Rookie Question - using different contract at 7 month window

[Bearval]

Hi all -

Apologies for the 101 question - hoping the experts can help - here are the details:

I own both CCV and BWV in Dec UY - same membership #.

I currently have a March 2025 stay booked at CCV using my CCV points but would like to stay at BWV, which is currently available if I use my BWV points.

But I need to use my BWV points for an Aug 2025 stay, booking for that opens in Sept.

Question: Can I book the March 2025 stay using BWV points and then at the 7th month mark (August) go into the existing reservation and change the contract used to CCV or does that risk my losing the room? This way I can save my BWV for the August trip?

TTIA!

No, but what you can do is at the 7 month mark see if ANY of the days are available. If they are book those and cancel the duplicate days. You will need to call member services after you do this to have them merge the reservation.

 

[Bearval]

When you book a reservation using the home resort advantage, that contract will remain locked, which means you have to use it first.

At 7 months, if there are any nights at the beginning or end of your trip availabe, you can book those with the CCV points, if you have any left, and then free up the BWV points you used. I have done that many times but I also didn't want/need those points for something else..

So, you may just have to wait until 7 months and hope if you want to guarantee you have your BWV points.

ETA: Now, one thing you can do...its risky, but worth a try, is to book the BWV now, with BWV, and then at 7 months, try with CCV to book new. if it is not available, then you could drop a few nights at a time from BWV, and hope to snag them right back. The risk is a waitlist might grab them...but I have done that too....it took time, but I accomplished what I wanted.

I think the wait list has gotten a lot faster in picking up dates that become available either that or someone is stalking 24/7. I just recently had to "walk" a AKL 2 bedroom value room for total of 5 days. I did the modifications between 4am and 5am EST everyday for the 5 days. As soon as I completed the modification I when back in to see if the day I dropped was available and everyday except for one it never showed up, on the one day it did as soon as I refreshed it was gone.

 

[Bearval]

I had a reservation this past May for a 2-bedroom BCV. I booked 7 nights with my BCV points at 11 months. At 7 months + 1 day out, I called in to add 1 night with transferred PVB points (this was when there was a glitch and transferred points were not showing online to book when at 7 months). At 7 months + 2 days, I called again to add 1 night, and again the next day, until I had 10 nights. The only thing I'm not sure of that you bring up is whether the whole stay was available and that's why they let me do that.

You are allowed to do that, you were just adding days that were open at the 7 month mark and the room was available to everyone already.

 

[Sandisw]

I think the wait list has gotten a lot faster in picking up dates that become available either that or someone is stalking 24/7. I just recently had to "walk" a AKL 2 bedroom value room for total of 5 days. I did the modifications between 4am and 5am EST everyday for the 5 days. As soon as I completed the modification I when back in to see if the day I dropped was available and everyday except for one it never showed up, on the one day it did as soon as I refreshed it was gone.

I just did it not that long ago to switch which membership to use and I did get it to work.

So, the waitlist did not pick up the nights as a dropped them. But, I did make sure something was still available to book if I lost it.

It is why I do one night at a time because I figure that the chances of someone having just a one night waitlist vs multiple nights is less.

As I said, it is a risky move but other than once, when I dropped three at a time! I have been lucky! Lol