Originally posted by kwimbie
I just recently purchased into SSR. B/c my DS had a April use year I elected to make mine the same. I'm looking to book a grand villa next December 2005 and was wondering how my use year will play into the reservation. I was hoping to book the trip in January by using all 250 of my 2005 points and then borrow the reamining from my 2006 points. Can I do this at the 11 month January window or do I need to wait till April which is my use year? I'm a newbie to this site but have found it a great resource for planning. Thanks in advance for the advice.
OOPS! forgot to mention that I sold 2004's points back to Disney.
You can make the reservtion in January at the 11 month window. Here's why:
Your 2005 points are good for stays between 4/1/2005 and 3/31/2006.
Your 2006 points are good for stays between 4/1/2006 and 3/31/2007.
You desired vacation dates fall within your 2005 use year.
If you do not have enough 2005 points, you can borrow from your 2006 use year. Once borrowed to make the reservation, those borrowed points become good for stays between 4/1/2005 and 3/31/2006. The borrowed points must be used prior to 3/31/2006 or they will be lost. Once borrowed, points cannot be returned to their original use year.
Use year has nothing to do with the reservation window. That is always 11 months from check out at your home resort and 7 months from check out for non-home resorts. Points do not have to be in your account when you call, only when you arrive.
HTH - if it doesn't totally answer your question, post again.
Best wishes -
P. S. re your 2004 points:
You sold your 2004 points back to Disney. If you hadn't, those points would have been good for stays between the "date your SSR building opens" and 3/31/2005. If you still had the 2004 points, you would have had to bank them into your 2005 use year if you wanted to use them for a December 2005 reservation.
