Points planning help please

[Sid74]

Hi,

I have 48 points available to bank, left out of the 200 from my 2010 June UY. I will be booking my December 2011 trip in January at my home resort of OKW. My trip will take 241 points.

MS have been trying to get me to bank the 48 points any time I ring them about other things. I didn't think I needed to bank them, as I will be ringing at the beginning of January to use them in a reservation.

My intention is to use the 48 points first, then borrow the rest from my 2011 points.
My concern then is that I will be trying to change resort for a couple of days at the end of my trip, at the 7 month window.
What happens if the changed reservation uses less points than the original?
As the 7 month window is not until May, and my banking deadline is the end of January, but my points won't become current year points until June, do I lose the difference?

Thanks for any help on this, I had thought I knew what was what, but now I am confusing myself.

 

[erionm]

Your planned trip is in your June 2011 UY. You would need to bank those June 2010 UY points to be able to used them for a reservation that takes place during your June 2011 UY.

 

[Sid74]

Thanks for the speedy reply.

I thought that I only needed to have them available when I made the reservation. I didn't realise that I needed to have them banked so they were available when I took my trip.

 

[erionm]

Thanks for the speedy reply.

I thought that I only needed to have them available when I made the reservation. I didn't realise that I needed to have them banked so they were available when I took my trip.

The points have to be in the UY the reservations takes place in. You can bank them now or have MS bank them when you call to make the reservation.

 

[Sid74]

Thank you.

 

[dmoore22]

Banked points are used first. If you have any unused they will be points from your 2011'use year.

 

[Sid74]

Banked points are used first. If you have any unused they will be points from your 2011'use year.

Are the points borrowed or current for this trip?
I thought I would have to borrow them to make the initial reservation in January, but as the trip is after my June UY starts, do they then become current years points?

Are any points that I don't then need if I change my reservation at the 7 month mark, bankable?

Sorry for all the questions, I am struggling to get my head around this reservation. The previous ones were done using banked points, so were more straightforward.

 

[erionm]

Points are used based on when the reservations occurs, not when you make it.

With a June UY, your points are valid for stays as follows:
June 2010 UY: June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011
June 2011 UY: June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012

For your planned Dec 2011 trip, your June 2011 UY points would be the current year points.

 

[materise]

Res must occur during your year use

 

[dmoore22]

Points are used based on when the reservations occurs, not when you make it.

With a June UY, your points are valid for stays as follows:
June 2010 UY: June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011
June 2011 UY: June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012

For your planned Dec 2011 trip, your June 2011 UY points would be the current year points.

Hence the need to bank the June 2010 UY points.

Are any points that I don't then need if I change my reservation at the 7 month mark, bankable?

You will be banking points from your June 2011 UY as those will be the points left over. MS always uses banked points, ie. previous UY's points first.

 

[Sid74]

Thank you all for your help.