Quantity of PIN Code Rooms?

[TinkWink]

I got a mailer with the 40% off Deluxe resort PIN code and used it to book our May vacation. I booked it online and based on what was available/price/proximity to monorail, I booked the Contemporary Tower - Bay Lake View.

I know some people book way in advance and then get a PIN code, so they call to apply it to their reservation.

Here's my question:

Say the PIN codes are allocated to be used on the reservations of 100 rooms (just for illustration). Out of 500 people that already have rooms booked, 100 get the PIN code and decide to call in to apply it to their reservation. Would that then mean that the original allocation of 100 rooms is used up?

I guess for some reason I had been thinking that what was available was all that was left after the PIN code came out and people called in to MAKE reservations, not to apply a PIN to their existing ones.

Obviously sometimes availability dictates what people end up booking, i.e. "Well, we wanted Poly but only WL had availability with the discount". But there likely are people who already had Poly reserved who could then go apply the discount. Also, like in my case, if I didn't use the PIN code, there were a few other options of room type at the Contemporary, but a limited offering since I used the PIN. Do people receive the PIN, see that their first choice is not available and then go make a regular (non-PIN) reservation, then call in a few days to apply the PIN to their reservation? Are they then told they cannot apply it to that reservation because that allocation is gone?

 

[chocovrdmicears]

My guess is that PIN's work similar to any other discount..like Free Dining.

They allocate xxx amount of rooms for that promotion..when they are booked they are gone. Regardless of *how* they get booked.... If they are booked with a new reservation, or applied to exisiting..when the number is gone..it is gone.

I have read many posts from folks that have received a PIN code and called to apply it to their existing reservation, and have been told there is no more availability at that particular resort.
Similar with Free Dining..when the release it, the first, say 500 people that call, get it...it doesn't matter if they are making a new reservation or applying it to an exisisting one (thus confirming the idea that it makes no sense to pre-book a room to secure a possible future promotion.)

 

[Dacky619]

My guess is that PIN's work similar to any other discount..like Free Dining.

They allocate xxx amount of rooms for that promotion..when they are booked they are gone. Regardless of *how* they get booked.... If they are booked with a new reservation, or applied to exisiting..when the number is gone..it is gone.

I have read many posts from folks that have received a PIN code and called to apply it to their existing reservation, and have been told there is no more availability at that particular resort.
Similar with Free Dining..when the release it, the first, say 500 people that call, get it...it doesn't matter if they are making a new reservation or applying it to an exisisting one (thus confirming the idea that it makes no sense to pre-book a room to secure a possible future promotion.)

I don't have any inside knowledge, but I feel the same way as the PP.

I do wonder about one thing though. I wonder if those that book the reservation early and hope to apply a pin later hurt their own chances. I think it would make sense for Disney to look at resort A and say, since we are only at 50% occupancy for this time period, we will allocate 500 rooms for this discount. At resort B, there are more people hoping to get a pin to apply to their already made reservation, so since they are at 70% occupancy, they only allocate 250 rooms for the pin.

 

[TinkWink]

Thanks for the responses! That makes sense - I just have never seen someone say they called in to apply a PIN but they couldn't for that room. But then I'm not on here ALL the time, only when planning obsessively!!!

Who knows how Disneyworld plans and plots to figure out our weak points to get us to go back. In my case, the PIN definitely helped - we had toyed with a vacation of some kind, maybe Disney, in the next year or so. I got the PIN mailer and had booked within 4 days.