Merging memberships to one login?

[Tink_Kel]

My DH and I have 3 contracts in both our names. Today, I bought 50 points at GFV in my name only....is there a way to add this to our membership login, so I don't have to log in twice to play with our points?

Also, seems like I remember getting an "activation code" when we first bought. It's been so long since I've set up our account.

Has anyone else bought separately from your SO, but had all contracts under the same member login?

Thanks!

 

[disneynutz]

Due to the separate name, I think you can only have separate accounts. If the names were the same, even with different UY's you can access them with one login.

Yes you will need the activation code for the new account. You will also get a new member ID and member number.

Bill

 

[Tink_Kel]

Not the answer I wanted, but thanks!! It's going to be a pain bouncing between memberships when booking!

 

[drpepr]

Did DVC give you any trouble setting up a new master contract with a new name on the title for a VGF add-on? I was thinking they would be strict about it during this presale. Thanks!

 

[nalajms]

Did you specifically state that this contract will only have your name? Others have posted that new membership would have to wait til June and at much higher minimum point purchases.

 

[Splashboat]

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[Tink_Kel]

Did you specifically state that this contract will only have your name? Others have posted that new membership would have to wait til June and at much higher minimum point purchases.

No, he didn't say anything....I'm not "technically" a "new member"....I have 3 contracts with my name on it (along with DHs). There was obviously no problem in processing it, as I already have a new member #, and have made my first booking for December

 

[DbleTheFun]

I have three contracts as well (2 resale and one direct), and all three are shown under my one membership number and are visible as soon as I log in.
Its never been a problem.

 

[paults]

I have three contracts as well (2 resale and one direct), and all three are shown under my one membership number and are visible as soon as I log in.
Its never been a problem.

Yes but do all three have the same name or names on them? I bet they do. If you get another contract and use anything other than the same names from before then I believe you will get a new member #

I also have 3 contracts but they all are listed with the same names.

 

[Dean]

No, he didn't say anything....I'm not "technically" a "new member"....I have 3 contracts with my name on it (along with DHs). There was obviously no problem in processing it, as I already have a new member #, and have made my first booking for December

Others have reported the experience of not being allowed to buy as a current member if it was titled differently. I think one was where the couple both had contracts in their name but not the other and wanted to buy with both names and were not allowed until the June buy in for new members.

 

[JimMIA]

My DH and I have 3 contracts in both our names. Today, I bought 50 points at GFV in my name only....is there a way to add this to our membership login, so I don't have to log in twice to play with our points?

No. The ownership of the accounts is different.

You and your husband own 3 contracts, and you own one. Different owners entirely.

You need to consider whether having seperate accounts is really worth whatever you are trying to accomplish with the small contract in your name only.

 

[Dean]

No. The ownership of the accounts is different.

You and your husband own 3 contracts, and you own one. Different owners entirely.

You need to consider whether having seperate accounts is really worth whatever you are trying to accomplish with the small contract in your name only.

I'm not sure on that. I know we had one in my name only and several in both and they all showed up on the website. I'd check with DVC to see.

 

[Tink_Kel]

I'm not sure on that. I know we had one in my name only and several in both and they all showed up on the website. I'd check with DVC to see.

Thanks. I called DVC, and they told me since it's in my name only, that I have to have a separate member #. It's a surprise for DH, otherwise I would have added his name...kind of hard to do without him signing the paperwork!

 

[Dean]

Thanks. I called DVC, and they told me since it's in my name only, that I have to have a separate member #. It's a surprise for DH, otherwise I would have added his name...kind of hard to do without him signing the paperwork!

We may be talking separate issues. One is having them under one master, the other is having them under the one online login. I was referring to the latter, the former is not possible if the title is listed differently, the latter may be. As I noted, mine were combined when they were different and when I added my daughter to one of our contracts, they were not moved to a separate login. I haven't look at her login to see if she sees our account as well that she's not listed on.

 

[dismedvc]

We may be talking separate issues. One is having them under one master, the other is having them under the one online login. I was referring to the latter, the former is not possible if the title is listed differently, the latter may be. As I noted, mine were combined when they were different and when I added my daughter to one of our contracts, they were not moved to a separate login. I haven't look at her login to see if she sees our account as well that she's not listed on.

Dean: Since you have experience in this area, might the following also be an issue? If someone has two membership numbers, (two master contracts) can points be combined for the same reservation?

For example if the OP wanted to make a reservation needing 84 points, could she use 50 from her own GF contract and 34 from her jointly titled contract, assuming she was in the 7 month window?

