Use Month

[greggville]

I just signed a contract for a OKW it has points that with some points that will expire in December 04

The listing has a date of 12/1/04. Does the points have to be used before 12/1/04 or do I have the month of December to use them.

thanks

 

[PamOKW]

It sounds like you have a December Use Year.

With a December Use Year points are good from 12/10-11/30 each year. If they say the points are expiring this year, they may only be used to pay for nights up to and including the night of 11/30/04.

Also, if you will be using them for a non-DVC stay, you can use them for stays right up until 11/30 but you must make the reservations prior to the last 60 days of your Use Year -- prior to October 1 in your case.

 

[greggville]

this is what I thought...... It may be hard for me to burn that points before expiring. Not due to a time issue for me, just a availability of Disney...

but one more question the Pat mentioned that she would approached the seller about asking Disney for a one time exception regarding banking the points.

has anyone heard of such an option and if granted easily if the owner has not used it before? (May was the deadline for banking the points)

 

[RobDoc]

Originally posted by greggville
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but one more question the Pat mentioned that she would approached the seller about asking Disney for a one time exception regarding banking the points.

has anyone heard of such an option and if granted easily if the owner has not used it before? (May was the deadline for banking the points)

Actually, you can still bank up to 50% of the points in the contract thru August 31 and you have until Sep 30 to bank up to 25%.

If these points can be banked, you might want to ask the seller to bank the 50% by Tuesday. If they can't be banked, your choices are to use them yourself for a reservation, try to rent them to someone else or see if DVC will allow the one-time-double-secret-exemption. If these are points that were already banked, they may not allow you to bank them under any circumstance. If they can be banked- I'd suggest having the seller act quickly to bank what he can (or to use the "exemption" himself on your behalf.

The "exemption" is an unwritten allowance granted, by circumstance, in extenuating situations. Since Pat was one of the original DVC guides, she certainly knows of it's existence and often shares that bit of knowledge with others.

I'd see if the owner can help first, but consider using the exemption- dependign on the number of points affected.

Good luck!

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

We have heard of the one time exception talked about on this board but I have never heard of anyone who had done it. Be careful with it though. How many points are expiring? Is it worth it to do? If you do it, let us know.

HBC