kristenrice
NOT just an ambulance driver
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2006
I'm planning a trip for October 2018. My home resort is AKV and I will have 88 points to use for the final reservation. 55 points will be banked from 2017 and the other 33 will be current. (*For our extended-family 2019 trip, I will need to bank 67 points but I will have them available for reservations) We have stayed many times at AKV and we'd like to change it up, if possible, so at 7 months, we're going to look at any of the other resorts with the exception of GFV, PVB, BLT and OKW.
So, basically, my plan is this...
At the 11-month mark, book Sat-Fri (6 nights) in a standard studio at AKV (74 points, 55 banked + 19 current)...
At 7-months, go ONLINE and book Sat-Thu (5 nights) in a studio at CCV/BRV/BCV/BWV/SSR, based on whatever is available, using my remaining current UY points. We aren't particularly choosy as the only one we've stayed at in that batch is BWV. I know that the chances are slim, but we will try anyways.
This is where I have 2 questions...
After I've (hypothetically) secured these reservations, I'd like to call MS at 9am at the 7-month window and buy 3-5 OTU points (depending on which 7-month resort we booked) and ADD a night (Thursday) to the end of that reservation. Will I be able to do this, or will this be treated as a separate reservation and I'll have to wait?
Second, assuming I am able to secure a 6-night reservation at a non-home resort, I will cancel my AKV reservation which will free up 55 banked points. Will MS be able to swap those out with the current points used for the non-home resort??
So, basically, my plan is this...
At the 11-month mark, book Sat-Fri (6 nights) in a standard studio at AKV (74 points, 55 banked + 19 current)...
At 7-months, go ONLINE and book Sat-Thu (5 nights) in a studio at CCV/BRV/BCV/BWV/SSR, based on whatever is available, using my remaining current UY points. We aren't particularly choosy as the only one we've stayed at in that batch is BWV. I know that the chances are slim, but we will try anyways.
This is where I have 2 questions...
After I've (hypothetically) secured these reservations, I'd like to call MS at 9am at the 7-month window and buy 3-5 OTU points (depending on which 7-month resort we booked) and ADD a night (Thursday) to the end of that reservation. Will I be able to do this, or will this be treated as a separate reservation and I'll have to wait?
Second, assuming I am able to secure a 6-night reservation at a non-home resort, I will cancel my AKV reservation which will free up 55 banked points. Will MS be able to swap those out with the current points used for the non-home resort??