May have to join the HOLDING club, or maybe not.....

[peabody58]

We have a reservation in a few weeks at BCV 1 BR (116 pts Sept UY). However our out of town 32 yo daughter has been in the hospital for 2 wks with gall stones and now severe pancreatitis. DW is there with her and obviously will stay with her until she is home and able to recover on her own until gall bladder surgery (6-8 wks after hospital release). So it looks like I'll need to CANCEL our reservation and have my points put into a HOLDING account, thus not being able to use these points until 60 days before I want to go again.

Or so I thought........

If I'm reading the MODIFY guidelines correctly, for reservations within 30 days, I can simply MODIFY my reservation from BCV Jan to say, SSR in May (same # points), thereby bypassing the HOLDING process. I understand any excess points from the MODIFICATION would go into HOLDING. This would certainly make our decision easier and there is a lot of availability in May right now. I already tried it on-line up to the point of confirm and it seems to work. DW asked that I hold off until at least Monday before we make any changes.

Yes, I apparently addressed my own assessment, but would love that warm fuzzy that comes from those who have more experience than I do with < 30 day MODIFICATIONS. Thank you and have a Happy New Year.

 

[Madame]

We have a reservation in a few weeks at BCV 1 BR (116 pts Sept UY). However our out of town 32 yo daughter has been in the hospital for 2 wks with gall stones and now severe pancreatitis. DW is there with her and obviously will stay with her until she is home and able to recover on her own until gall bladder surgery (6-8 wks after hospital release). So it looks like I'll need to CANCEL our reservation and have my points put into a HOLDING account, thus not being able to use these points until 60 days before I want to go again.

Or so I thought........

If I'm reading the MODIFY guidelines correctly, for reservations within 30 days, I can simply MODIFY my reservation from BCV Jan to say, SSR in May (same # points), thereby bypassing the HOLDING process. I understand any excess points from the MODIFICATION would go into HOLDING. This would certainly make our decision easier and there is a lot of availability in May right now. I already tried it on-line up to the point of confirm and it seems to work. DW asked that I hold off until at least Monday before we make any changes.

Yes, I apparently addressed my own assessment, but would love that warm fuzzy that comes from those who have more experience than I do with < 30 day MODIFICATIONS. Thank you and have a Happy New Year.

So it’s like avoiding the $10/pp charge if you cancel an ADR day of by simply modifying to a different day & cancelling. Good for you! I hope your DD has a speedy recovery!

 

[peabody58]

Rereading the DVC Site Guidelines for MODIFYING a booking < 30 to check-in states that the points are put into a HOLDING Account, and then the HOLDING Guidelines state that I can't re-book until 60 days before my desired new check-in date. I suspect the on-line modification tool would have stopped me once I hit confirm. Guess I won't know for sure until I try it. I'll update you all once we make a decision.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Rereading the DVC Site Guidelines for MODIFYING a booking < 30 to check-in states that the points are put into a HOLDING Account, and then the HOLDING Guidelines state that I can't re-book until 60 days before my desired new check-in date. I suspect the on-line modification tool would have stopped me once I hit confirm. Guess I won't know for sure until I try it. I'll update you all once we make a decision.

The modify option is just a tool that allows you to change a reservation without calling. It is not going to bypass holding rules.

 

[CarolynFH]

The modify option is just a tool that allows you to change a reservation without calling. It is not going to bypass holding rules.

I’m watching this thread just in case Disney IT didn’t program the Modify function to catch changes that should be subject to holding rules. I haven’t seen any reports yet but of course might have missed it.

 

[zavandor]

The modify option is just a tool that allows you to change a reservation without calling. It is not going to bypass holding rules.

Thia is what should happen.
But when the tool was released it had bugs, like the AKV issue with the separate home resorts. There is a small chance they have made another mistake and didn't implement the holding rules properly.
And if instead they did, I would say it's sloppy implementation, because I would expect that an action that cause points to go into holding should receive a clear warning since the early stages of the modification process.

 

[peabody58]

OK all you peeps. We've cancelled the reservation. As expected, we could not MODIFY > 60 days out. The final page for booking has you select where you want your points drawn from. The HOLDING points will not show up until 60 days before the check-in. We are confident that we will find something before 9/1/19 and we won't lose our points. Just needed to clear our calendar for the next 2 months to support our daughter.

 

[CarolynFH]

OK all you peeps. We've cancelled the reservation. As expected, we could not MODIFY > 60 days out. The final page for booking has you select where you want your points drawn from. The HOLDING points will not show up until 60 days before the check-in. We are confident that we will find something before 9/1/19 and we won't lose our points. Just needed to clear our calendar for the next 2 months to support our daughter.

I’m glad to know you won’t lose your points as a result of taking care of your daughter. She’s the most important here! And I’m also glad to know that the booking tool handles holding points correctly — no need for a new work-around to become known.

 

[Madame]

OK all you peeps. We've cancelled the reservation. As expected, we could not MODIFY > 60 days out. The final page for booking has you select where you want your points drawn from. The HOLDING points will not show up until 60 days before the check-in. We are confident that we will find something before 9/1/19 and we won't lose our points. Just needed to clear our calendar for the next 2 months to support our daughter.

You will! I booked our stay starting tomorrow about 2 wks ago! I started with SSR 1bd/studio for 6 nights. Now have
AKV 1bd value Dec 31-Jan 2
AKV 1bd sav. Jan 2-3
SSR studio Jan 3-5
VWL studio Jan 5-6

Good luck!