Use year and booking/borrowing question?

[Desnik]

I don't know why this stuff always confuses me!LOL
I have a June use year.
June 2006, my current use year I have no points.
June 2007 I have 10 points remaining.
June 2008 I have all 150 points.
If I want to book a trip for this Nov 2007 I will need to borrow some points from 2008. When can I book that? Can I call now even though I technically don't have points now and in 2007 I will need to borrow points for that trip?
TIA!

 

[dianeschlicht]

The booking window is ALWAYS 11 months from the checkout date. The earliest you could reserve a November ressie at the 11 month window would have been last December. Your use year has nothing to do with the booking window, but only if you have points in that particular use year or not.

 

[tic-toc-croc]

You can borrow from June '08 UY for the Nov '07 reservation, even though you're still in the June 06 UY today. Home resort booking window applies.

 

[Desnik]

Thank you both!!!

 

[Caskbill]

Sometimes it helps to make yourself a little chart. A June UY chart looks like this for your current point balances:

Use Year..........Vacation Dates.........Current Point Balance
2006.....Jun 1, 2006 thru May 31, 2007...0 points
2007.....Jun 1, 2007 thru May 31, 2008...10 points
2008.....Jun 1, 2008 thru May 31, 2009...150 points
2009.....Jun 1, 2009 thru May 31, 2010...150 points
2010.....Jun 1, 2010 thru May 31, 2011...150 points
and so on.

You want to take a vacation in November 2007. Looking at the chart, you see that timeframe occurs within your 2007 use year. So you must use UY 2007 points to make that reservation. Suppose it will take 125 points as an example.

You only have 10 points in 2007 UY, so you would borrow 115 points from 2008 UY. This would then give you 125 points in UY 2007, and leave you with 35 points in UY 2008.

You can make the reservation at 11-months ahead of your planned check-out date (for home resort). It makes no difference what use year month you have. It only affects which use year the points will come from.

For example, in your case, a November 2007 reservation requires June 2007 UY points. But for someone with a December UY, that same November 2007 would require their Dec 2006 UY points. (That's because their 2006 Use year covers vacation dates Dec 1, 2006 thru Nov 30, 2007)

But for both of you, you each can book at 11-months ahead (home resort) or 7-months ahead (non-home resort) for that reservation, even though your individual points would be coming from different Use Years. (UY 2007 in your case and UY 2006 in the other person's case)

Recap....
Banking: You may bank points from any use year in the table to the use year directly below it.

Borrowing: You may borrow points from any use year in the table to the use year directly above it. You may only borrow in order to make a reservation, and you may only borrow the number of points required to fulfill that reservation.

Hope this helps.

 

[Desnik]

Caskbill
Thank you so much!!!

 

[DebbieB]

If you look at your account online, you will see that 2009 points are already posted there. So even though your 2007 use year does not start until June, your June 2007 points are already in your account and available for use based on your date of stay.

 

[Tiffany]

I will more than likely be buying into the AKV as soon as points go on sale to non members. Is your use year based on when you buy in? So if I buy in next month, March 07 will my use year be from March 07 through the end of Feb 08?

 

[dianeschlicht]

I will more than likely be buying into the AKV as soon as points go on sale to non members. Is your use year based on when you buy in? So if I buy in next month, March 07 will my use year be from March 07 through the end of Feb 08?

That's a little hard to tell right now. Those of us who are members and added on, got our same use years, and it appears that the unit you are "assigned" is dependant on the use year. Which use years are available when you purchase will determin the use year you get. I've never felt use year was all that important anyway. It really only matters if you are in the habit of cancelling reservations.

 

[Tiffany]

That's a little hard to tell right now. Those of us who are members and added on, got our same use years, and it appears that the unit you are "assigned" is dependant on the use year. Which use years are available when you purchase will determin the use year you get. I've never felt use year was all that important anyway. It really only matters if you are in the habit of cancelling reservations.

Thanks for the information. It will be interesting to see if us non-members can get details and really buy points starting on the 5th. Thanks again.