ROFR Thread July to Sept 2021 *PLEASE SEE FIRST POST FOR INSTRUCTIONS & FORMATTING TOOL*

[CaptainAmerica]

I almost bid on that one too! Wasn't my UY either, so thats why I hesitated. You got a great deal.

I'll die on the hill that multiple UYs are a huge advantage. If you only have one UY, you don't have any way to travel in the four months outside of your banking window without taking the risk of using un-bankable points should you need to cancel. Adding on to my March contract with an August contract, now I have a backup option if I want to travel November, December, January, February.

 

[Sandisw]

I'll die on the hill that multiple UYs are a huge advantage. If you only have one UY, you don't have any way to travel in the four months outside of your banking window without taking the risk of using un-bankable points should you need to cancel. Adding on to my March contract with an August contract, now I have a backup option if I want to travel November, December, January, February.

I agree as long as you have memberships for each that are large enough to make it work. If one is too small, it can be more trouble than it’s worth.

We have two as well but it’s 475 in one and 325 in the other. Both are SSR and RIV. So, I can easily make it work!

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I agree as long as you have memberships for each that are large enough to make it work. If one is too small, it can be more trouble than it’s worth.

We have two as well but it’s 475 in one and 325 in the other. Both are SSR and RIV. So, I can easily make it work!

We don't travel anywhere near that often, and we have access to a Cast Member Friends & Family discount so we're happy to do cash rooms at Moderates or FW Cabins mixed in. We'll have 120 AKV for AKV Standard Studios and 200 SSR for sleeping around points.

Should be enough for us (for now).

 

[DaveNan]

Should be enough for us (for now).

Said no one ever (and been accurate)

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Said no one ever (and been accurate)

Good thing the baby isn't ever going to grow and will fit in a crib forever.

 

[BrerRabbit1119]

BrerRabbit1119---$136-$19853-150-BWV-Apr-0/20, 0/21, 0/22, 150/23-seller pays 2022 dues- sent 9/10


Here we go again! Addonitis is real. We haven't even had a chance to use the points from our first contract yet, but here we are adding on!

 

[Jimmy Geppetto]

I'll die on the hill that multiple UYs are a huge advantage. If you only have one UY, you don't have any way to travel in the four months outside of your banking window without taking the risk of using un-bankable points should you need to cancel. Adding on to my March contract with an August contract, now I have a backup option if I want to travel November, December, January, February.

I'm still fairly new to this, but can you explain this concept further with more examples? I currently have a February UY... Not sure I follow this strategy but would love to understand it better

 

[Sandisw]

I'm still fairly new to this, but can you explain this concept further with more examples? I currently have a February UY... Not sure I follow this strategy but would love to understand it better

With a Feb UY, any travel from Feb through October allows you to cancel, outside of 30 days, and still allow points to be banked because the banking deadline is Sept 30th.

However, if you travel November to January with Feb UY, those points become use or lose if a cancel happens.

When someone as two UYs, spaced apart, it allows one to book all trips during the banking window so there is less risk,

For example, I book trips August to March on my August UY and then book trips from December to August on my Dec UY.

There are overlap months that I can use points from both. But, in all cases, I never use points during a month that doesn’t allow me to bank them if something happens.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I'm still fairly new to this, but can you explain this concept further with more examples? I currently have a February UY... Not sure I follow this strategy but would love to understand it better

Let's talk about UY 2022.

In order to bank your 2022 points, you would need to do so by September 30. Let's pretend you book a trip for July, but something comes up and you have to cancel. No big deal. You cancel the trip, the points go back into your account, and you can bank them to use any time before January 31, 2024.

Let's say instead that you planned a trip for November. If you need to cancel THAT trip, you get your points back in your account but it's too late to bank them forward to your next use year, because it's after September 30. You only have a couple of months to use them, as they expire at the end of January 2023.

 

[princessmocha]

Question for you all on closing..........does it usually take a seller over two weeks to return closing papers? They had told me that the day after the closing papers were received, we could close. But it's been two weeks since they sent the papers and the sellers haven't returned them yet...........should I be concerned or is this normal?

Up until recently we had never had a seller delay in sending in their paperwork, but one of our recent ones the sellers took around 3 weeks to send in their paperwork. Otherwise we have had everyone turn it in right away.

 

[jbreen2010]

I'll die on the hill that multiple UYs are a huge advantage. If you only have one UY, you don't have any way to travel in the four months outside of your banking window without taking the risk of using un-bankable points should you need to cancel. Adding on to my March contract with an August contract, now I have a backup option if I want to travel November, December, January, February.

