twinklebug
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- Joined
- Mar 25, 2005
Hi Erin, I recently just started walking an 11 month out reservation that I know I won't be able to get otherwise. It sounds like you know the concept, so I won't go into detail on that, but you should be aware that at 7 months out those owners still have the jump on you and there is no guarantee your dates will be available when you can finally reach out to them.
I'm not quite comfortable with calling Member services all the time, but they do make it easy. Changing the dates online requires one to release their dates and hope that no one grabs the room while you have the second window open ready to search (must do a new search after the points are released for the system to see your account point balance properly). MS has a way around that to make sure you don't loose the hold on your room. I made the change on my own at almost 3am est one day, don't think I'll be doing that again as 3 am here was still midnight on the west coast. Someone grabbed up a day I released almost immediately (I don't think it was the wait list as that software runs on a schedule.)
If you see one coming up on the dates you want, I'd say, grab it and walk it. Good luck!
I'm not quite comfortable with calling Member services all the time, but they do make it easy. Changing the dates online requires one to release their dates and hope that no one grabs the room while you have the second window open ready to search (must do a new search after the points are released for the system to see your account point balance properly). MS has a way around that to make sure you don't loose the hold on your room. I made the change on my own at almost 3am est one day, don't think I'll be doing that again as 3 am here was still midnight on the west coast. Someone grabbed up a day I released almost immediately (I don't think it was the wait list as that software runs on a schedule.)
If you see one coming up on the dates you want, I'd say, grab it and walk it. Good luck!