Question from new member about point allocation change

[akw4572]

Ok, my wife and I purchased in during the summer of 2013. We purchased 160 points, and were given 160 points as a perk for joining. In September of 2013, we booked a one bedroom stay at Kidani Village (our home) for 7/13/2014-7/20/2014. Recently we decided we were going to do the dining plan. So, we decided, rather than to "waste" points on the one bedroom, we could do a studio, same place, and use 161 points. IF I change now (our current booking is costing us 228 points), and the website says we currently have 92 points at our disposal, will I lose the difference in points, or can I add those to my current 92, to eventually roll over? Does that make sense?

 

[drusba]

If you switch from 1BR to studio, you will have the difference in points, 228-161 = 67 added to the 92. What I do not know is your use year, and whether you can bank (roll over) any of those points for use next year depends on whether you are still within the banking deadline for them at the time you make the switch.

 

[disneynutz]

What is your UY?

Bill

 

[akw4572]

My use year was all 160 of my 2013 points, and 68 of my 2014. So I'm thinking, my new reservation (161 points), would be all of my 2013 points +1. Then I'd have 159 points to go into my 2014 use year. Those I could bank if I didn't use them. February is my use year. I'm a little perturbed, I tried calling membership this morning, and they're closed for the holiday. I can cancel and book my new one online, but I want to be 100% sure I'll have 159 points in my 2014 bank that I can then roll over in August if I don't use.

 

[drusba]

What you got at time of sale were Feb 2013 points which you banked into your Feb 2014 use year to use in the July 2014 reservation. If you were to switch now to a studio at AKV for July you could use the 160 banked points plus one 2014 point for the new reservation and the rest of your 2014 points used in the July reservation would go back into your account and you could bank them along with the 92 unused points into the Feb 2015 use year. With a Feb use year you have until Sep 30, 2014 to bank the points into your Feb 2015 use year. As long as there are studios still available for your July time, you could go on line now and do the change. it would work like this: first, you cancel your original reservation. Then start a new reservation for the studio. When you get to the page for choosing points to use you should see that your account now has no points in the 2013 use year, 160 banked points in the 2014 use year and 160 regular points in the 2014 use year. the system will then use your banked points first for the new studio reservation and when you get to the last page confirming your reservation you should see that you have 159 points left in your 2014 use year. You can then bank those any time between now and Sep 30, 2014.