May 2nd, 2023 - DVC The Villas @ Disneyland Hotel

[ark101]

Just grabbed an AmEx Bus Plat, mostly for the 5X on travel (we'll see about the $15k spend in 3 months). Did the direct sale code as travel with AmEx?

Yes it did for me. "DISNEY VACATION DEVELOPMENT" was the business.

 

[longboard55]

So my points show up but it does not show Disneyland hotel as a resort. Is that what everyone else has. I want to book first day

 

[Sunnyore]

So my points show up but it does not show Disneyland hotel as a resort. Is that what everyone else has. I want to book first day

You’ll have to call in to member’s service that first day to book.

 

[noisycricket]

We pre-planned this and opened up 4 new credit cards to pay with. The purchase of 60 points was split unevenly between them with no issues.

CC BONUSES:

+50k AA miles
+75k AA miles
+65k Delta miles
+5 x 50k Marriot Certs

Chase posted as TRAVEL while AMEX has not. Citi and Barclays have not posted a designation yet.

On the credit card topic-- yep, re-confirmed that on the Sapphire Visa card, Chase Ultimate Rewards counted "DVC ESCROW PAYMENT" as "Travel" with 3x points.

 

[DonMacGregor]

Yes it did for me. "DISNEY VACATION DEVELOPMENT" was the business.

Thanks!

 

[Heroes_or_Villains]

Yes it did for me. "DISNEY VACATION DEVELOPMENT" was the business.

So jealous! My regular AMEX plat did not code as travel. My Chase Sapphire did code as travel so at least that was 2x there.

 

[DonMacGregor]

So jealous! My regular AMEX plat did not code as travel. My Chase Sapphire did code as travel so at least that was 2x there.

I'll definitely be using my Business Plat then for sure.

 

[Kidguile]

With new incentives - the same add on I did for VDH is now about $100 more.

 

[jjanne]

Just grabbed an AmEx Bus Plat, mostly for the 5X on travel (we'll see about the $15k spend in 3 months). Did the direct sale code as travel with AmEx?

@DonMacGregor @Rusty45398 - can I ask if your AMEX platinum gave you both 150,000 signup points and then 5x on the $15k (or higher) DVC purchase.

 

[paslaugh]

@DonMacGregor @Rusty45398 - can I ask if your AMEX platinum gave you both 150,000 signup points and then 5x on the $15k (or higher) DVC purchase.

This was incorrect info. The Amex Biz Platinum does not give 5x points for DVC purchases, only flights and prepaid hotels booked directly with AmexTravel. Also right now there is a 170,000 point offer on this card with $15k min spend in 3 months.

Chase Sapphire Reserve on the other hand does code 3x for the purchase on travel, but to max out the credit card benefit it’s always better to try to knock out a few credit card sign up bonuses with the purchase.

 

[take36]

@DonMacGregor @Rusty45398 - can I ask if your AMEX platinum gave you both 150,000 signup points and then 5x on the $15k (or higher) DVC purchase.

Can I use one of those Chase business cards for a DVC purchase? They have great sign up bonuses!

 

[paslaugh]

Can I use one of those Chase business cards for a DVC purchase? They have great sign up bonuses!

Yeah, and if you can get a friend to send you a referral link so they can also get 40k points. I’m not positive but I would think the Chase Ink Business Preferred also would code this purchase as 3x for travel. Those ink ultimate reward points (all but the ink Premier) can then be transferred to your Sapphire account so you can use them with all of Chase’s travel partners.

 

[take36]

Yeah, and if you can get a friend to send you a referral link so they can also get 40k points. I’m not positive but I would think the Chase Ink Business Preferred also would code this purchase as 3x for travel. Those ink ultimate reward points (all but the ink Premier) can then be transferred to your Sapphire account so you can use them with all of Chase’s travel partners.

Thanks for the response and tip!

Do both cards need to have the same social security number to transfer? I have an EIN I usually use for my business stuff but can use my SSN for this case if it allows it to transfer into my personal sapphire point pool.

 

[DonMacGregor]

@DonMacGregor @Rusty45398 - can I ask if your AMEX platinum gave you both 150,000 signup points and then 5x on the $15k (or higher) DVC purchase.

They did not, and I never actually said they did. As you can see in the post you quoted, I was also asking if the purchase coded as travel. I did grab the card on the suggestion that some cards were coding the DVC purchases as travel, but the AmEx Bus Plat does not. I thought I had gone back and added that info. but I guess I didn't. The purchase did go towards the SUB, but did not get 5X points.

 

[jjanne]

They did not, and I never actually said they did. As you can see in the post you quoted, I was also asking if the purchase coded as travel. I did grab the card on the suggestion that some cards were coding the DVC purchases as travel, but the AmEx Bus Plat does not. I thought I had gone back and added that info. but I guess I didn't. The purchase did go towards the SUB, but did not get 5X points.

cool, this is helpful. thanks @DonMacGregor

 

[PolyRob]

Yeah, and if you can get a friend to send you a referral link so they can also get 40k points. I’m not positive but I would think the Chase Ink Business Preferred also would code this purchase as 3x for travel. Those ink ultimate reward points (all but the ink Premier) can then be transferred to your Sapphire account so you can use them with all of Chase’s travel partners.

I can confirm that a Chase Ink Preferred codes DVC as travel for 3x Ultimate Rewards.

I had no luck on the Citi Premier for 3x Thank You points.

Someone in another thread posted success with the Amex Personal Green since that is 3x on hotels.

 

[ocdb8r1]

Yeah, and if you can get a friend to send you a referral link so they can also get 40k points. I’m not positive but I would think the Chase Ink Business Preferred also would code this purchase as 3x for travel. Those ink ultimate reward points (all but the ink Premier) can then be transferred to your Sapphire account so you can use them with all of Chase’s travel partners.

I can also confirm the Chase Ink Business Preferred codes 3x for travel and I signed up and met my sign up bonus spend with the DVC purchase. Happy to send a referral link to anyone interested...just PM me.

 

[longboard55]

We are booked opening day, does anyone know if they do anything special or what is a good time to show up

 

[The_MT]

Has anyone found out if some of the duo studios actually have balconies? I really hope so!

 

[Yankee626]

Has anyone found out if some of the duo studios actually have balconies? I really hope so!

I don't think any of the studios have balconies . Maybe the Garden View rooms .