Nuther Newbie Question

[Lisacope]

We just closed on a Dec UY 200 pt BWV contract. (I am waiting to get into the DVC System.) The contract includes 179 points for 2006 and then 200 points for 2007 and so on. I am planning on making a reservation for a June 2007 vacation at BWV - will I have the 2006, 2007 points and the 2008 points available to use for that reservation for a total of 579 points?

 

[Cruelladeville]

No, you will only have two years worth of points. Even though it is 2007, you have a December use year, and for those people it is 2006 until December of 2007. So you will be using 2006 points, which will be your current use year, and you can borrow from 2007 points, which you don't actually get until Dec. 2007.

 

[Caskbill]

December use years can be confusing because for 11 months of the year, your use year is different than the calendar year.

A December use year looks like this:

Year.....Vacation Dates

2005.....Dec 1, 2005 - Nov 30, 2006
2006.....Dec 1, 2006 - Nov 30, 2007
2007.....Dec 1, 2007 - Nov 30, 2008
2008.....Dec 1, 2008 - Nov 30, 2009
and so on.

A June 2007 vacation falls into your 2006 use year. That vacation could use 2005 banked points, 2006 current points, or 2007 borrowed points.

You don't have any 2005 points, 179 2006 points, and 200 2007 points.
So you could use your current 179 and borrow your 2007 points.

2008 points could only be borrowed into your 2007 use year, which is for dates Dec 1, 2007 - Nov 30, 2008, so they could not be used for a June 2007 vacation because that's in your 2006 use year, and you can only borrow points from one year ahead.

Hope this helps.

 

[paults]

 

[Lisacope]

That really makes things clearer!

Now all I have to do is wait for my pin......

Oh - and how do I get that little BWV picture in my signature?