Managing two use years

[Sandisw]

Do you call member services when you ask to link? So they don't mind linking from two different contracts? I have decided that I am definetely not going to split my Riv points after posting here especially since it will be my only direct. I didnt think about the super short stays that would entail for that resort, definetly doesn't work for us, we like to stay in the same room at least 5 days

Just to clarify….its important to distinguish between contracts and memberships.

You only need to link if your reservations are on different memberships which is what you get when you add a different UY.

It’s like you are two different owners. If your contracts are all under the same membership, then you can use then you can use them together with ease for one reservation, under use restrictions.

Same resort, all together as if they were one large one. Different home resorts? Can be combined at 7 months.

If you have a resale purchased after 2019, then you cant combine it with your direct RIV no matter what, as those can’t book new resorts.

 

[MICKIMINI]

Points will be borrowed only if you get the waitlist.

 

[AstroBlasters]

You can borrow but you cannot get them back to the original UY. The points move to the next UY and live there even if you cancel. Don't forget you get OTU points with each contract.

The terminology on here gets a bit crazy

You cannot borrow from a FEB UY for a waitlist on a DEC UY.

You can borrow from a 2026 calendar year for a 2025 reservation if it’s all in the same UY.

The context was about having multiple UYs.

 

[MICKIMINI]

No, you can’t borrow from ANOTHER UY.

Brain cramp. Next calendar year. You do not need to use CAPS. You have corrected me before. I can read.

 

[Sandisw]

The terminology on here gets a bit crazy

You cannot borrow from a FEB UY for a reservation on a DEC UY.

You can borrow from a 2026 calendar year for a 2025 reservation.

The context was about having multiple UYs.

Once you transfer, you can now. The rules for transfer have changed which makes it much easier to use transferred points.

So, if someone wants to be able to borrow from a different membership, then they just need to transfer first.

 

[AstroBlasters]

Once you transfer, you can now. The rules for transfer have changed which makes it much easier to use transferred points.

Right, but you would have had to already transfered.

If they call you and say your waitlist came up you can’t ask them to transfer points from a FEB UY to a DEC UY.

I had this happen to me where a BV GV came up on a waitlist in my Feb UY and I wanted to transfer over some of my AUL SAPs in March UY and they said I couldn’t do that and fill the waitlist… I could only borrow from 2026 of FEB.

I have read testimonials on here from people that multiple UYs weren’t a big deal and my actual experience has shown me that is often not the case and people just tell themselves and others that as some sort of physiological justification process so they don’t have to admit they made a bad choice.

 

[jolynne28]

The more you comment OP the more my brain is screaming “you need to actually use DVC before you get too far in!” You’re trying to plan future trips/vacation plans without all the knowledge/info and with zero experience with DVC. I say pump the breaks a little and take a breath. It will still be here and there will still be deals to be had. Get your first contract settled and points loaded so you can interact with the website and see how it works.

 

[Sandisw]

Right, but you would have had to already transfered.

If they call you and say your waitlist came up you can’t ask them to transfer points from a FEB UY to a DEC UY.

I had this happen to me where a BV GV came up on a waitlist in my Feb UY and I wanted to transfer over some of my AUL SAPs in March UY and they said I couldn’t do that and fill the waitlist… I could only borrow from 2026 of FEB.

I have read testimonials on here from people that multiple UYs weren’t a big deal and my actual experience has shown me that is often not the case and people just tell themselves and others that as some sort of physiological justification process so they don’t have to admit they made a bad choice.

I actually had them do just what you were not allowed to do in terms of filling a waitlist via a transfer…it was several years ago though.

I think that unless you understand how to use multiple UYs, they are not easy and I don’t recommend unless you use them as though that was it and for different trips or split stays.

But, now that the rules for transfers are more flexible, it does add a bit of ease to have them.

 

[Girlstar30]

Omg so let me see if I got this straight so I can make a waitlist reservation for Feb UY and if the points are there it will secure the reservation and borrow from my feb uy if necessary, but I can't have it borrow from my December uy.

To overcome this problem, I can transfer points from one uy to the other, however I won't be able to see the damn points in the dashboard if I do this, if I don't keep track myself it will be extremely confusing, i will probably regret ever having two different UY, but I'm probably going to do it anyways because I'm stubborn and impatient as hell and please don't come crying when we say I told you so

 

[JulieBeeRN]

I would definitely take a step back to reconsider your plans. You mentioned needing more points for an Aulani visit next year. That doesn't seem like a good reason to purchase a contract with a different UY.

You also mentioned that you are learning a lot from this thread; so maybe just take some extra time to really look into having two different UY. Best wishes!

 

[Girlstar30]

I would definitely take a step back to reconsider your plans. You mentioned needing more points for an Aulani visit next year. That doesn't seem like a good reason to purchase a contract with a different UY.

You also mentioned that you are learning a lot from this thread; so maybe just take some extra time to really look into having two different UY. Best wishes!

Thank you, I'm taking a breather and have deleted my notifications on dvcforless.com

 

[Sandisw]

Omg so let me see if I got this straight so I can make a waitlist reservation for Feb UY and if the points are there it will secure the reservation and borrow from my feb uy if necessary, but I can't have it borrow from my December uy.