If not, if her 84 point reservation was for 4 nights at 21 points per night would she be required to make one reservation for two nights using 42 points from her individual contract, and a second reservation for the two additional nights using 42 points from her joint contract?

If the second is true, it seems the different names on the titles could be problematic, and might require borrowing or transferring points between contracts fairly frequently. I could see a situation where the OP has 12 points remaining in her individual contract and 15 remaining in her joint contracts, but in order to book a 21 point room, she would either need to borrow under one of the contracts or do a very small transfer. (I think the same issue might apply to members with two different use years since they also have two membership numbers)

 

[Dean]

Dean: Since you have experience in this area, might the following also be an issue? If someone has two membership numbers, (two master contracts) can points be combined for the same reservation?

For example if the OP wanted to make a reservation needing 84 points, could she use 50 from her own GF contract and 34 from her jointly titled contract, assuming she was in the 7 month window?

If not, if her 84 point reservation was for 4 nights at 21 points per night would she be required to make one reservation for two nights using 42 points from her individual contract, and a second reservation for the two additional nights using 42 points from her joint contract?

If the second is true, it seems the different names on the titles could be problematic, and might require borrowing or transferring points between contracts fairly frequently. I could see a situation where the OP has 12 points remaining in her individual contract and 15 remaining in her joint contracts, but in order to book a 21 point room, she would either need to borrow under one of the contracts or do a very small transfer. (I think the same issue might apply to members with two different use years since they also have two membership numbers)

Mine show up under the same login but there are actually 2 master accounts. They function independently just as we've talked about them over the years. You cannot combine points from one master to make reservations for a single night. You'd have to transfer to make points for a single night or to have one reservation such as needed for the 7 days at a time. There is a toggle on the home page to "select membership number" and on the "upcoming vacations" page allowing you to select which contract to see. There is also a toggle to select a contract if you go out to the RCI page. There may be others, I don't recall. This does not allow you to bypass any of the written or stated rules that I am aware of.

 

[RobDoc]

Dean: Since you have experience in this area, might the following also be an issue? If someone has two membership numbers, (two master contracts) can points be combined for the same reservation?

For example if the OP wanted to make a reservation needing 84 points, could she use 50 from her own GF contract and 34 from her jointly titled contract, assuming she was in the 7 month window?

If not, if her 84 point reservation was for 4 nights at 21 points per night would she be required to make one reservation for two nights using 42 points from her individual contract, and a second reservation for the two additional nights using 42 points from her joint contract?

If the second is true, it seems the different names on the titles could be problematic, and might require borrowing or transferring points between contracts fairly frequently. I could see a situation where the OP has 12 points remaining in her individual contract and 15 remaining in her joint contracts, but in order to book a 21 point room, she would either need to borrow under one of the contracts or do a very small transfer. (I think the same issue might apply to members with two different use years since they also have two membership numbers)

The second option you describe can certainly be done - even online, but MS would still need to link them together via phone call.

We have three different memberships with 3 different Use Years. All are titled the same and all are viewable under one login as Dean described above. MS has allowed us to transfer points between these contracts (even exceeding the one-per-use-year policy) when making a reservation where points from both memberships needed to be used for a reservation.

We have only transferred to ourselves once over the past 20 years as we usually just reserve as many nights from one account as possible and then the remainder from the other account and MS will link them together - although that can cause problems during the stay where a trip (or three) to the front desk was required for keys to work.

I think the only potential sticking point with the concerns in your scenario above would be caused by the accounts being titled differently - but even that should not be an issue with a phone call to MS.

Good luck!

 

[dismedvc]

Mine show up under the same login but there are actually 2 master accounts. They function independently just as we've talked about them over the years. You cannot combine points from one master to make reservations for a single night. You'd have to transfer to make points for a single night or to have one reservation such as needed for the 7 days at a time.

Thanks Dean and Doc.
I had not followed previous discussions on how they function independently as Dean notes has been discussed over the years. This discussion has convinced me that if I were to purchase resale, buying the same use year as my current contracts would be important. (my existing contracts were all purchased direct, have the same use year, and are under the same membership number.)

For me, even if I wanted to surprise my wife, the 50 years of future hassles would not be worth the one time benefit of the surprise. However, other members obviously feel differently and have made multiple master contracts work for them.

