I called Thursday at 1:30pm EST so I’m at about 54 hours now. Definitely sounds like something’s wrong. My guide emailed me Friday morning verifying I was in the queue, they had a backlog of 250+ contracts, and qualified for luggage as it was based on entry into queue. So who knows at this point.
I think the current UY points help if someone is kinda on the edge of buying/not buying. I have a December UY and I bought the AUL fire sale (300 points at $133) on Nov 31st. Getting the 2020 points (and Disney banking them for me) is what made me decide it was worth it. I basically said those points were worth $15pp and it made AUL a deal that was too hard to pass up. In the super long term the one years worth of points is not a huge deal, but one of the perks of normally buying direct is getting all current UY points and that is taken away on VGF.
Well, they said the luggage would be available for the first 500 buyers. I guess it sold out quickly. It might be annoying, but it’s not weird.
Me too. Though rare, I’m sure there are situations where we’d be glad we have it.
That’s exactly what I thought, and then I’d be kicking myself for being penny wise and dollar foolish!
Honestly, I’m just thrilled with the $207 price point. I think if they raised the base price before new members had a chance, I might be too salty and walk away
as for things like luggage, I don’t really care about stuff like that. I know people are mad about the backpacks. I’m a total minimalist, so I’m really choosy about what material things I let take up real estate in my home. A nice little dollar incentive though would make me happy.
Yeah, I was disappointed. It changed plans I’d come up with in my head, but I still plan to buy when it opens to non-members. It’s disappointing but definitely not a deal breaker. I mean you’re buying a 42 year contract, it’s just one year’s worth of points. But that’s me personally. Definitely was bummed though!
None. You just don't pad Disney's bottom line.
That’s a good plan. And I do agree that in three years the points will resale more than they are currently selling for. I bought 454 points, 2 contracts for 150 and one for 154 to even things up point total wise. I checked the fine print, under the hope that I might have an extra luggage set to give you, but the contract says that you’re only entitled to one if you buy multiple contracts in one day of 125 or over. Seems fair.
Looks like it’s a 1 bed standard FW 42 with October UY.
For VGF, you typically can get $20 per point on the DVC rental market. When we bought VGF1 resale, we had enough points for our already-planned vacations. So we rented our VGF1 2020 and 2021 points, while the seller paid the Maintenance Fee for these 2 years. In effect, we dropped the price of what we paid by $40 per point.
