if you generate some new holding acct pts, can you reallocate pts for upcoming res?

[disneyberry]

sorry this is kind of confusing to describe.

i have a reservation in late Nov.
if i cancel the reservation now, my points will be put into a holding account.

i also have a reservation in Jan '04.
right now that Jan reservation is using regular points.

if i do cancel my Nov ressie, and thus "generate" some new holding acct pts...
can i call MS in a few weeks, and ask them to reallocate the points for my Jan ressie?

what if the Jan dates are sold out?
is it treated like a cancellation, and rebooking where they actually release the nights, and try to make a new ressie?
or in the case of holding acct points, can they just do a reallocation w/o releasing the reservation?

i tried to ask someone at MS this question over the phone.
they had no idea what i was talking about. i guess i will try again, but thought i would first post here to see if anyone has experience w/ this situation.

also, can anyone else word this question better? maybe if i could word this question more clearly, someone at MS could actually answer it for me. heh.

TIA!

 

[Richyams]

Not if the Jan dates are sold out.

You would have to cancel the existing reservation and the use the holding account rules to make a new reservation.

 

[Dean]

You cannot reallocate if the dates are sold out. You can however cancel and then rebook any days not sold out effectively doing the same thing and freeing up the points currently used in Jan. I'd call at exactly 60 days out then either do the wait list (up until 30 days out) or keep calling back. You could also try to rent the points.