One Time Use Point Price Increase

[mkatsy]

Bought my BOGO points this morning at the new price I spent them at the Cabins so I feel like I still came out ahead. Interestingly the were from the villas at grand California and Saratoga.

 

[DVC Gma]

Bought my BOGO points this morning at the new price I spent them at the Cabins so I feel like I still came out ahead. Interestingly the were from the villas at grand California and Saratoga.

IS this Why my Account shows RIV? And I don't own there? Thanks for mentioning this!

 

[VGCgroupie]

IS this Why my Account shows RIV? And I don't own there? Thanks for mentioning this!

Yep. As if our dashboard isnt confusing enough as it is.

 

[Genie+]

Bought my BOGO points this morning at the new price I spent them at the Cabins so I feel like I still came out ahead. Interestingly the were from the villas at grand California and Saratoga.

Yeah that is weird they use Grand Californian points.

Last year we called for MMB OTUP and the transaction wasn’t completed because we tried to do it on resale membership. It did show VGC as a home resort on that contract after the call. Later we called to buy on our direct contract, and again VGC was added as a home resort.

We just bought OTUP again last week for our Sept 2026 UY and this time it was split between SSR and VGC.

Why are they using VGC? No wonder they needed to raise the price!

 

[VGCgroupie]

Yeah that is weird they use Grand Californian points.

Last year we called for MMB OTUP and the transaction wasn’t completed because we tried to do it on resale membership. It did show VGC as a home resort on that contract after the call. Later we called to buy on our direct contract, and again VGC was added as a home resort.

We just bought OTUP again last week for our Sept 2026 UY and this time it was split between SSR and VGC.

Why are they using VGC? No wonder they needed to raise the price!

I think they are buying them back and they hold them. They now wont sell VGC until the UY starts so no free points when people buy VGC direct.

 

[Flash_Sloth]

Unrestricted but only usable at the 7mo mark.

I had canceled my original OTUP reservation and was trying to book something else with the OTUPs. I knew that they are only usable at the 7 month mark, but I miscalculated by 1 day and got the most useless error message ever as I was trying to make the reservation. It took me a while to realize my mistake. The next day, everything went fine.

 

[Sandisw]

Yeah that is weird they use Grand Californian points.

Last year we called for MMB OTUP and the transaction wasn’t completed because we tried to do it on resale membership. It did show VGC as a home resort on that contract after the call. Later we called to buy on our direct contract, and again VGC was added as a home resort.

We just bought OTUP again last week for our Sept 2026 UY and this time it was split between SSR and VGC.

Why are they using VGC? No wonder they needed to raise the price!

In a way, it may be a good thing since it means the are not using them to book rooms and renting for cash, which takes away from owners.

 

[Genie+]

In a way, it may be a good thing since it means the are not using them to book rooms and renting for cash, which takes away from owners.

Sounds good to me! We are happy to be a recipient with our Sept VGC booking lol.

And Disney always gets the last laugh anyway - we have valid WDW APs and now we’re buying DL multi-day tickets

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

In a way, it may be a good thing since it means the are not using them to book rooms and renting for cash, which takes away from owners.

Excellent point that makes me happy as a VGC owner but I'm also shocked where all these points are coming from-- they haven't taken THAT many VGC contracts in ROFR that anybody knows about and my VGC points are the very very last ones I would trade back to Disney for cruise, Sorcerer's Pass, etc. Makes me wonder if some lunatics are defaulting or deeding their VGC contracts back to Disney, etc.

 

[SugarSweetLee]

Our OTU points booked last week came from Aulani, for what it's worth.

 

[Wendysofftoneverland]

While it's a bummer, I remember when they were $23 not too long ago. At some point, I may just need to buy more points since I seem to always use OTU points and am always borrowing from next year.

 

[DanCali]

So is the Magical Beginnings price now $22.50?

For those in the buying process, it's worth rewriting a contract for that - an extra $2.50 on 200 points is $500...

 

[PlutoNotPlanet]

I was calling MS asking about OTUP last Friday... Shouldn't have waited lol

 

[byurick]

So is the Magical Beginnings price now $22.50?

For those in the buying process, it's worth rewriting a contract for that - an extra $2.50 on 200 points is $500...

I asked this in a different thread about the increase and the consensus was pretty much "no" it will likely stay at $20/pt.

 

[Genie+]

I asked this in a different thread about the increase and the consensus was pretty much "no" it will likely stay at $20/pt.

We won’t know for certain until someone gets confirmation from their guide.

 

[SugarSweetLee]

Our OTU points booked last week came from Aulani, for what it's worth.

Oop, just looked again- Aulani AND VDH actually!