I do taxes so it’s highly unlikely I’ll be traveling Jan-April, so I’m happy with my use year. I’m sure plenty of other folks that have seasonal jobs or other reasons to travel at specific times would say the same thing.

But sorry not to digress from this thread…been a quiet day on ROFR lately. Are they doing releases later half of weeks these days? I’m just over 3 weeks of waiting so starting that deadly watching LOL

 

[Paul Stupin]

I'll die on the hill that multiple UYs are a huge advantage. If you only have one UY, you don't have any way to travel in the four months outside of your banking window without taking the risk of using un-bankable points should you need to cancel. Adding on to my March contract with an August contract, now I have a backup option if I want to travel November, December, January, February.

I have a March UY, which works out well since we like to travel to WDW in May and September. That said, we’ll also use them to travel in January and February (availability makes it easy to slide the dates a few days), or any other time during the year. Luckily, we don't often cancel, but buying a whole other UY, along with the complexity of transferring points and multiple banking deadlines etc just as backup doesn’t seem worth it, at least for us.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I have a March UY, which works out well since we like to travel to WDW in May and September. That said, we’ll also use them to travel in January and February (availability makes it easy to slide the dates a few days), or any other time during the year. Luckily, we don't often cancel, but buying a whole other UY, along with the complexity of transferring points and multiple banking deadlines etc just as backup doesn’t seem worth it, at least for us.

Yeah I definitely wouldn't recommend it if you'd need to transfer points, only if you have enough points to book whole trips within each contract via banking and borrowing.

 

[DisneyMusicMan]

I do taxes so it’s highly unlikely I’ll be traveling Jan-April, so I’m happy with my use year. I’m sure plenty of other folks that have seasonal jobs or other reasons to travel at specific times would say the same thing.

But sorry not to digress from this thread…been a quiet day on ROFR lately. Are they doing releases later half of weeks these days? I’m just over 3 weeks of waiting so starting that deadly watching LOL

We’re in the same boat…8/23 submittal. 22 days and counting. I’m still hopeful we have points loaded by Halloween.

I agree, it’s been quiet this week. Last week saw a flurry of waivers early in the week. Maybe tomorrow will see some good news for folks.

 

[Red Dog Run]

Your point being what exactly........?

Think since you are 5 points short, you might want a bit of closure and just reach for an even 3K. Since no 5 pointers out there, maybe another try at the next thousand?

 

[jbreen2010]

We’re in the same boat…8/23 submittal. 22 days and counting. I’m still hopeful we have points loaded by Halloween.

I agree, it’s been quiet this week. Last week saw a flurry of waivers early in the week. Maybe tomorrow will see some good news for folks.

We’re the same day! And yes hoping to get points loaded ASAP assuming I pass. I have 144 points coming that will expire Jan 31, 2022 (can’t bank as they were 2020 points) so hoping they get into the account ASAP and then I book ANYTHING that’s available and enjoy! Haha

 

[DisneyMusicMan]

We’re the same day! And yes hoping to get points loaded ASAP assuming I pass. I have 144 points coming that will expire Jan 31, 2022 (can’t bank as they were 2020 points) so hoping they get into the account ASAP and then I book ANYTHING that’s available and enjoy! Haha

We’re a little less rushed. December UY, and the seller banked all 200 points into 2021. So, assuming we pass, we’ll get 400 on Dec 1. I’m looking to book a room in August, so need them by Jan. But I’d still rather get this behind me.

 

[Cyberc1978]

That is correct. Seller pays all closing costs and MF for 2021. I expect it to not pass ROFR. I think it probably depends on what UY they are looking to ROFR. But there is no downside in trying.

You can always try no harm in that. However it does not matter what UY your contract has as DVC can always just change it if they need to. If they have a buyer for a Dec contract they can ROFR yours and just change the UY.

 

[Bearval]

That is correct. Seller pays all closing costs and MF for 2021. I expect it to not pass ROFR. I think it probably depends on what UY they are looking to ROFR. But there is no downside in trying.

Use year does not matter to DVD anymore since they changed the rule that now allows them it make it any use year they want it to be.

 

[DonMacGregor]

Use year does not matter to DVD anymore since they changed the rule that now allows them it make it any use year they want it to be.

I don’t think that’s entirely true, otherwise you wouldn’t have them putting direct buyers on wait lists for specific use years. They can’t just change a contract to a December use year, for example, if they don’t have 2020 points left.

I almost had to go on a wait list last month for February UY add-on points at SSR.