Is it possible to change UY?

[marynvince]

Have two contracts with different UYs and was wondering if anyone has ever changed a UY or even inquired as to the possibility?

 

[It'sWDW4me]

Have two contracts with different UYs and was wondering if anyone has ever changed a UY or even inquired as to the possibility?

I could be wrong but I'm almost positive that a UY can't be changed. You would need to sell the contract and buy another with the UY that you want.

 

[DenLo]

I agree with It'sWDW4me.

Your points are specifically assigned a UY. The only way to make a change is by selling a contract and purchasing another one with the UY you want.

 

[erionm]

I could be wrong but I'm almost positive that a UY can't be changed. You would need to sell the contract and buy another with the UY that you want.

You are correct.

 

[JWG]

Though, I do see this as a money making opportunity for Disney. A UY swap program. Charge closing fees to allow somone to swap their current use year at a resort for the same number of points at the same resort in another use year IF the desired use year is available.

It's no different then selling/buying a contract and Disney could earn a small bump in revenue for providing the service.

Our August use year is less than perfect now that we have a child in school. Would I pay $300-$500 to swap it for say October? I might. Will I go through the process of selling a contract hoping to be able to repurchase? No. The loss and time isn't worth it to me.

They already maintain a "waitlist" for sold out resorts. No reason they couldn't do the same for those wanting to swap.

I don't know the demand for specific use years, so maybe this wouldn't work. But seems like a possible "member perk/service" that would also drive revenue.

 

[Dean]

Since there are real costs involved, I would only expect them to do this themselves as part of an add on purchase. It'll cost around $1.5K or slightly more tota, to accomplish this feat. Unless one also plans to change home resorts or downsize, it doesn't make sense to do this through a broker. The only way to justify it would be to find a partner who wanted the reverse and do it yourself or through one of the cheaper timeshare closing companies thus avoiding a brokers fees and saving at least part of the two full closings. Even then, it's likely best to just do an add on or new small purchase for the other UY.

 

[Sandisw]

I checked into it a few years ago and they said it was not possible even if they had the points. We ended up selling.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

what are the problems with 2 different ones?

 

[chalee94]

what are the problems with 2 different ones?

*keeping track of 2 different banking windows and periods for usage.
*can't combine pts from both contracts to book a single night stay without using up the once-per-year transfer for both contracts.

 

[wildernessDad]

Yes, there is a way. Sell the UY contract that you don't want and buy another contract with a UY that you do want.

 

[marynvince]

I checked into it a few years ago and they said it was not possible even if they had the points. We ended up selling.

Thank you for answering my question!

 

[BUDDYBEAR]

i talked to disney and they said no no no way

 

[Miz Diz]

can't combine pts from both contracts to book a single night stay without using up the once-per-year transfer for both contracts.

I asked DVC about this and they told me you can have as many transfers as you want to yourself. I have 2 UY, but they are tied together, so DVC knows they are both mine.

 

[Dean]

I asked DVC about this and they told me you can have as many transfers as you want to yourself. I have 2 UY, but they are tied together, so DVC knows they are both mine.

This is not accurate as I understand it. What they will do for multiple master contract of a single owner, is make exceptions when it's clearly necessary, on a case by case basis. They will also often allow banked/borrowed points to be transferred as well in similar situations. The single night situation and cash type options like cruises are the bulk of obvious circumstances where they'd allow it. One thing to think about is it still counts as your one. So if you do an internal transfer, you couldn't later transfer to someone else but the reverse is often possible.

 

[ACDSNY]

I checked into it a few years ago and they said it was not possible even if they had the points. We ended up selling.

We did the same. We started buying our add-ons in the UY we wanted and eventually sold off all our contracts in the UY we didn't want. Luckily we had all small contracts so we had no problem selling and it was before the prices went down the drain.

The other factor in our situation was we wanted the majority of our points in VGC instead of a WDW resort as we go to DL more often than WDW.