Use Year Confusion.

[Deb & Bill]

Yes, they were lying. If you buy direct from DVC, you get the points available for the current UY. The best way to distinguish and clarify with the salesperson is to buy a UY that's already expired for 2011, like say April, and ask them for the 2011 points. Suddenly they won't be giving them to you b/c they don't exist.
There are a set number of points per year per resort. They can't magically "create" points, only work with what's available. So the points they "give" have to be a current, active UY. Since we are in the December UY until Nov 30th, they can give these as "old, 2011" points; sounds good b/c we are in the 2012 calendar year.

If they said that you would not normally get the points until the beginning of the next UY, then why not just wait until then to buy? Why shell out thousands of dollars you can't use until December?

Sadly, it's a constant theme here reading people say that they bought in b/c they were "given bonus points!", or led to believe they were getting some special deal. It's not the buyers fault, it's Disney and people want to believe they would never be lied to by a guy with a mouse on his name tag.

As Deb said, your first clue that they are lying is when their lips start moving.

The only time you won't get points is when you buy a new resort pre-opening and there are no points for that UY. So if the resort opens in October and you purchase a June UY, you will get your first points in the following year.

 

[disneynutz]

When buying direct, do you have any ability to negotiate your UY? The one offered to us on the DCL last week was specifically for AKV with a Feb UY. We like to travel around Thanksgiving, so if I understand some of the things I have read, a Feb UY may not be a good thing for us.

DVD has a thing for February UY's for some reason. If you look at sales during the last year or so there were far more February UY sales than any other month.

Bill

 

[disneynutz]

I think I'll be confused about the use year until my 77th birthday.......

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED. I bought my membership in April on a DCL cruise with the incentive of their gift of 160 points for the UY 2011, so really we started with 320. We went ahead and booked an AKV stay in January 2013 with 63 of our points. Banked the rest of the 160 and are planning on borrowing 20-something points for a June trip to Aulani, and still be able to go to WDW for Food and Wine in October 2013.

On DVCMember.Com, it says "This Use Year's remaining Vacation Points for Member ID number will expire on the last business day of November 2012."

I have 257 points remaining for UY 2012. Can we use these points toward a vacation in June 2013 to Aulani? SUPER CONFUSED!

How many times in a row can you bank?

Make a calendar on paper and put December where January should be, January in place of February and so on. That is your UY calendar and it starts with 2011 because last December started your UY, next December starts your 2012 UY.

Bill

 

[mjc2003]

The only time you won't get points is when you buy a new resort pre-opening and there are no points for that UY. So if the resort opens in October and you purchase a June UY, you will get your first points in the following year.

Well I was not aware of that--but it makes sense. Of course with the price projections of GFV and any new resorts, I definitely won't have to worry about it either!