Yet another UY question

[theostwalts]

For someone who travels in November and June, what would be a good UY month to have?

If you were going to buy enough points to do 2 weeks, one at BLT and one at AKV, would that influence your UY that you would want?

TIA

 

[Sandisw]

The ideal situation is to try and travel in the first 8 months of your UY so that you have the flexibility to deal with points if you have to cancel or change a reservation 31 days or more out, or if you have borrowed points and then have to cancel.

With Nov and June travel, an October UY would work out. You would have until May 31st to bank points.

I have a June UY since we travel in the summer. I like that my current UY points become "available" right before we go so we shouldn't be in a borrowing situation too often.

I also feel, since I travel in the first few months, I have a lot of flexibility to change things without having to worry about what will happen to the points.

HTH.

 

[theostwalts]

The ideal situation is to try and travel in the first 8 months of your UY so that you have the flexibility to deal with points if you have to cancel or change a reservation 31 days or more out, or if you have borrowed points and then have to cancel.

With Nov and June travel, an October UY would work out. You would have until May 31st to bank points.

I have a June UY since we travel in the summer. I like that my current UY points become "available" right before we go so we shouldn't be in a borrowing situation too often.

I also feel, since I travel in the first few months, I have a lot of flexibility to change things without having to worry about what will happen to the points.

HTH.

Thanks,

We like to go to WDW in October and November, usually aroung Halloween or the week after Thanksgiving. With the kids getting older, we may have to go more in the summer. It looks like Oct and Nov may be harder months to book.

 

[Sandisw]

Thanks,

We like to go to WDW in October and November, usually aroung Halloween or the week after Thanksgiving. With the kids getting older, we may have to go more in the summer. It looks like Oct and Nov may be harder months to book.

If you anticipate going in the summer (July or August), then you could also consider a June UY, like me. It would cover those June trips, those Oct/Nov trips, and any summer trips you might want. With June, you have until Jan. 31st to bank (so really June through Feb) trips would be covered if you ever had to cancel trips more than 31 days out.

Good luck!

 

[BLTtinkerbell]

If you anticipate going in the summer (July or August), then you could also consider a June UY, like me. It would cover those June trips, those Oct/Nov trips, and any summer trips you might want. With June, you have until Jan. 31st to bank (so really June through Feb) trips would be covered if you ever had to cancel trips more than 31 days out.

Good luck!

Hi Sandi:

We usually go to WDW in July. I just bought into BLT & my guide told me the UY is Feb. Can you explain to me how this will work? Also, can the UY be changed? Thanks for all you help.

 

[Disney Doc]

Remember - UY has no bearing on when you can make reservations - all use years have the same priority (11/7 months) for any particular time of year. It defines the beginning of your DVC year - impacting borrowing and banking decisions. The most important potential adverse consequence of a particular UY is if you travel frequently during the last four months of your UY, and have lifestyle/job circumstances that force you to occasionally cancel your trip on short notice. Since you cannot bank points during the last four months of your UY, those points become restricted and potentially lost. If you are one of those that has no issues with keeping your scheduled vacations, then UY has no real importance.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

For someone who travels in November and June, what would be a good UY month to have?

If you were going to buy enough points to do 2 weeks, one at BLT and one at AKV, would that influence your UY that you would want?

TIA

Actually, June would probably be a better UY for you. The 8 month banking window will be from June 1st until Jan 31st so that gives you flexibility if you ever needed to cancel either a June or Nov ressie.

Oct would work b/c you would want to cancel a ressie more than 30 days ahead of the start date otherwise they go into holding so any cancelling of a June ressie that wasn't a last minute emergency would still allow banking by the May 31st deadline. But the difference with an Oct UY is that if you did cancel 30 days or less you would only have approx 4 months to use the points before the expired Sept 30th. Late cancelling of a Nov ressie would still give 10 months.

With a June UY if you cancelled less than 30 days out on either a June or Nov ressie you would have 11 months or 6-7 months to use the points before they expired May 31st. It's just going to give slightly more flexibility.

 

[theostwalts]

Actually, June would probably be a better UY for you. The 8 month banking window will be from June 1st until Jan 31st so that gives you flexibility if you ever needed to cancel either a June or Nov ressie.

Oct would work b/c you would want to cancel a ressie more than 30 days ahead of the start date otherwise they go into holding so any cancelling of a June ressie that wasn't a last minute emergency would still allow banking by the May 31st deadline. But the difference with an Oct UY is that if you did cancel 30 days or less you would only have approx 4 months to use the points before the expired Sept 30th. Late cancelling of a Nov ressie would still give 10 months.

With a June UY if you cancelled less than 30 days out on either a June or Nov ressie you would have 11 months or 6-7 months to use the points before they expired May 31st. It's just going to give slightly more flexibility.

Thanks. For some reason, the whole UY thing seems to be the hardest part of DVC for me to understand!!!

 

[BLTtinkerbell]

Remember - UY has no bearing on when you can make reservations - all use years have the same priority (11/7 months) for any particular time of year. It defines the beginning of your DVC year - impacting borrowing and banking decisions. The most important potential adverse consequence of a particular UY is if you travel frequently during the last four months of your UY, and have lifestyle/job circumstances that force you to occasionally cancel your trip on short notice. Since you cannot bank points during the last four months of your UY, those points become restricted and potentially lost. If you are one of those that has no issues with keeping your scheduled vacations, then UY has no real importance.

Hi Disney Doc:

So Feb. should be fine for my UY seeing I usually go to WDW in July.