You need the points when you book and they must be good for the days you are booking. You cannot use your AKV points at HHI until seven months out. You cannot change the HHI points to AKV points at seven months out unless there was availability. It would be a cancel and rebook, not a substitution. That would defeat the home resort advantage. At 11 months out, if you are booking HHI at 11 months out, you must have all the HHI points you need in your account. You can bank and borrow your HHI points so you have 150 every other year or 225 every third year.I think I'm following, but I'm still a little confused. Currently we own 200 resale points at AKL. We love Hilton Head! I am hoping to purchase 75 direct points (because of closing costs, it's actually the better way) at HHI. My UY is June. Let's say I want to stay in a one bedroom at HHI for a week in August, and I book at the 11 month mark with my brand new HHI points. Would I be able to bank my AKL points and combine them with my HHI points at the 7 month mark? I thought as long as you had enough points in your account by your check-in date you were good.
It would be a cancel and rebook
No one really knows how DVC is running the waitlist process. Some who have reported checking after a cancellation, say sometimes the released nights show up right away, and sometimes not. It's a risk. FWIW, you'd be surprised how many Midwestern and Eastern time zone folks are up at that hour, LOL. If you try that strategy, my advice is to back your timing up an hour or so. Also, DVC tends to do software maintenance around that time and you wouldn't want to be in the middle of something when they decide to take the system down.What are the specifics with "cancel and rebook" in practice?... At say, 2 AM PST? Would the room show up immediately in the system for re-booking?
Hahaha! I will definitely do as u suggest.FWIW, you'd be surprised how many Midwestern and Eastern time zone folks are up at that hour, LOL
I would also say three additional advantages that have not been discussed are... 1) smaller contracts are easier to sell and usually sell for a premium over larger contracts, 2) multiple contracts allow you to wait list each of your contracts, thereby providing multiple wait list opportunities beyond just the two, 3) if you need to use one time use points, you are entitled to 24 one time use points per contract that can be used each year. Hope that helps.