Spring Direct Incentives 2/9-4/27

[WinterSolider]

I've also got a 50/50 split (or at least close to it) but both have the same (restricted) home resort, which makes things a little bit easier. My general plan is to do half-home, and half-somewhere-else, with quick-hitting long weekends to soak up the odd leftover.

Yeah the extent to which you need your home resort window makes a huge difference.

When I go to Aulani, I'm booking a 2 bedroom villa at 11 months and sucking down 3 years worth of points in one gulp. Which means my Aulani contract needs time to recharge before it would do me any good trying to combine it with my OKW contract on a 7-month WDW stay.

 

[Patmcpsu]

Exactly. The lowest cost entry to direct perks. I am happy with SSR.
RIV direct would be a no-brainer for me if it didn't have resale restrictions.

Direct should be your "ride or die" contract; the one you would only sell if you have no other contracts left to sell. In that case, I am looking for commitment, not value. Which contract would you most want to have decades down the line? And if it's expired at that time, it's a major consideration.

 

[WinterSolider]

Direct should be your "ride or die" contract; the one you would only sell if you have no other contracts left to sell. In that case, I am looking for commitment, not value. Which contract would you most want to have decades down the line? And if it's expired at that time, it's a major consideration.

Hm that's an interesting thought but I disagree.

The main value of a direct contract is the ability to book restricted resorts at 7 months. If you have an contract that you ALWAYS use at your home resort and you ALWAYS book at 11 months, then the fact that this contract would be unrestricted at 7 months is pretty much worthless.

 

[TheThousandthSoul]

Direct should be your "ride or die" contract; the one you would only sell if you have no other contracts left to sell. In that case, I am looking for commitment, not value. Which contract would you most want to have decades down the line? And if it's expired at that time, it's a major consideration.

Ride or Die? My avatar says it all!

All jokes aside, your post makes a lot of sense. I need to take this into consideration.

 

[Brian Noble]

Direct should be your "ride or die" contract; the one you would only sell if you have no other contracts left to sell.

The main value of a direct contract is the ability to book restricted resorts at 7 months.

I don't think these are in conflict with one another.

 

[Cfabar1]

love BLT, but that's still a big premium over resale...

 

[TheThousandthSoul]

ng their decision does the same thing because it implies they will be selling.

That is why if someone is considering selling and then buying, that details of what they might sell be more general so it’s not to be seen as a For Sale.

ng their decision does the same thing because it implies they will be selling.

That is why if someone is considering selling and then buying, that details of what they might sell be more general so it’s not to be seen as a For Sale.

Your logic makes a ton of sense to me personally, but I'm also newer to DVC so I'm not as aware of all of the in and outs that others around here are.

If you're happy with SSR as your home resort I think minimizing the cost of 'upgrading' to direct points via buying direct there is the way to go. It's as much an emotional decision as it is a financial one and it seems like you've thought this through pretty well in a way that will work for you in both ways.

A bonus to upgrading those points to direct is that they will also become unrestricted to use as well vs how your resale points are only O14 which will become even more restricted after 2047.

I did the full math.
I won't do a flip. I am not selling.