JCMCM
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 18, 2015
I've thought about this and googled till it made my head hurt so I thought I'd just come to the experts . . .
We've mulled DVC over several times and are now strongly considering purchasing -- likely 100 AKL direct to start (having the "perks" is important to us) and then adding on a resale at some point once we've had a chance to use the system, stay at a few different resorts to see where we love most, etc. Hypothetically, we might add on points at a different resort with the same UY -- maybe 125 at BLT.
I get that we would only have 11 month booking for the points "at" the respective resorts. However, through banking and borrowing we could increase the number of points available to us at 11 months on the individual contracts. I get that too.
Here's where my head starts hurting . . . if we didn't book at AKL or BLT at 11 months and instead chose to book elsewhere at 7 months -- say OKW -- how does the DVC system "know" which points to use? I'd like the answer to be "I tell it" so I could use banked/current/borrowed from whichever contract made sense at the time. Is that how it works or is there some default thou shalt use these points mechanism -- or worse -- the system randomly selects for you? My concern is losing points if the "right" ones aren't used.
Does this make sense? Just trying to think through how all this works in practicality. Many thanks in advance for any insight those of you already in the know can share! I feel like I'm waaaaaay overthinking this.
We've mulled DVC over several times and are now strongly considering purchasing -- likely 100 AKL direct to start (having the "perks" is important to us) and then adding on a resale at some point once we've had a chance to use the system, stay at a few different resorts to see where we love most, etc. Hypothetically, we might add on points at a different resort with the same UY -- maybe 125 at BLT.
I get that we would only have 11 month booking for the points "at" the respective resorts. However, through banking and borrowing we could increase the number of points available to us at 11 months on the individual contracts. I get that too.
Here's where my head starts hurting . . . if we didn't book at AKL or BLT at 11 months and instead chose to book elsewhere at 7 months -- say OKW -- how does the DVC system "know" which points to use? I'd like the answer to be "I tell it" so I could use banked/current/borrowed from whichever contract made sense at the time. Is that how it works or is there some default thou shalt use these points mechanism -- or worse -- the system randomly selects for you? My concern is losing points if the "right" ones aren't used.
Does this make sense? Just trying to think through how all this works in practicality. Many thanks in advance for any insight those of you already in the know can share! I feel like I'm waaaaaay overthinking this.