transferring reservation question...

[deegack]

We are planning on reserving a 1 bedroom villa a Kidani (home resort) at the 11 month mark. At 7 months we want to try to transfer to a 1 bedroom in either Boardwalk (preferred) or Beach Club. I think the number of points for a Boardwalk/Beach Club villa is less than for Kidani. Will we get the difference credited back to the account? We would put the request in right at the 7 month mark. What if we waitlist and it doesn't come through until the last minute? Will be lose the extra points?

I've always just stayed at our home resort so I'm not sure how it works.

 

[bobbiwoz]

If the waitlist came through right before the visit, the extra points would be holding points and could only be used to book a reservation at 60 days out or less. Those points could not be banked and would expire at the end of the UY they were in.

That's why you can ask for the waitlist to extend only until 31(or is it 30, I am not sure) days out. I only keep a waitlist to the 7 day mark when the new villa would use the same amount or more points.

Bobbi

 

[Sandisw]

When you change at 7 months, the points go back in to your account as the same status they were prior to booking.

If you are still within your banking window for those points, you can then bank them. If you are not, then you would have until the end of the UY to use them.

If you have to wait list, you, as Bobbi mentioned, would want to set it up to cancel at least 31 days or more out so that you avoid holding points. That happens when something happens 30 days or less to check in date. In those cases, the points expire by the end of the UY (regardless of whether you are in the banking window or not) and have the limited use for reservations.

If the 31 day mark would be outside your banking window, then you may want to cancel the waitlist even sooner.

Good luck!

 

[deegack]

Thanks so much for the information.

Another question, the use year expires in Nov. I have until the end of July to bank (I have about 250 left in this use year). Can I bank the points and then use them to book our trip? I would be making the reservations in October for next September (and then trying to transfer in February). I'm so confused. I should just try to book at 7 months and take my chances. Seems like it would be much easier. But I am afraid I will only be able to get SSR or a studio which would not work.

 

[Dean]

Thanks so much for the information.

Another question, the use year expires in Nov. I have until the end of July to bank (I have about 250 left in this use year). Can I bank the points and then use them to book our trip? I would be making the reservations in October for next September (and then trying to transfer in February). I'm so confused. I should just try to book at 7 months and take my chances. Seems like it would be much easier. But I am afraid I will only be able to get SSR or a studio which would not work.

While the points are taken out of your account for accounting purposes, they are not actually used until the date of travel. You'd need to bank first, THEN make the reservation in order to use those points you intend to bank. IF you change to a lower cost option, those banked points will go back into your account, in this case, back into your 2011 UY and would expire the end of Nov, 2012 (assuming the Dec UY).

For a 1 BR we're talking 10 points difference for a week in Oct between a Kidani savannah view and a BW preferred. If you can get standard at BWV, the difference is much larger. You might consider a lessor view at AKV, maybe a standard view or value if you're goal is to change over anyway.

 

[Sandisw]

Thanks so much for the information.

Another question, the use year expires in Nov. I have until the end of July to bank (I have about 250 left in this use year). Can I bank the points and then use them to book our trip? I would be making the reservations in October for next September (and then trying to transfer in February). I'm so confused. I should just try to book at 7 months and take my chances. Seems like it would be much easier. But I am afraid I will only be able to get SSR or a studio which would not work.

Here is the way that made it easier for me to figure out what I could and could not use.

Everything is based on the UY you will travel and not when you call to make or change the reservations. Any trip can be paid for using banked points from the UY prior to travel, points from the UY of travel, and points that are borrowed from the UY after travel.

With a Dec UY, if you want to travel in Oct 2012, that trip will take place in your 2011 UY (Dec. 1st, 2011 through November 30th, 2012). So, that trip can be paid for with banked points from the 2010 UY, 2011 UY points, and borrowed points from 2012.

Right now, you are in your 2010 UY and those points can be used for trips until November 30th, 2011. If you bank them, then you will make them valid for trips during your 2011 UY. As mentioned, you have to bank the points first and then make the reservation.

Since your banking deadline is July 31st, you will want to do that by the end of the month. But, if you ever are making a reservation prior to the banking deadline, you can do it all in one call.

 

[deegack]

thank you thank you thank you

I get it now.