Will I lose points?

[LCoulter]

I have a reservation for one day that I need to cancel. Half the points are from Oct 2011 and the other half are from Oct 2012 so it is the Oct 2011 points that I am worried about.

I am thinking about booking a non-home resort stay in either Oct/Nov 2012 OR Feb/Mar 2013. Will I lose those Oct 2011 points before I am able to book either of these reservations?

I hope this makes sense. Thanks for your help.

 

[backyardponder]

Your October 2011 points expire September 30, 2012. If you cancel your reservation more than 30 days prior to the reservation date, your 2011 points are returned to your 2011 balance. You can then bank those points into your 2012 use year...moving their expiration to September 30, 2013.

So, assuming you cancel prior to 4 months, then bank those points, you won't loose them.

 

[LCoulter]

Great to hear, thanks.

 

[chalee94]

So, assuming you cancel prior to 4 months...

just to clarify: this means you need to cancel prior to 4 months before the end of your UY...so by may 31, 2012 for oct 2011 pts. may 31 is when your banking window closes...

 

[dzorn]

If you borrowed points from your October 2012 UY into a reservation that takes place in your 2011 UY those points will remain in your 2011 UY they will not be put back into your 2012 UY. So you may be able to bank your 2011 points but borrowing is a final transaction.

Is the one day you need to cancel in your 2011 or 2012 UY?

Denise in MI

 

[LCoulter]

If you borrowed points from your October 2012 UY into a reservation that takes place in your 2011 UY those points will remain in your 2011 UY they will not be put back into your 2012 UY. So you may be able to bank your 2011 points but borrowing is a final transaction.

Is the one day you need to cancel in your 2011 or 2012 UY?

Denise in MI

The one day that I want to cancel is in June 2012.

 

[dzorn]

The one day that I want to cancel is in June 2012.

That would be in your 2011 October UY so you will still have the 2012 points in your 2011 UY that would expirer Sept 30th 2012.

Denise in MI

 

[Sandisw]

As others have said, you must have borrowed the 2012 UY points to complete the reservation and therefore, those points will now expire at the end of your 2011 UY, which is September 30, 2012.

Everything is based on UY of travel and as long as you cancel 31 days or more out, those points are returned to your account.

If they are current UY points, and you are in your banking window, then yes, those can be banked. If they are banked points already or borrowed points, then those will have to be used by the end of the UY that the trip was scheduled.

If you cancel less than 31 days outs, then the points, all of them, become holding points and can only be used for reservations 60 or less days out and will also expire by the end of the UY of the originally scheduled trip.

 

[LCoulter]

As others have said, you must have borrowed the 2012 UY points to complete the reservation and therefore, those points will now expire at the end of your 2011 UY, which is September 30, 2012.

Everything is based on UY of travel and as long as you cancel 31 days or more out, those points are returned to your account.

If they are current UY points, and you are in your banking window, then yes, those can be banked. If they are banked points already or borrowed points, then those will have to be used by the end of the UY that the trip was scheduled.

If you cancel less than 31 days outs, then the points, all of them, become holding points and can only be used for reservations 60 or less days out and will also expire by the end of the UY of the originally scheduled trip.

None of the points were from banked points but the Oct 2012 points were borrowed points. (17 points were from Oct 2011 and were NOT banked points and 23 points were borrowed from Oct 2012.) The reservation that I need to cancel is in June 2012 and I am planning to cancel it now. So my understanding is that the Oct 2012 points become Oct 2011 points and will expire Sept 30, 2012, so does this mean I will be able to bank all the points or only the points that were initially Oct 2011?

I just noticed that you are from Syracuse, NY....so are we! Hi, neighbor!

 

[chalee94]

So my understanding is that the Oct 2012 points become Oct 2011 points and will expire Sept 30, 2012, so does this mean I will be able to bank all the points or only the points that were initially Oct 2011?

only the pts that were originally oct 2011 can be banked.

once you bank or borrow pts, they are "stuck" in their new UY and cannot be moved again. so if you borrowed 2012 pts into your 2011 UY, that is where they have to stay.