points?

[caselaw3]

What are points please? My friend said she bought points and saved a ton of money...thank you

 

[jedijill]

Can you be more specific? Points for staying at Disney, points for a mortgage, points on your driver's license?

Jill in CO

 

[dizluvah]

I think OP might be referring to DVC points - DVC is Disney Vacation Club - kind of like timeshare ownership at Disney - and DVC owners can rent their "points" to non-members for a certain dollar amount. You can check out the DVC Rent/Trade discussion thread here on the DIS for more information.

 

[OldGrizzly57]

What are points please? My friend said she bought points and saved a ton of money...thank you

I am assuming you are talking about buying / renting points from a current DVC owner. DVC is based on a point system rather than a defined week or weeks at a particular resort. If you would like to stay in a DVC Villa it is typically much less expensive to rent points from a member than the cost for you to make that reservation directly through Disney. Depending on timing and location the savings can be 50% or more.

Griz

 

[caselaw3]

Thank u!!