NOOB question about booking after 8-month banking window.

[J-Dog]

Sorry, I apologize because this seems like a basic question, but I hadn't even considered it until recently (we've been DVC members for just a few years now), and need some clarification, I guess. Thanks for any help.

Here's the situation: We have an October UY. If we are interested in booking a resort at 7-months, in, say, February, then that means we can't book that until July. So, since the last day of May is our last day to bank our Oct UY points, then what happens in the scenario that nothing is available at a resort we want in July? We can't bank the points, so do they just go to waste?

For this particular situation, we are looking at booking Aulani at 7-months. It sounds like getting a room is likely, but if for some reason everything was totally booked, then there really isn't any "fall-back"; it's not like we could just book SSR. So I'm assuming that we just lose the points? Is there any way around that?

Again, I apologize if this is a ridiculously stupid question, but I just wanted to make sure.

Thanks!

 

[Sandisw]

If you are booking a Feb 2024 trip in your October UY, you’d need to bank 2022 UY those points to use them for that tdip.

Everything is based on when you travel and not when you book, so in July, you would want the banked 2022 points, 2023 points and borrow 2024 points to finish the vacation at that time.

If what you are saying is that you would want to book WDW during June to October 2023 if the Feb 2024 trip doesn’t happen, then you would borrow back if you banked.

But, I think you believe you have to leave the 2022 points as 2022 points since you will be trying to book when you are still in your 2023 UY.

Points go with the trip and not when you book.

 

[J-Dog]

If you are booking a Feb 2024 trip in your October UY, you’d need to bank 2022 UY those points to use them for that tdip.

Everything is based on when you travel and not when you book, so in July, you would want the banked 2022 points, 2023 points and borrow 2024 points to finish the vacation at that time.

If what you are saying is that you would want to book WDW during June to October 2023 if the Feb 2024 trip doesn’t happen, then you would borrow back if you banked.

But, I think you believe you have to leave the 2022 points as 2022 points since you will be trying to book when you are still in your 2023 UY.

Points go with the trip and not when you book.

Sandi,

Yes. Thanks very much. I was talking about using 2023 UY points, so actually your last sentence clears it up for me. Thanks again. Sorry for the dumb question.

 

[Sandisw]

Sandi,

Yes. Thanks very much. I was talking about using 2023 UY points, so actually your last sentence clears it up for me. Thanks again. Sorry for the dumb question.

No such thing as a dumb question!!!