Please help me understand. I'm very confused

[funhouse8]

Please bear with me while I try to explain. I'm still very new at this DVC game. I have a reservation waitlisted for July at Hilton Head. (only got one day points total 33 (28of these points exp. Dec08). (I'm waitlisted for either two weeks so I do have twice the chance of getting in.) This vacation will cost a total of 165 points. Total points left for this year 138(plus the 33). My UY is DEC. I want to make a definite vacation plan for Sept. using 57 points. I have the 28 points left over from last year that will expire and MS placed them on the July reservation. Are you still with me? If I can't get the rest of this reservation then I'm going to cancel that one night and my waitlist but I want to make this other reservation for Sept in the week coming up. Should I just give up on HHI for this summer being I proably will never get it and make other plans so my points don't get all screwed up. Am I correct in thinking that they can't switch these points to the sept reservation once I book it and I'll have to use those 33 points before Dec? I'm sorry this is so long. I need to take a DVC class. LOL Thanks

 

[RobDoc]

I would go ahead and make the September reservation as soon as possible.

If I understand correctly, you have 28 points banked from your December,2006 Use Year (which will expire on November 30, 2008) and all of your other points are from the current (December, 2007) Use Year?

It does not sound as though you have enough points for both reservations (165 and 57), so you will need to either choose which you want or borrow some from your 2008 Use Year.

I'd make the September reservation as soon as possible and still see if the HH waitlist comes thru (there is still a good chance that will happen). If HH does become available you can borrow points from '08 if you won't otherwise have enough points and if the HH reservation does not become available, MS will usually allow you to reallocate the 28 banked points from the HH reservation to the September reservation as long you do this prior to 31 days before the HH reservation.

Good luck - and I wouldn't be at all surprised if you get both reservations!