Use year question

[stuartsong]

This question might have been asked before, but is there a specific reason why there are no use year for January, May, July and November?

 

[D-Trick]

A more tenured owner might have a better answer, but from what I understand is:

Remembering that DVC started in the 1990s before the internet, the different UYs are/were a way to spread out and encourage membership usage throughout the year as you would need to call in to make reservations. To me, 12 UYs is too many, 6 seems too few.

Not having a January makes sense because that would give an unfair comprehension advantage to those owners. Why not the other 3 months-- dunno.

 

[Sandisw]

This question might have been asked before, but is there a specific reason why there are no use year for January, May, July and November?

I do not think I have ever seen an answer as to why DVD created only 8 UYs vs all 12.

 

[Fangorn]

This has been an ongoing source of bewilderment for me. As an operations, systems and process consultant for over 40 years, I know there had to have been some reason for doing this (even if it wasn't rational). I'm guessing that reason may be lost knowledge at this point. I even emailed DVD about it many years ago and got a vaguely worded reply that amounted to "we don't really know - just the way it was set up".

I've come to the conclusion that this falls into some version of the category: "We've always done it this way"

Steve

 

[FlyingDonut]

Several contracts end on January 30, 2042, so the lack of a January UY at least makes it clear that those contracts don't gets points in 2042. IDK about the others though.

 

[disneylandtour]

Several contracts end on January 30, 2042, so the lack of a January UY at least makes it clear that those contracts don't gets points in 2042. IDK about the others though.

There's going to be a huge issue with the DEC UY at the 2042 resorts in about 18 years.

 

[disneylandtour]

A more tenured owner might have a better answer, but from what I understand is:

Remembering that DVC started in the 1990s before the internet, the different UYs are/were a way to spread out and encourage membership usage throughout the year as you would need to call in to make reservations. To me, 12 UYs is too many, 6 seems too few.

Not having a January makes sense because that would give an unfair comprehension advantage to those owners. Why not the other 3 months-- dunno.

I don't think there is any real advantage. UY mean when they can used, not when they can be booked.

I think the real thing to consider is the date that they can be banked. If you think you might make a regular last-minute trip to WDW in Dec, then Mar is a terrible UY because you needed to decide to bank or not by Oct 31. That's the real issue, the banking cut off. I would look for a banking deadline that fits your travel patterns.