New member needs opinions - please help

[markd]

We just bought into DVC Animal Kingdom at Kidani. We have learned quite a bit over the past few weeks, but still have a question. We need to pick the month to get our points. Since we can't use any points til' May '09 we know this years do not matter, but not sure what would be best going forward. We have talked to our guide about June or September.

Are there advantages of having certain months? My concern was that if we did go with September, but wanted to go away in August, we would have to borrow ahead instead of just using our own points. I have been racking my brain trying to find an advantage of waiting til' September, but I have not any luck.

So, I turn to where the experts hang out and ask for advice.



While I am here I have one more question.

We only purchased 160 points at this time so that we can purchase shares at other resorts as well. We see ourselves eventually owning about 250, but like the idea of adding later to have 2 home resorts available for booking 11 months out. My question is that when the time comes and we buy into our second resort, is it better to get our points reset in the same month as our first resort or spread them 6 months apart?

Are there any advantages or disadvantages in either scenario aside of course it being easier to manage if they are received at the same time.

We appreciate any help we can get and look forward to using our SSR developer points soon.

 

[TenThousandVolts]

Pick a use year month that would generally just preceed the months you would be most likely to travel OR figure out the 4 months out of the year you would be least likely to travel and then choose the next month as your UY month. In the scenario above- August travel with a Sept. Use Year- borrowing isn't so much of a problem. The big trouble would be if you had to last minute cancel the August trip- you would probably lose those points- you would have no window to rebook a trip or rent the points as they would be gone on Sept. 1st.

As for adding-on if you add-on and want the contract to be a sub-contract of your current SSR you will have to have the same Use Year. Buying directly from DVC, if you really want a different use year, you would have to buy a 160 minimum and it would be considered a new master contract. You could buy a smaller contract resale with a different UY- but it would be a separate contract.

Having 2 home resorts with the same UY in one account is easier for point management. You would lose some of that simplicity if choosing a separate UY.