cmarsh31
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2015
Going to try to be as concise as possible! Newbie - bought 70 AKV Dec UY, closed 12/18, just added on 25 direct (same), so the combination of the banked 2016 points that came with our contract AND full 2017 points, plus the direct 25 points we just got have totally changed my plans for 2019 (in a totally OMG never expected to be this lucky kind of way).
165 Dec '17 points (70 banked from '16), 95 Dec '18 points
First trip - GCV Studio in July - 78 points (not touching this reservation!)
2nd - Nov 15-18, currently AKV Value studio, 33 points. Was planning to try for maybe BVR or something at 7 months if lucky.
3rd - 1 night 2/16/19 before cruise AKV Value or standard studio, 2/21-2/24 (Princess 5k!) - want a 1bd room that sleeps 5 for the washer & dryer and extra space after being in one cabin on the ship for 4 days together.
11 month for 3rd trip - 3/15/18
7 month for 2nd trip - 4/15/18
-Banking deadline 7/18
Can I just book the 11 month trip first, banking '17 points if necessary, then a month later, re-allocate if we need more points for the 2nd trip - borrowing '18 points back, if needed, then borrowing '19 points for the 3rd trip? I know it's confusing and I'll have it all happily detailed exactly on a spreadsheet before calling MS. I realize that our November trip is dangerously close to our Dec UY, but with the extra points, it just made sense to do a one-time trip for MVMCP etc. Normal travel time is Feb break for us.
I'm a total planner & spreadsheet geek. The combination of "having" to book 11 months in advance and manage points for 3 years is just my happy place.
165 Dec '17 points (70 banked from '16), 95 Dec '18 points
First trip - GCV Studio in July - 78 points (not touching this reservation!)
2nd - Nov 15-18, currently AKV Value studio, 33 points. Was planning to try for maybe BVR or something at 7 months if lucky.
3rd - 1 night 2/16/19 before cruise AKV Value or standard studio, 2/21-2/24 (Princess 5k!) - want a 1bd room that sleeps 5 for the washer & dryer and extra space after being in one cabin on the ship for 4 days together.
11 month for 3rd trip - 3/15/18
7 month for 2nd trip - 4/15/18
-Banking deadline 7/18
Can I just book the 11 month trip first, banking '17 points if necessary, then a month later, re-allocate if we need more points for the 2nd trip - borrowing '18 points back, if needed, then borrowing '19 points for the 3rd trip? I know it's confusing and I'll have it all happily detailed exactly on a spreadsheet before calling MS. I realize that our November trip is dangerously close to our Dec UY, but with the extra points, it just made sense to do a one-time trip for MVMCP etc. Normal travel time is Feb break for us.
I'm a total planner & spreadsheet geek. The combination of "having" to book 11 months in advance and manage points for 3 years is just my happy place.