 

[RobDoc]

Thanks Dean and Doc.
I had not followed previous discussions on how they function independently as Dean notes has been discussed over the years. This discussion has convinced me that if I were to purchase resale, buying the same use year as my current contracts would be important. (my existing contracts were all purchased direct, have the same use year, and are under the same membership number.)

For me, even if I wanted to surprise my wife, the 50 years of future hassles would not be worth the one time benefit of the surprise. However, other members obviously feel differently and have made multiple master contracts work for them.

Our seven add-ons were done thru Disney directly as we had no knowledge of resales between 1993 and 1996 when we purchased our final add-on. These were at two resorts and since thru DVC, all have the same Use Year. Once we were aware of resales, our subsequent three purchases had three different Use Years at the same two resorts as our direct purchases making a total of four different Use Years. We were fortunately able to purchase the resales for less than our original OKW purchase in June, 1993 - up to 6 years later.

While we have sold one of those resale contracts and are back down to a measly three different Use Years but have never missed a banking deadline and have never had any points go to waste. Up until 2 years ago, we never even rented or transferred ony of our points.

Certainly have multiple Use Years does involve a little more organization and attention, we have not found it to be too daunting. The online access makes tracking our points very simple and the addition of online booking simplifies the entire process even more.

We've had a wonderful 20 years of DVC and look forward to another 28+ wonderful years.

 

[Tink_Kel]

Dean: Since you have experience in this area, might the following also be an issue? If someone has two membership numbers, (two master contracts) can points be combined for the same reservation?

For example if the OP wanted to make a reservation needing 84 points, could she use 50 from her own GF contract and 34 from her jointly titled contract, assuming she was in the 7 month window?

If not, if her 84 point reservation was for 4 nights at 21 points per night would she be required to make one reservation for two nights using 42 points from her individual contract, and a second reservation for the two additional nights using 42 points from her joint contract?

If the second is true, it seems the different names on the titles could be problematic, and might require borrowing or transferring points between contracts fairly frequently. I could see a situation where the OP has 12 points remaining in her individual contract and 15 remaining in her joint contracts, but in order to book a 21 point room, she would either need to borrow under one of the contracts or do a very small transfer. (I think the same issue might apply to members with two different use years since they also have two membership numbers)

Thanks for asking this question!

Mine show up under the same login but there are actually 2 master accounts. They function independently just as we've talked about them over the years. You cannot combine points from one master to make reservations for a single night. You'd have to transfer to make points for a single night or to have one reservation such as needed for the 7 days at a time. There is a toggle on the home page to "select membership number" and on the "upcoming vacations" page allowing you to select which contract to see. There is also a toggle to select a contract if you go out to the RCI page. There may be others, I don't recall. This does not allow you to bypass any of the written or stated rules that I am aware of.

I'm glad I'll only have to have one login. It's nice to know we'll be able to transfer points to use if necessary. Thank you for sharing your experiences!

The second option you describe can certainly be done - even online, but MS would still need to link them together via phone call.

We have three different memberships with 3 different Use Years. All are titled the same and all are viewable under one login as Dean described above. MS has allowed us to transfer points between these contracts (even exceeding the one-per-use-year policy) when making a reservation where points from both memberships needed to be used for a reservation.

We have only transferred to ourselves once over the past 20 years as we usually just reserve as many nights from one account as possible and then the remainder from the other account and MS will link them together - although that can cause problems during the stay where a trip (or three) to the front desk was required for keys to work.

I think the only potential sticking point with the concerns in your scenario above would be caused by the accounts being titled differently - but even that should not be an issue with a phone call to MS.

Good luck!

Thank you!!

Thanks Dean and Doc.
I had not followed previous discussions on how they function independently as Dean notes has been discussed over the years. This discussion has convinced me that if I were to purchase resale, buying the same use year as my current contracts would be important. (my existing contracts were all purchased direct, have the same use year, and are under the same membership number.)

For me, even if I wanted to surprise my wife, the 50 years of future hassles would not be worth the one time benefit of the surprise. However, other members obviously feel differently and have made multiple master contracts work for them.

One of the purposes of the smaller contract and the reason I bought it was pretty much sentimental. We got married at Shades of Green (military resort across from Poly), and then went over to the Grand Floridian for a small reception and photo session. We plan on retiring to FL, and I wanted the small contract, so each year we can stay there for our anniversary celebrations. We have enough points with other contracts that I felt I could dedicate this small one specifically for anniversary weekends. That being said, the big "reveal" is going to be in December after our cruise. I can't wait to see his expression when we pull up at VGF and say "This is our stop!"

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