Points Leveling - Just an Idea

[JudyS]

While level points won't work, I do think the current point charts are a bit out of wack. In theory, you want the different point values to equalize damand. That's clearly not the case as weekdays fill much faster than weekends.

Assuming Disney wanted to rejigger the point charts, I think some shift from weekends back to weekdays would be a good thing.

In the past, I would have agreed with this, but reading this thread, I now see an advantage to having the weekend nights book up last. People coming from far away need to book airfare, which is generally done well in advance. People coming from nearby areas are driving probably often want to do last-minute trips. So, having the weekends book up last may be fine. Perhaps the weekend point cost could be lowered very slightly to make life easier for those who want just weekends, with a corresponding increase for weeknights, but I think any change should be slight. As Carol noted, unless weekends are a lot higher than weeknights, there were will tremendous competition for weekend ressies, due both to locals coming for weekends and people from far away doing a full week plus an extra weekend.

 

[PinkTink63]

It wouldn't make a huge difference to me because I book full weeks, but as others have pointed out, it would probably limit availability for people like me who are traveling about 3,000 miles one way! I bought the points to use them for over a week at a time, and I would be really mad if I couldn't get book my entire stay, because locals took up all the weekends! I would not be a happy camper!

 

[PinkTink63]

It wouldn't be just the Southerners (those within driving distance), LOL.

Those of us who live farther away and fly in, would probably increase our stays to 9 or 10 days and use up 2 weekends on every trip - Since many of us book 11 months out, good luck to anyone who has to book at 7 months and wants a weekend, LOL.

Good Point!