To overcome this problem, I can transfer points from one uy to the other, however I won't be able to see the damn points in the dashboard if I do this, if I don't keep track myself it will be extremely confusing, i will probably regret ever having two different UY, but I'm probably going to do it anyways because I'm stubborn and impatient as hell and please don't come crying when we say I told you so

You have it correct Keeping track is one of the reasons that I very rarely transfer and just book some nights on each and link, even if it means sometimes borrowing.

It’s cleaner for me and as I said, I used each one for different times as well as do mostly split stays so it works

 

[Sprinkles&Sprints]

Thank you, I'm taking a breather and have deleted my notifications on dvcforless.com

I was in this place a year ago! Good news is the more you get to know this crew, the more I found I was genuinely excited for others when they found their perfect contract…you can definitely live vicariously..and save yourself some $$$$$

 

[Mikey15]

February and December are as far apart as possible of 2 use years you can get and they're not spaced out well. It doesn't seem like much because December and February are only 2 months apart but let's put this into perspective from a use year standpoint.

For examples sake I'm going to use 2025. For 2025 your Feb use year runs from 2/1/25 to 1/31/26. For your December use year it runs from 12/1/2025 to 11/30/26.

This means that the only times you can use your points together from 2025 is between 12/1 of that year and 1/31/26. Otherwise if you use them after 2/1, you will have to use 2026 points from the February use year and 2025 points from the December use year. Then of course things get more complicated when you begin banking/borrowing the points. Also keep in mind if you transfer points between your use years like from your February to December use year, you will not be able to see your transferred points in your dashboard. You'll have to keep track of your points on your own for those. I own multiple use years but I would strongly advise against owning this particular combination especially if you ever plan on combining the points. It really is the worst combination of use years you can do.

I was surprised this got so many upvotes. Am I missing something or is this not just letting the calendar year difference confuse things?

A Dec & a Feb UY have 10 months of overlap. The fact that it’s Dec’24 and Feb’25 that have that overlap doesn’t actually matter. It’s the same functional overlap as having an April & June or October & December UY.

Seems to me the worst combination would be something like March & September, April & October, or June & December…

 

[Girlstar30]

I was in this place a year ago! Good news is the more you get to know this crew, the more I found I was genuinely excited for others when they found their perfect contract…you can definitely live vicariously..and save yourself some $$$$$

The crew really seems to look out for each other, tough love

 

[Girlstar30]

I was surprised this got so many upvotes. Am I missing something or is this not just letting the calendar year difference confuse things?

A Dec & a Feb UY have 10 months of overlap. The fact that it’s Dec’24 and Feb’25 that have that overlap doesn’t actually matter. It’s the same functional overlap as having an April & June or October & December UY.

Seems to me the worst combination would be something like March & September, April & October, or June & December…

Someone please verify that this way of thinking is correct and justify my actions please

 

[intamin]

I was surprised this got so many upvotes. Am I missing something or is this not just letting the calendar year difference confuse things?

A Dec & a Feb UY have 10 months of overlap. The fact that it’s Dec’24 and Feb’25 that have that overlap doesn’t actually matter. It’s the same functional overlap as having an April & June or October & December UY.

Seems to me the worst combination would be something like March & September, April & October, or June & December…

You're wrong. December and February have 2 months of overlap.

Again to reiterate February 2025 use year runs from 2/1/2025-1/31/2026.

December 2025 runs from 12/1/25 to 11/30/26.

Therefore the overlap is from 12/1/25 to 1/31/26.

Any other stay that takes place outside of 12/1 of the current year and 1/31 of the following year will require some combination different years of points assuming points aren't banked/borrowed.

 

[Girlstar30]

I was surprised this got so many upvotes. Am I missing something or is this not just letting the calendar year difference confuse things?

A Dec & a Feb UY have 10 months of overlap. The fact that it’s Dec’24 and Feb’25 that have that overlap doesn’t actually matter. It’s the same functional overlap as having an April & June or October & December UY.

Seems to me the worst combination would be something like March & September, April & October, or June & December…

This is what I was thinking too.. I have 10 months to use them together so long as I bank the December akv into the feb BLT UY. I just better make sure I go by November 30th of that year, giving me 10 months to use together unless I'm mistaken. I'm presuming that people don't like it because it's risky not being able to bank december if I don't make it to a trip whereas if I just had a February use year If I miss the trip before September 30th I can bank.

So the resistance here is just in case I can't go as planned and miss my banking deadline and can't go before November 30th.... if not I'll be all good it seems, despite being a PITA to transfer and book accordingly, but I get it stuff happens and it's better to be able to bank.

 

[Mikey15]

Someone please verify that this way of thinking is correct and justify my actions please

Well, if nothing else the Jul 31 banking deadline for Dec isn’t great for September trip plans. But at least points from say Dec’24 and Feb’25 can transfer to 7mo book a May or September ‘25 trip.

 

[Girlstar30]

Can someone please verify if this is correct and I promise I'll stop asking about this:

December 2024-december 2025 AKV
February 2025-february 2026 BLT

BANK AKL to DECEMBER 2025-DECEMBER 2026, Then you can use the points together for Aulani in May until November 30 2026 because your December points will expire. If you don't use AKV by November 30, you will lose the 2024 points