Owning at two resorts

Alice-in-wonder

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How would you plan trips if you owned at two resorts? We own 100 PTS at BLT and 50 PTS at SSR. We want to go at least a week in the summer, and maybe an occasional long weekend. I am thinking I may need more points! :)
 
If you plan to go for a week in the summer every year, you can optimize your points by trying to plan your trip in the first 10 days of June or last 2 weeks of August, when the point requirements are lower. To do a week in the summer, you may have to do a split stay, although you could book at the 7 month mark and use all of the points to book at a single resort. Some people with split resorts will bank and borrow to use the two different resorts every other year for a trip (e.g. Use 200 points for BLT one year then 100 points for SSR the next year). This strategy gives you the 11 month booking advantage for the trip, if there are enough points.

You can get the biggest bang for your points by using your points at OKW, which generally has the lowest point requirements of all of the resorts for the various room categories. It is unlikely that you could get the value rooms at AKV, as these are few in number and usually are booked before the 7 month window opens. This approach, of course, defeats the purpose of owning at BLT, and the extra cost of owning points at that resort.

Realistically, for what you want to do (at least a week and a long weekend every year), you need more points. The points required for rooms at BLT are so high compared to other resorts, there is very little you can do with your 100 points if you want a week at BLT in the summer.
 
How would you plan trips if you owned at two resorts? We own 100 PTS at BLT and 50 PTS at SSR. We want to go at least a week in the summer, and maybe an occasional long weekend. I am thinking I may need more points! :)

I'm thinking you need more points too!!!;)

Given what you own, though, I would just plan to book a split stay at the 11 month mark. Get those SV rooms at BLT under your belt as well as SSR and then try for other options.

Depending on when you go in the summer, you can stretch the points a bit farther as already mentioned.

You don't mention room size but if you did 5 weeknights in a BLT SV studio it would be 95 points and 2 weekend nights at SSR for 40. That only leaves you 15 to play with for another trip, but you do get the whole week in without borrowing. At 7 months, there are options that would allow you to shave off a few more points.

This is all assuming you are traveling in Magic season--busiest summer time so if you go during any other season, you'll have even more for that weekend trip.
 

I found out when I called MS at 11 months that even though I didn't have enough points at HHI to book a week's stay, I could borrow more HHI points from the following year and not have to wait until 7 months out to use my points from my other resorts. But then the next year, I might need another add-on!
 
Thank you everyone for the answers! I am thinking we might need a small add-on (50-75 pts) at BLT in the near future, especially since I would like to stay in a one bedroom on occasion, though for now a studio works out just fine. My husband really doesn't want to do split stays, though I don't really mind. We would mainly travel in Magic season, as I am a teacher. I would like to visit during April and/or Christmas breaks in the future, but the points for that time at BLT...yikes! :scared1:
 
I found out when I called MS at 11 months that even though I didn't have enough points at HHI to book a week's stay, I could borrow more HHI points from the following year and not have to wait until 7 months out to use my points from my other resorts.....

Just to be clear, this isn't unique to HHI, it's borrowing by contract/member ID....this can be done with any membership, regardless as to it's home resort.
 
If you could find exact point usage, you could bank and borrow to use:
2012 150 BLT points (current and 50 borrowed from '13)
2013 150 SSR points (current, '12banked and '14borrowed) bank 50 BLT.
2014 150 BLT points
2015 150 BLT points (repeating the first 3 years)

The reality problem is any extra SSR points may go to waste if there are no 150 point weeks.

Now, MS will sell you an additional 24 one time use points at the 7 month window so that could get you to an occasional 174 point year without a contract add-on
 
Thank you for the ideas! I really like the way you mapped out my points by years. I will definitely use that as a guide and start that in 2013, as I am out of current points actually I have 16 SSR points,(splurged on a one bedroom at BLT), used the rest to book a cruise ...I know.... not a good use of points, probably won't do that again for awhile!) We plan on going back to WDW in 2013 for the Fantasyland expansion anyway... so that's ok! :)
 
Just to be clear, this isn't unique to HHI, it's borrowing by contract/member ID....this can be done with any membership, regardless as to it's home resort.

Thanks, it may have come across that way. It just so happened that that was where we learned about it, but we know now that we can do it anywhere.
 











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