Not ROFR thread - general discussion

[mommy2twingles]

https://dvcnews.com/dvc-program-men...ty-of-disney-vacation-club-points-by-use-year

That's the best data we have - it is old, and Poly is in active sales, so the distribution of UYs could change. That said, looks like Dec UY was the pretty clear leader at that time. Check out dvcforless.com - you can look at all Poly contracts that have been listed - toggle on the switch to see those that have already sold. You can probably get a sense of which UYs have been most prevalent.

I was leaning toward Oct or December based on what I had found as well.

 

[VGCgroupie]

I was leaning toward Oct or December based on what I had found as well.

I would do Dec unless it conflicts with your travel times

 

[DisMomNCM]

It’s confusing but I really think it’s only confusing if you have another UY. If you have just December it’s easy.

Agree with this. I had only a December UY for so long and it was never confusing, but now all of my resale contracts are February and it’s difficult to wrap my head around lol.

 

[Girlstar30]

Agree with this. I had only a December UY for so long and it was never confusing, but now all of my resale contracts are February and it’s difficult to wrap my head around lol.

It seems like whenever I see a point i use it so its not hard for me to remember

 

[VGCgroupie]

Agree with this. I had only a December UY for so long and it was never confusing, but now all of my resale contracts are February and it’s difficult to wrap my head around lol.

I have FEB and DEC. So hard to remember when my FEB is almost over my DEC is just beginning!

 

[Girlstar30]

I have FEB and DEC. So hard to remember when my FEB is almost over my DEC is just beginning!

We are uy twins

 

[VGCgroupie]

We are uy twins

Don't forget to bank your leftover Dec UY points by the end of this month

 

[CarolynFH]

LOL, I think UY is assigned to most new buyers, who are uninformed and unfamiliar with the influence UY can have on points usage. Relatively few new buyers have been educated by DISboards and other sites to choose a UY based on projected travel times. And I think DVD is well aware of the utility of the “double points” sales tool - whether taking to potential new buyer in January 2025 or November 2025, the guide can say “If you buy today you’ll get double points because you’ll get 2024 points too!”

Edited to correct fat-finger typos.

 

[Girlstar30]

Don't forget to bank your leftover Dec UY points by the end of this month

They're all gone

 

[Girlstar30]

LOL, I think UY is assigned to most new buyers, who are uninformed and unfamiliar with the influence UY can have on points usage. Relatively few new buyers have been educated by DISboards and other sites to choose a UY based on projected travel times. And I think DVD is well aware of the utility of the “double points” sales tool - whether taking to a potential in buyer in January 2025 or November 2025, the guide can say “If you buy today you’ll get double points because you’ll get 2024 points too!”

Wouldn't it be nice if we could have a one time uy swap once we become accustomed

 

[CarolynFH]

Wouldn't it be nice if we could have a one time uy swap once we become accustomed

Makes sense to me! If DVC takes your contract back via ROFR, they can change the UY month on those points when they resell them, so why not let us change the month one time while we own them?

 

[Girlstar30]

Makes sense to me! If DVC takes your contract back via ROFR, they can change the UY month on those points when they resell them, so why not let us change the month one time while we own them?

I would change my December to September for sure

 

[VGCgroupie]

I would change my December to September for sure

If I could I would make all of mine December.

 

[CarolynFH]

I would change my December to September for sure

Our UY is September, assigned to us, and by serendipity is the perfect UY for us!

