Living the Con now. Waiting for direct SSR Dec use year and I am almost at the end of month 2 waiting for 100 direct points.
An alternative would have been to plan up front and buy a larger contract(s) that fit your needs. Considerably cheaper than getting forced into direct purchases due to availability.
We have not added on since our original purchase of AKV in 2008, now "thinking" about it. Have never researched it before, but if we wanted 50 points direct, what resorts could we purchase at? Would BCV, BWV, BLT, or Poly be an option direct?
I will have to verify with DIS-CC, but 6 months would be okay with me also.
The way your OP was worded it sounded like you were looking at adding on small here and there. That approach can be a good fit for some but it raises the cost significantly. One is looking at roughly $10-20 per point difference depending on specifics because of 4 issues. Those are the price is currently higher, the additional closing, availability often pushing one to retail instead and the fact that larger contracts tend to have a better points accounting. And while current prices would place the value at more, there is no guarantee this will continue and I'd give it 50/50 that it won't. Every situation is different but often a better approach for your exact situation is to wait and then do a larger add on later.FFMickey- My guide told me it was for a year;
Dean- I understand your comment about the "planning ahead" alternative, and I still plan to do something on that scale,
possibly 200-250 points at AKL via resale, in the next 2 years (before I retire).
In the short term, however, the direct add on was well worth it. And, when I tack the 40 points on to the 210 points I purchased in 2011, and dollar-cost-average all 250 points, it yields a cost-per-point of ~$107. I can sleep easy at night with that. AND it was soooooo easy! Regardless of how much you plan, you are at the mercy of what's available via resale at the time you are able to buy. Finding the right size of total points/price-per-point/use-year/& Resort of choice is not something that happens in a day. I was able to add on 40 points at my home resort, keep the use year, keep same contract, have the 2018 points show up in my contract, all in a matter of minutes. 40 more gets me to where I need to be for my 2020 plans, as
we are bringing our DD&SIL, DS&DIL, and all 3 Grandchildren, and I now have enough points for the 3BR-GV at SSR!
Lastly; the older I get, the more value I place on time & convenience, over net price in dollars. IJS
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All retail purchases at OKW are 2057 expiration, actually all contracts expire in 2057 at OKW it's just that Disney owns the rights to the majority of those for the last 15 years. Because of dues and their escalation over time, the long term difference between the 2 is quite significant. The actual value today of the last 3 years is very minimal.
You are, of course, correct... I keep forgetting about the extension! LOL
