new incentive?

[magicaldisney11]

Is there a new incentive yet? The one for a free cruise is finishing August 15th.

 

[disneynutz]

Nothing announced yet. I expect BLT's price to increase and AKV to decrease.

 

[GoofItUp]

Well...it's the 16th....anybody talked to a guide today or heard if anything new has come out? I read on another site that some offers may not expire until the 20th. Do they usually start a new promo as soon as the other ends, or is there a few days lag time in between?

We looked a LONG time at BLT before deciding to go for a resale contract, but I'm still curious what's going to be coming up in the next few weeks and months. Who knows.....maybe I'll need to do an add-on right away!

 

[princessbride6205]

Ooh, if the guess is right that AKV price decreases, that will help our decision a lot for our add on. Hmm...

 

[Davids-Coco]

Our guide told us last week that new incentives aren't coming till Sept 1. Who knows...

 

[squirrlygirl]

We were told Friday by our guide when we took a tour that the referral incentive was gone (as of the 15th) but the per point credit was still in effect. He said () that they were backing off BLT's incentives to slow down sales a bit at that resort.

 

[magicbride2b]

It looks like there is a Disney Visa Reward Dollar incentive if you take a lesser cash discount on the current incentive. Has anyone talked to their guide yet about what the price is per point for an add on if you took the reward dollars?

My guide is out of the office until Tuesday and I am waiting on sending back the paperwork to see if this offer is better for us.

Thanks!

 

[Br'erBriere]

It looks like there is a Disney Visa Reward Dollar incentive if you take a lesser cash discount on the current incentive. Has anyone talked to their guide yet about what the price is per point for an add on if you took the reward dollars?

My guide is out of the office until Tuesday and I am waiting on sending back the paperwork to see if this offer is better for us.

Thanks!

I was wondering the same thing. After reading alot and talking to different people, it seems that the way to go is through resale. I'd love to have it direct through disney but other than price and points there is no difference.

I don't want to take out a loan so i figure I would pay via cash for say $4k and 40 or 50 points. How did these people only get the 40 or 50 points in the first place? Second, how do they vacation on just this, when a studio is at least 80 points.

Also, if you pay cash all up front and dont finance, the only thing you pay a year are dues right? the points automatically come every year wthout charge?

 

[calypso*a*go-go]

I was wondering the same thing. After reading alot and talking to different people, it seems that the way to go is through resale. I'd love to have it direct through disney but other than price and points there is no difference.

Some people get very nervous about waiting to go through the ROFR process and would rather go direct for a sure thing. Also, in some cases buying direct is not that much different in price on the newer resorts being offered (however you can save quite a bit w/resale on the older resorts).

I don't want to take out a loan so i figure I would pay via cash for say $4k and 40 or 50 points. How did these people only get the 40 or 50 points in the first place? Second, how do they vacation on just this, when a studio is at least 80 points.

Members can use two or three years worth of points at one time by banking and/or borrowing. Of course that means they'll have to wait a couple of years before they can stay on points again.

Also, if you pay cash all up front and dont finance, the only thing you pay a year are dues right? the points automatically come every year wthout charge?

Correct -- the annual fees is all you'll pay.

 

[wdrl]

I was wondering the same thing. After reading alot and talking to different people, it seems that the way to go is through resale. I'd love to have it direct through disney but other than price and points there is no difference.

If you want to buy either Bay Lake Tower or Grand Californian, then buying direct from Disney is cheaper than resale. Not only is the cost-per-point cheaper on these resorts than the current resales, but Disney almost always has cheaper closing costs. In addition, Disney can usually assure you of a full allotment of current year points (at least on BLT), while some resale contracts are stripped of points.

I don't want to take out a loan so i figure I would pay via cash for say $4k and 40 or 50 points. How did these people only get the 40 or 50 points in the first place? Second, how do they vacation on just this, when a studio is at least 80 points.

Disney offers add-on contracts as small as 25 points to DVC members. When members no longer want or need these contracts, they put them on the resale market. Some members buy these small contracts to augment their existing contracts. Perhaps they want longer vacations, or larger accommodations and their existing 160-point contract just doesn't give them enough. Or perhaps they plan on vacationing every two or three years. By banking, using, and borrowing the points, a 40 point contract can let you apply 120 points on one vacation every three years.

Also, if you pay cash all up front and dont finance, the only thing you pay a year are dues right? the points automatically come every year wthout charge?

Yes.

 

[lark]

The dvcnews web site still shows the same cash referral incentives that have been in place for a while. Basically, it's $6 for 160-199 points and $8 for 200 or more points. The cruise incentive, though, has been replaced with a $500 visa disney rewards dollars credit. This is consistent with the rumor that the cash referral incentive would be in place through 8/20.

Bottom line, though, is that I think the visa incentive is a clear signal that the cash incentives of $6 or $8 per point is about to go away. Can't be sure, but it seems like a pretty clear signal. Why on earth would any rational person ever opt for $500 reward reward dollars instead of $6 or $8 per point? For a 160 point contract, the cash savings is $960 and for 200 points it's $1600. Keeping the current incentives in place would be silly.

Who knows, maybe the promo discounts and everything will get rearranged, but anyone on the fence about buying now might want to make a call before 8/20 to see if they can get the $6 or $8 member referral cash discount, because it's hard to see how that can stay along with the visa discount, unless the visa discount is just intended to be visa advertising and not really a serious promotion.

 

[Davids-Coco]

It looks like there is a Disney Visa Reward Dollar incentive if you take a lesser cash discount on the current incentive. Has anyone talked to their guide yet about what the price is per point for an add on if you took the reward dollars?

My guide is out of the office until Tuesday and I am waiting on sending back the paperwork to see if this offer is better for us.

Thanks!

Supposedly (according to guide) we got a bonus 500 reward points with our 5,000 down payment on our disney visa about a week ago. I haven't seen it posted, so I can not confirm that they are there yet... but I do know that we got the referral price per point.