Point Availability Question

[bytheblood]

Can somebody please clarify for me how this will work?

I have somebody who is interested in DVC and asking me questions I cannot answer. He took the tour in May but forgot to ask. I know there are some experts here that could better explain this than MS, so I am hoping somebody can help.

If a person has a contract with a use year of let's say October... and they have a current very long vacation booked that uses all of their 2011 and 2012 points......

I understand that the 2013 points become available on October 1, 2012. (this would be for borrowing as the 2012 user year has already been used) Is that correct?

So how does it work? Does it mean:
1 - That points can be booked 11 months out at your home resort but are only available for USE on or after October 1, 2012
or
2 - That points cannot be booked until AFTER October 1, 2012 and your vacation has to start after October 2, 2012.



To be more specific, he was asking me this scenario: If you have an October use-year and you only buy in at 100 points for start, book your first vacation and use all of your 2011 points, borrow all of your 2012 points, then the understanding is that you will be out of points until you can borrow your 2013 points on October 1, 2012. That part I understand and could confirm as accurate.

He then followed up with: Well what would happen if I wanted to go to Disney in October 2012. Could I call DVC earlier in the year and tell them I want to go to Disney and stay at my home resort in Oct and borrow those 2013 points or would I have to wait to make that call on October 1, 2012. I could not answer that question as I have not come across that scenario.

He is not asking how many points he should buy, he just wants to understand how borrowing and use years work. I was unable to help him and MS told him to call the TG he worked with, but his TG is on holiday.

 

[bytheblood]

Sorry for all of the changes to the above post. I am trying to ask Scot's question the best I can and am having a hard time articulating what he is asking me.

 

[rlovew]

Booking has nothing to due with your use year. You can always book at 11 months out- even if it is in your next use year. You must have the points available when you stay but not when you book (they will need to be avaialable when you will be staying) but in the question you asked the simple answer is yes for any stay after Oct 1, 2012 the person in question can borrow 2013 points to stay and may book it at 11 months out (Nov 2011).

 

[Sandisw]

If you want to travel in Oct 2012, you can call and make that reservation in Nov 2011 at the home resort and in March 2012 at all others.

The points that can be used to "pay" for the vacation, given an Oct UY, would be banked 2011 points, 2012 UY points, and borrowed 2013 points. So, if the contract is out of 2011 and 2012 UY points, then the 2013 borrowed points would be it.

Everything is based on the UY of travel. Figure that out first and then the rest is easy. MS will book the vacation based on what you will have available and eligible at the time of the trip, not when you book

 

[bytheblood]

My friend said thank you for the information.

 

[DebbieB]

Points are loaded into your account years in advance. I have an April use year and my account online right now has 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. So I could use points to book a stay in my 2012 use year now (up to 11 months at my home resort) and even borrow 2013. There's never "waiting".

 

[disneynutz]

My friend said thank you for the information.

Suggest that your friend call his Guide for answers. If he misunderstands it will be your fault!

Bill

 

[bytheblood]

Suggest that your friend call his Guide for answers. If he misunderstands it will be your fault!

Bill

Not true. He is asking general questions because his guide is on holiday. He is a logical person and would never be mad at me because I asked a question and gave him an answer from a forum.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Not true. He is asking general questions because his guide is on holiday. He is a logical person and would never be mad at me because I asked a question and gave him an answer from a forum.

Tell your friend to log into the DVC website. It will tell him exactly when he can make his next reservation. It also tells him if he has any points to bank and when they must be banked.