my referral but they ended up giving it to me (said I was ready to buy then if they could give me December, if they could not I would have to reconsider buying for now). They really did not want to give it to me initially tho and wanted to give me March or any other summer month.
 
I could be wrong but at this point there isn't much difference between December use year and getting 2021 points va a Feb use year and getting 2022 Feb points then getting Feb 2023 points on Feb 1. Unless you are planning on traveling in december
 















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