Using Points, not sure if I can do this with my U/Y for Aulani

[js]

Hi.
Although I don't know if booking at Aulani at 7 months for July 2014 would even be feasable, this is what my family is hoping right now to do.

I have 420 September U/Y Points.
We do not have our 2013 points.

Can we use our 420 2014 U/Y Points for Aulani for July 2014?
Can we use our 420 2015 U/Y Points for Aulani for the same reservation?

I think maybe I cannot use the 2015 U/Y points until after August 31, 2014 but not sure.

Thank you very much.

 

[abdmom]

As long as the reservation is made in the 7 month lead time, you can use banked and borrowed points that apply to that time. September 1, 2014 is the beginning of your 2014 year. September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2014 is your 2013 use year. For a July, 2014 reservation, you can use your 2014 points by borrowing them from your September, 2014 allotment. Your 2015 points can only be used for reservations that occur after September 1, 2014.

 

[js]

As long as the reservation is made in the 7 month lead time, you can use banked and borrowed points that apply to that time. September 1, 2014 is the beginning of your 2014 year. September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2014 is your 2013 use year. For a July, 2014 reservation, you can use your 2014 points by borrowing them from your September, 2014 allotment. Your 2015 points can only be used for reservations that occur after September 1, 2014.

Thank you. That is what I thought. So I cannot use my 2015 September U/Y points for my July 2014 ressie.

I wanted to book the GV at Aluani for July 2014 but I guess we will book a 2 bedroom (if we can at 7 months). There will be 5 of us (my family of 4, which includes a ds/dd) and my mom. I guess my dd could stay in my mom's room and my ds would have to sleep on the pull out couch. I had hoped to avoid using the LV as a sleeping area but if I can get HI at 7 months for a 2 bedroom S or I view, I'll take it.
Hopefully with the construction, there will be more units going into inventory.

Thank you.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Your biggest problem with borrowing all your 2014 points for a July 2014 reservation is that if you have to cancel it for some reason, those points will expire on August 31, 2014. They won't be able to be "unborrowed".

 

[lodge]

It is a bit early but you can also go here: http://www.disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=29

and see if there is someone offering to either rent (which you could then rent part or all of your stay from them) or tranfer in order to get more points for your stay (you can bank transferred points). If you could find an Aulani owner, that could book you at 11 months, that'd even be better (provided you want to put the money up and not use your own points).

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[eandesmom]

I would also add that summer is prime for Aulani and lots of folks had issues getting June and July at 7m. (I haven't tracked for August). There are not very many standard view rooms and because of the lower point values I would think your chance of that view is very low, Island better but not great either simply based on lower inventory. Best availability will likely be in the Pool view category. The vast majority of the rooms are either Pool or Ocean view. All rooms should be done by July of 2014.

If you can budget for Pool, and hope for something lower you might have a good chance right at 7m. If it were me though I'd definitely get the DVC travel insurance as if something does happen you will be in a holding situation with basically unusable points. For $89, that would be a lot of peace of mind. It's only the dues but still, for 420 points, that adds up!