Transferring points between contracts

[LauraLea]

Our guide is out until tomorrow, so I thought I would ask our question here.

We have 2 contracts, with 2 member numbers: BWV Oct UY and VWL Dec UY. We want to add on to our BWV contract. Since it is past the banking date for 2004 can we transfer the BWV 2004 points from the add-on into our VWL Dec 2005 UY contract?

Thanks.......Laura

 

[Dean]

Our guide is out until tomorrow, so I thought I would ask our question here.

We have 2 contracts, with 2 member numbers: BWV Oct UY and VWL Dec UY. We want to add on to our BWV contract. Since it is past the banking date for 2004 can we transfer the BWV 2004 points from the add-on into our VWL Dec 2005 UY contract?

Thanks.......Laura

The answer is it might or might not work. But depending on your contract size and amount of points you would be buying, you might still be OK as the total points are cumulative across the entire contract. Say you owned a 200 point contract and added 50 points, you'd be able to bank all 50 up until prior to the 2 month window if you hadn't banked any others.

 

[Caskbill]

While you can transfer the points from one account to another, (just like from one member to another member), technically the points are suppose to retain their original resort and Use Year, so it wouldn't do you any good if your purpose is to bank them. When transferred, they do not change into VWL Dec UY points.

Now, having said that, note that DVC's computer system often has trouble with transfers. It's been reported in the past from people that during a transfer the home resort did switch for the transferred points, and it's possible Use Year months may switch. They're not suppose to according to DVC's policies. Obviously if it were suppose to be that way, it would be a loophole around the banking deadlines, as well as a loophole around some other issues as well, such as getting home resort advantages at a non-home resort just by transferring points between contracts.

We know DVC is working on the computer issues to fix these glitches. As to what will happen if you transfer points all depends at this time upon the programming fixes DVC may have already initiated.

But as Dean suggests, you may be able to bank them under the BWV contract, depending on if you've banked many of your BWV points already or not. All points for all contracts under the same master number (membership number) are combined to determine banking percentages. They can even be at different resorts.

 

[Dean]

While you can transfer the points from one account to another, (just like from one member to another member), technically the points are suppose to retain their original resort and Use Year, so it wouldn't do you any good if your purpose is to bank them. When transferred, they do not change into VWL Dec UY points.

Now, having said that, note that DVC's computer system often has trouble with transfers. It's been reported in the past from people that during a transfer the home resort did switch for the transferred points, and it's possible Use Year months may switch. They're not suppose to according to DVC's policies. Obviously if it were suppose to be that way, it would be a loophole around the banking deadlines, as well as a loophole around some other issues as well, such as getting home resort advantages at a non-home resort just by transferring points between contracts.

We know DVC is working on the computer issues to fix these glitches. As to what will happen if you transfer points all depends at this time upon the programming fixes DVC may have already initiated.

But as Dean suggests, you may be able to bank them under the BWV contract, depending on if you've banked many of your BWV points already or not. All points for all contracts under the same master number (membership number) are combined to determine banking percentages. They can even be at different resorts.

Bill, as I pointed out in another thread, DVC has been "working on it" since at least 1999 with no changes yet. And currently any transfers DO attain the home resort of the destination contract and not infrequently, the destination use year as well. And since transferred points don't come under the percentages, it's entirely possible that one can bank them after transfer if you couldn't before, even if the use year does not change.