Points question

[lovedvc]

I have 3 different contracts. BLT April 200 pts, HHI October 200 pts and OKW April 56 pts. I recently booked 2 different reservations for July 2010 to stay at OKW. I used 200 09 pts from BLT, 12 pts from OKW 2010 and 175 pts. from 2010 BLT. I didn't touch my 200 pts from 2010 HHI. I'm thinking I should have used my HHI 2010 pts before using my 2010 BLT pts. Now I don't have pts for BLT to use for an 11 month booking window, if I decide to go again. (Still trying to talk hubby into a Christmas trip in 2010). Should I cancel the original reservation and make another reservation using the HHI points? If I do this what would be the policy for the BLT points that I freed up? When would I have to use them? I know you DVC buddies will steer me in the right direction.

 

[Sandisw]

Do you mean your 2009 HHI points (good from Oct 1, 2009 through September 30th, 2010)?

If you call and ask them to use the HHI points instead of BLT, they can do that as long as you didn't secure a room at BLT during the home resort time. IF you did, then the only way to use HHI points would be if the same room is still available to book and you are in your 7 month booking window.

Once you change out the points, the 2010 BLT points would be back in your account for booking and can be used for trips in your 2010 UY (April 1st, 2010 - March 31st, 2011) unless you bank them.

 

[RobDoc]

I have 3 different contracts. BLT April 200 pts, HHI October 200 pts and OKW April 56 pts. I recently booked 2 different reservations for July 2010 to stay at OKW. I used 200 09 pts from BLT, 12 pts from OKW 2010 and 175 pts. from 2010 BLT. I didn't touch my 200 pts from 2010 HHI. I'm thinking I should have used my HHI 2010 pts before using my 2010 BLT pts. Now I don't have pts for BLT to use for an 11 month booking window, if I decide to go again. (Still trying to talk hubby into a Christmas trip in 2010). Should I cancel the original reservation and make another reservation using the HHI points? If I do this what would be the policy for the BLT points that I freed up? When would I have to use them? I know you DVC buddies will steer me in the right direction.

It sounds as though you have banked your 2009 BLT points and have used 200 of those for the OKW reservation. The points used from your 2010 BLT contract will just be returned to your account to be used or banked subject to the usual deadlines - so those should be fine to use for a BLT reservation. If any of the BLT points banked from your April 2009 contract are freed up, you would still have until March 31, 2011 to use them for another reservation.


It also sounds as though the OKW reservation(s) were made within 7 months, so there should be no problem reallocating the points to use your HH points and returnng the BLT points to your account.

Enjoy!