One time use points

[bunny]

I need 6 extra points for a one night reservation. The night is currently unavailable so I was going to waitlist it but you can't use one time use points for a waitlist. I was thinking of booking a night for the exact amount of points I needed buying those 6 points and then cancelling that night and waitlisting the night I really want. Would that work? Am I right in saying the one time use points would be good until the end of the use year? I am already in the 7 month window.

 

[drusba]

Interesting question to which I cannot give a final answer. However, you are correct that one time use points are good until end of use year. However, I do not know whether that means you can use them off a wait list after cancelling a night. That seems to raise the question as to whether the computer system when acting upon a wait list request will use one time points bought from Disney to do it.

 

[JamesA1]

Adding to that question. If you buy the point to complete a reservation then you cancelled a night would those points be used and your regular points returned to your account?

 

[DenLo]

One-time-use vacation points are not available for waitlist reservations.

I take that as meaning one time use points can never be used for a wait list. You would need to use the OTUP as part of your regular reservation. And then hold back your regular points for the WL. Since you already have your reservation I doubt they would allow you to reallocate the points to the reservation, but I would definitely ask MS.

To answer JamesA1, I would think so. But I would double check that with the CM who cancels the one night. The only time you would have problems is if you added a single night using OTUP. Then were back to my answer for the OP. I doubt the would reallocate the the OTUP points into your original reservation since you didn't use those points to make it.