Don't know about 1br, but we tried to book a 2 br this year, and were not able to. Ended up in 2 OVIR's.... Good Luck. You might want to book it at your home resort and change at the 7 mnth, or make an offer on the Exchange board for your points... In fact, I have a few VB points... I will PM you and see if I can help.
Doug