"Moving" borrowed points to new reservation before cancelling old

[ngl]

Not sure what to title this question but hoping someone takes time to read! Have been DVC members 12 years. Like many of you, we plan WAY ahead so all of our travel this year was thrown out the window. Rarely have to waitlist and generally do not borrow points. However with last minute changes all of this went into play this year. I was able to get a upcoming reservation albeit not for the exact unit we wanted. I did waitlist but that now has expired so trying daily to just log on and see if anything comes up.

Here is my question - we have a 1 bedroom unit booked on borrowed points. Ideally we would love to replace that with a 2 bedroom (or even 3 and have friends join - but that isn't likely). If I were to find that purple unicorn availability, is there any way to use the points we borrowed for the 1 bedroom and apply to the 2 or 3 bedroom? Like with the waitlist you click on what reservation to replace? I assume there is no way to do this online but wondered if I made the 2 bedroom reservation and had to borrow more points to do so, would they then let me either "unborrow" the points I borrowed for the one bedroom or apply those to the two bedroom? Assume even if a possibility I would have to call Member Services?

I've seen some posts re unborrowing points during this time but not sure if that would apply to this situation.

Any guidance appreciated!

 

[Sandisw]

Yes, you can set up a waitlist to replace the reservation You have. It does not have to be the same room size,

If you want you and modify it yourself, you can do that online too,

You are limited to borrowing no more than 50% of your contract so if you need more than that to change the 1 bedroom to the 2 bedroom, you will not be able to do that.

 

[ngl]

Yes, you can set up a waitlist to replace the reservation You have. It does not have to be the same room size,

If you want you and modify it yourself, you can do that online too,

You are limited to borrowing no more than 50% of your contract so if you need more than that to change the 1 bedroom to the 2 bedroom, you will not be able to do that.

Yes, we did the waitlist but we are already past that period (within 7 days). Now that we are out of that period I am just hunting daily to see if anything comes up. If I do see something and want to replace my original reservation it appears I have to call MS and can't do so online?

Borrowing no more than 50% is not an issue. Thanks!

 

[Sandisw]

Yes, we did the waitlist but we are already past that period (within 7 days). Now that we are out of that period I am just hunting daily to see if anything comes up. If I do see something and want to replace my original reservation it appears I have to call MS and can't do so online?

Borrowing no more than 50% is not an issue. Thanks!

You can do it online. Go into the current one and click modify...then search for the 2 bedroom....if it is available, then book it and it will
replace what you have,

 

[ngl]

Thank you!!!

 

[dragonflymom]

And the beauty of the "Modify" function is that it will automatically use all your available banked and borrowed points first before your "regular" points, so any borrowed points used in your original 1-bedroom reservation should automatically transfer to the new 2-bedroom reservation and then it will display the option to bank or borrow more points if necessary to complete the modified reservation.