 

[Maleficent85]

Ok so you are convincing me we may need to piece together a contract size we want. Is there a more popular use year. I want to stay in the same month obviously so we can combine

We have multiple use years and bought each particular use year based upon our travel habits Vero Beach and Hilton Head is an April use year since we are most likely to use those points April-mid August each year and if we were to cancel we would still be able to bank points or have several months to use expiring points. Our Direct contract (VDH) is a June use year and we also have resale at Grand Cal and Aulani in that use year as well since we will probably only travel there in Summer and over Christmas (OBB possible ever other year). We also have December Aulani as well since December and June and July are our most likely travel times. We have one random Poly resale contract that we bought for $110 a point 1.5 years ago that was to good to pass up as well as a December Poly, Riviera and Grand Floridian. We also have a October Riviera that was bought completely loaded with 2023 points and beyond for $103 a point that we also couldn't pass up. At some point we have talked about maybe adding on at Copper Creek for Christmas stays. Most people would think a December would be perfect in this case but October in my opinion seems more ideal considering the blood bath that December was for booking Copper Creek and Boulder Ridge seemed to be this year. Hopefully this gets better with Disney shutting down the major commercial renters. A person almost needs to begin walking a reservation at the 11 month mark in November to get your desired dates and you can't book across your use year so a December use year wouldn't work in this case. So just keep in mind your personal travel habits so you aren't traveling at the end of your use year and ideally traveling before your banking deadline. You also wouldn't want a use year where for example your trip starts at the end of March and extends into April because you'd have to book each month separately if you had an April use year. DVC is only a money saver if you aren't sacrificing points you can't use and having the wrong use year can increase the likelihood of not using all of your points.

 

[DisMomNCM]

It seems like whenever I see a point i use it so its not hard for me to remember

Don’t get me wrong, I am normally like this lol. But we just had a baby AND bought a very loaded new contract so I am in a state of point excess…which is foreign territory

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

Makes sense to me! If DVC takes your contract back via ROFR, they can change the UY month on those points when they resell them, so why not let us change the month one time while we own them?

Makes a lot of sense, especially since they could make good money from some of us. Would I pay $20/pt to move at least one of my direct contracts? You betcha. They could also advertise it as an additional perk of Direct points.

 

[DisMomNCM]

We have multiple use years and bought each particular use year based upon our travel habits Vero Beach and Hilton Head is an April use year since we are most likely to use those points April-mid August each year and if we were to cancel we would still be able to bank points or have several months to use expiring points. Our Direct contract (VDH) is a June use year and we also have resale at Grand Cal and Aulani in that use year as well since we will probably only travel there in Summer and over Christmas (OBB possible ever other year). We also have December Aulani as well since December and June and July are our most likely travel times. We have one random Poly resale contract that we bought for $110 a point 1.5 years ago that was to good to pass up as well as a December Poly, Riviera and Grand Floridian. We also have an October Riviera that was bought completely loaded with 2023 points and beyond for $103 a point that we also couldn't pass up. At some point we have talked about maybe adding on at Copper Creek for Christmas stays. Most people would think a December would be perfect in this case but October in my opinion seems more ideal considering the blood bath that December was for booking Copper Creek and Boulder Ridge seemed to be this year. Hopefully this gets better with Disney shutting down the major commercial renters. A person almost needs to begin walking a reservation at the 11 month mark in November to get your desired dates and you can't book across your use year so a December use year wouldn't work in this case. So just keep in mind your personal travel habits so you aren't traveling at the end of your use year and ideally traveling before your banking deadline. You also wouldn't want a use year where for example your trip starts at the end of March and extends into April because you'd have to book each month separately if you had an April use year. DVC is only a money saver if you aren't sacrificing points you can't use and having the wrong use year can increase the likelihood of not using all of your points.

Oh my god I don’t know if I feel horrified at the amount of dates you need to keep track of, or wildly impressed at your ability to do so!

 

[Maleficent85]

Oh my god I don’t know if I feel horrified at the amount of dates you need to keep track of, or wildly impressed at your ability to do so!

Me and my husband are OCD and we both like the challenge of it. He says that March and August are dead use years to him . So no March or August use years for us.

 

[mommy2twingles]

So those of you that have contracts at multiple resorts do you keep the same use year? We are thinking one contract around 150 it's at our preferred home resort PVB for a longer stay each year then another 100-150 at SSR or AKL to use anywhere for weekend trips or precruise single night stays. But since we really won't be using the points together would it matter if I had two use years.

Sorry for all the questions lately, just trying to make the best purchases.