What Should I Do? Waitlist Holding Conundrum...

[LavaMama]

I have booked a split stay on points all from the same contract and Aug UY. I've been piecing the front end, BLT portion, together for over a month using a waitlist. If 11/16 doesn't come through, I need to drop 11/15. (I have an off-site, cash stay booked as a back up if my waitlist doesn't come through.) I currently have the waitlist scheduled to expire 31 days prior. If I change it to expire 7 days prior and it doesn't fill, what happens when I drop 11/15 which is only 6 days prior? Would those 11/15 points go into holding or would I lose them? If I would lose the points at 6 days prior, I won't be able to wait to see if the waitlist comes through. If they do go into holding, would I be able to swap the points in holding with the points used for the other dates I'm keeping?

 

[CarolynFH]

I am reasonably certain that if you drop 11/15 less than 31 days from checkin for the reservation it’s part of, they’ll go into holding. So if you can use them (to book a reservation 60 days or less from checkin for that reservation, in the same UY as the 11/15 reservation), you won’t lose them.

If they do go into holding, would I be able to swap the points in holding with the points used for the other dates I'm keeping?

I’m not sure what you mean here, but if you mean you have other separate reservations that would fit the 60 days/same UY requirements, yes, you can usually swap them - as long as you’re not modifying those other reservations less than 31 days before checkin and freeing up points by doing it.

 

[Sandisw]

I have booked a split stay on points all from the same contract and Aug UY. I've been piecing the front end, BLT portion, together for over a month using a waitlist. If 11/16 doesn't come through, I need to drop 11/15. (I have an off-site, cash stay booked as a back up if my waitlist doesn't come through.) I currently have the waitlist scheduled to expire 31 days prior. If I change it to expire 7 days prior and it doesn't fill, what happens when I drop 11/15 which is only 6 days prior? Would those 11/15 points go into holding or would I lose them? If I would lose the points at 6 days prior, I won't be able to wait to see if the waitlist comes through. If they do go into holding, would I be able to swap the points in holding with the points used for the other dates I'm keeping?

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The points go into holding. You can’t swap them into the later dates in that same reservation because they’d also be within 31 days and the freed up points would be in holding

Any change to points withon 31 days results in holding. It’s just not from canceled days.

You can only touch the points outside of 31 days if you want to avoid holding.

 

[LavaMama]

The points go into holding. You can’t swap them into the later dates in that same reservation because they’d also be within 31 days and the freed up points would be in holding

Any change to points withon 31 days results in holding. It’s just not from canceled days.

You can only touch the points outside of 31 days if you want to avoid holding.

Thank you. Just to make sure I understand... The CCV portion begins on 11/18 and that reservation is separate from the BLT dates. Does this mean if needed, I could hold on to the 11/15 BLT reservation until 10/16, the date my 11/16 WL expires, cancel if I don't get 11/16. Then, 11/15 points go into holding but because the 11/18 resi hasn't reached the 31 day mark yet, swap those points out with the holding points?