who has more than one UY

[paults]

one use year and are you having any problems with using them together?
Would you suggest getting the same for an add on or it doesn't matter?

 

[Ed T]

I have 280 pts in a Dec use year and 210 pts in a Feb use year. We have owned for 15 years and have no issues with working with two different use years.

 

[Buckeye Fan]

I have three contracts, two UYs.

Problems? Not really. More inconvenient? Yes. For example, I made a reservation for this summer, and used 270 points. I had to use 150 points from my Dec UY, because the points expire in November. If we only had a Dec UY, I would have booked the vacation and not worried a thing about it (MS always takes points that are going to expire first). However, because I was booking the reservation with two separate contracts, I had to sit and figure out what nights to book with the Dec UY and what nights to book with the Aug UY. Fortunately, Sun - Th was exactly 150 points, so it made it easy. Otherwise, I would have either lost points, or used more than I wanted. Because the points were banked, I couldn't transfer them.

With that said, if your current UY works for you, then I'd stick with the same UY. It will do nothing but make things easier for you. If it doesn't, then the inconveniences wouldn't stop me from buying separate UYs. If points aren't banked, you can make 1 transfer in or out of a contract once per year. This would allow you to "pool" the points, which is the benefit of choosing the same UY.

 

[Merilyn]

Two use years can be a lot of trouble when booking unless you have enough points in each to book a vacation without the other UY. You can only transfer once a year so you can only move from one UY to the other UY once.
I have 2 member number with the same UY and same resort and I had trouble working it out. I would suggest you get only 1 UY. It is doable but can be a headache with more.

 

[M4travels]

Three use years with no issues at all. Extremely easy to deal with.

 

[dhluvsDisney]

Two years with two UYs and haven't had any problems. We have JUne and August and do just fine using what we need, when we need it.

 

[ACDSNY]

We have Feb & Aug UY and so far not a big deal to us.

 

[CarolMN]

More than one use year will require extra time and effort on your part to avoid losing points. As others have posted, it can be done. It's not all that hard.

That said, it may or may not be as easy for you as some have implied. Kind of like those who say working with numbers is fun and easy. True for some, not for others.

If you are not an organized person who likes to immerse herself/himself in details, then do yourself a favor and stick with the same use year.

 

[dcfromva]

We have 4 UY's. Our last two purchases were in the same UY. Ironically, I am more concerned with managing the points that have the same UY. I am worried about MS using the wrong (resort) points for a particular reservation at the 7 month or less point. I will have to pay close attention to which points I want to use.

Typically, the points with different UYs are used at the home resort using the home resort booking advantage and banking and borrowing to make up any points shortfalls... If I am using points for a reservation at less than 7 months, I give member services a member ID and they can only see those points.

 

[BWV Dreamin]

We have 4 UY's. Our last two purchases were in the same UY. Ironically, I am more concerned with managing the points that have the same UY. I am worried about MS using the wrong (resort) points for a particular reservation at the 7 month or less point. I will have to pay close attention to which points I want to use.

Typically, the points with different UYs are used at the home resort using the home resort booking advantage and banking and borrowing to make up any points shortfalls... If I am using points for a reservation at less than 7 months, I give member services a member ID and they can only see those points.

You make a very good point...I have two different contracts under the same UY. Today, I waitlisted for a room size that I will have to borrow points for if it should come in. Now, how will they know which contract to borrow the points from? One of the contracts is my home resort for which I am waitlisting, the other not. Will they automatically borrow the home resort points first (this is all being done at the 7 mos. mark, so the other non-home resort, same UY pts. could also be borrowed and used)? They will still need to use some pts. from the non-home resort contract, as I will be just short borrowing from my home resort pts.

 

[Starr W.]

You make a very good point...I have two different contracts under the same UY. Today, I waitlisted for a room size that I will have to borrow points for if it should come in. Now, how will they know which contract to borrow the points from? One of the contracts is my home resort for which I am waitlisting, the other not. Will they automatically borrow the home resort points first (this is all being done at the 7 mos. mark, so the other non-home resort, same UY pts. could also be borrowed and used)? They will still need to use some pts. from the non-home resort contract, as I will be just short borrowing from my home resort pts.

Be very specific on what pool of points to use at 7 months(really important when you have banked points, as they have a thing about pulling those first, must be the training).

I was like "don't touch the VB points". I'm squirreling them for the 11 month mark for Premier season!

But that's only happened once.