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Old 04-15-2010, 11:57 AM   #1
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DVC to permit purchase of one time use points

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New option offers alternative to borrowing vacation points

Disney Vacation Club
® has created a convenient new solution for Members who find themselves in need of additional vacation points to book a reservation.

This new option, designed as an alternative to borrowing from next year's allotment, allows Members the option of paying for a one-time assignment of as many as 24 vacation points from Disney Vacation Development, Inc., for $15 a vacation point ($13.33 plus $1.67 tax) to complete their reservation. (A receipt is available upon request.)

Members may use these vacation points to book Disney Vacation Club Resorts, Disney Collection Resorts, Disney Cruise Line® voyages, Adventures by Disney experiences and World Passport Collection resorts.

Note that this option is available once each use year, and the transferred vacation points are assigned only for the specific use year and therefore expire when used.




Details:
  • One-time-use vacation points are vacation points available for Disney Vacation Club Members to use as an alternative to borrowing vacation points from the following use year's allotment.
  • You can obtain a maximum of 24 one-time-use vacation points once per use year per membership.
  • A maximum of 24 one-time-use vacation points are processed in a single transaction, not multiple transactions.
  • The fee for one-time-use vacation points is $15 (including tax) per vacation point, and is subject to change.
  • One-time-use vacation points expire according to the use year of the reservation booked and are non-refundable, non-transferable and cannot be banked or borrowed.
  • One-time-use vacation points are not available for waitlist reservations.
  • One-time-use vacation points cannot be applied retroactively to existing reservations.
  • One-time-use vacation points are only available for Members whose contract is closed and in good standing.
  • One-time-use vacation points are available only for Disney Vacation Club, Disney Collection, Adventurer Collection and World Passport Collection reservations.
  • One-time-use vacation points used for Disney Vacation Club resort reservations can only be used up to 7 months prior to arrival.
  • One-time-use vacation points for Disney Collection, Adventurer Collection and World Passport reservations can be used according to the booking guidelines for each individual collection.
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So does that mean for $360 ($15x24 points) you could make up the difference on something? You pay the cash, and it's as if you have 24 additional points? That sounds like great news - particularly if you want to get out of the cycle of always being a year ahead on what points you're using if you are borrowing the next year all the time!
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It sounds fantastic for DVC owners who need just an additional point or two to make a reservation, but at the rate of $15, it's cheaper to rent them.
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It sounds fantastic for DVC owners who need just an additional point or two to make a reservation, but at the rate of $15, it's cheaper to rent them.
Perhaps. But unless you purchase enough points for a full night's stay, you would have to have the points transferred rather than going the rental route. Might be tough to find a member willing to transfer a small number of points since we are limited to one transfer per year.

Renting/transferring would also require more work than simply calling DVC and having the points immediately placed into your account.
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Perhaps. But unless you purchase enough points for a full night's stay, you would have to have the points transferred rather than going the rental route. Might be tough to find a member willing to transfer a small number of points since we are limited to one transfer per year.

Renting/transferring would also require more work than simply calling DVC and having the points immediately placed into your account.
I love the one stop shopping idea and would gladly pay it, but i book my home resort 11 months out. I have had wonderful results in the past transferring points and dealing through pay pal. As you say, only one transfer per year, but there are many members willing to transfer a few points that they can't use, and since it is a small number i offer 15/pp to make it worthwhile.
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This is great ! We were going to be just a little short and now we can make it work !!!
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yea with renting points for such alittle amount - it is hard.

this will cost more - but it might be worth it.
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Yes, this is really great news and would have helped me this year... as I just had to borrow 1 point to complete my reservation! (I did it about a week ago!) The only downside is that you can only buy/apply the points at the 7-month booking window, essentially losing the 11-month advantage if you are booking at your own home resort. I guess you could book as many days as possible at the 11-month window and then add the extra day or two, if possible, at the 7-month window.
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