Question about walking - sort of

[Snurk71]

I don't think this is the textbook walking of a reservation where you drop a day and add a day each day, but might be similar.

If I have enough current UY points for 7 nights (so no banking or borrowing involved), but only want 3 nights - could I make a 7 day reservation 4 days ahead of time and keep dropping off the first night until I had the 3 nights I want?

Example - Reservation wanted - 8/5/12 to 8/8/12 (3 nights)

So I call on 9/1/11 and make a reservation for 8/1/12 - 8/8/12 (7 nights). On 9/2/11 I call and drop the night of 8/1/12, on 9/3/11 I drop the night of 8/2/12, etc.

There wouldn't be any penalty (like holding or losing the remaining nights) doing this, right?

Thanks

 

[Dean]

I don't think this is the textbook walking of a reservation where you drop a day and add a day each day, but might be similar.

If I have enough current UY points for 7 nights (so no banking or borrowing involved), but only want 3 nights - could I make a 7 day reservation 4 days ahead of time and keep dropping off the first night until I had the 3 nights I want?

Example - Reservation wanted - 8/5/12 to 8/8/12 (3 nights)

So I call on 9/1/11 and make a reservation for 8/1/12 - 8/8/12 (7 nights). On 9/2/11 I call and drop the night of 8/1/12, on 9/3/11 I drop the night of 8/2/12, etc.

There wouldn't be any penalty (like holding or losing the remaining nights) doing this, right?

Thanks

The answer currently is yes. IMO, it shouldn't be and I suspect it'll change at some point where a change becomes a cancelation and rebooking.

 

[Snurk71]

I called MS to be doubly sure and then booked a trip with the intentions just as I described.

I didn't mention in my original post, but I'm actually doing this on a 7 month switch from BLT to BCV for next March/spring break before our cruise. I don't know why I hadn't thought of it before - that I could essentially get a few days head start on our real 7 month changeover window since we had points available to utilize.

So we'll be staying at BCV in March instead of BLT (we're staying at BLT in Dec and wanted a change in March to keep things fresh/different).