So I can't cancel a reservation that includes banked points?
Don't those banked points just go back to the use year that they are banked (in my case my banked 2014 points into 2015?)
You can cancel the reservation, but the points stay borrowed or banked. Once you bank or borrow points, they stay "trapped" in that New UY, never to return to the original. If you don't use them by the end of that year moved into, then they are gone.
That was why I recommended using the majority of those 2014 points for the August trip, and then bank the remaining forward. Also, the banking window for you is June 30. That is why most people recommend a UY that you can travel most often with. If you needed to cancel the reservation before that window, then you could bank your points over to next UY. I've heard of MS giving people a reprieve for a death or one time mistake, but that not guarenteed.
You've lost me here.
Thanks brother. Hopefully I can get all this crap figured out. We are trying to save some points using studios for the next 1 1/2 years before we are forced into 1BRs.
Glad to help. This part is a little more confusing. When you book your seven nights for 136 points, each night has that specific # of points assigned. It is not uncommon for DVC members to alter those days - adding a night, subtracting a night, changing resorts, etc - based on whatever reason.
Adding nights is not a problem as long as you have the points and the resort has availability. But, when you want to alter your reservation to change resorts, MS will actually cancel those specific number of nights of that stay and then add the other nights.
For an example, I had booked BWV for 6 nights. I wanted to change it to 3 nights at BWV and 3 nights at VBR. I checked VBR availability, and there were rooms available at all three views, so I felt confident there was availability. When I called MS, they cancelled 3 nights of my BWV stay, returned those points to my account, booked the 3 nights at VBR, and used the needed amount of points for that stay. While that process took seconds on the computer, technically, I only had three nights booked for a vacation. If another DVC member was talking to MS or was on the computer, my new reservation could have been booked, and my old reservation days were returned to the pool of points, and someone else could book BWV. I would have been SOL with only 3 nights booked for the vacation. I would have had to hope to find another dvc resort, submit a waitlist, shorten my stay, or pay cash for rooms. Does that make sense?
Thus, the reason I suggested using the points that way (book BCV then SSR) was to prevent you from having the week at BCV, calling to "cancel" a night and then re-book the same night with borrowed points, only to find that one night had been booked by someone else. You would then have to change your airfare or stay at two different resorts the same trip (one for one night).
There are a couple of work arounds. But, I'll try not to completely overwhelm you. Brett is right. Where is that circus music coming from?
, you plan to hold a reservation at your home resort (better to have one at a resort you don;t prefer versus not having one at all!)I'll assume that the month that you get your points coincides appropriately and you can use your 2014 points in 2016.
