New DW promo, does it include DVC?

[zavandor]

With the money I've saved on accommodations (15 night this year, for about $1,500 in MF) I can buy a lot of gift cards, does it count?

 

[crisi]

My question was to the above post stating DVC members are not eligible for promotions like this. I know it would not work on points so I was curious why it was stated that we are not eligible even as it mentions it is for a cash stay.

I just couldn’t imagine Disney singling out DVC members who want to pay cash rates to stay at eligible properties during the promotional period.

@Sandisw is a wealth of knowledge so I wasn’t sure if we really were not eligible.

As others have since pointed out it is not the greatest promotion but it’s something and if you were out of points one might consider it if eligible.

Over they years we've had variations on this theme a lot - with a lot of people not figuring out that "of course if you are a member and book a CRO reservation you are eligible" but even more people not being able to understand that DVC units booked on points aren't eligible - or wanting to argue that they should be (as if members of this board have any control). So some people may have read a lot more than you intended into your post.

There was even a period of time, when free dining was a thing that happened often, that we'd make big disclaimers about DVC not being right for you if you enjoyed taking advantage of promotions like free dining - because so many people had bought and then were angry that they couldn't get free dining when staying on points (and we hadn't warned them!).

Free dining was such a great promotion that some DVC members would book at room for 4 at a value to get "free dining" and stay in their DVC unit on points. Over the years I think there have been a few promotions that are such good deals that members have done that - or rented out their points and gone using the promotion.

(And, as a note, when the dining plan was first released, DVC rooms booked on points couldn't be linked to the dining plan at all - it took about six months for us to get included. I think they always intended to, but it took that long to get the systems in place.)