Thanks for the episode! Couple of corrections 1. Saratoga has never had it’s contract extended. Old Key West is the only one to ever have that done and I doubt we’ll see that again 2. You must bank 4 months before the end of your use year 3. Point rentals you can choose the dates, what you were thinking of was a confirmed reservation where the resort, date and room type are already picked out for you. But you can request a member to book a certain resort, what it’s not flexible on is changing the date after your requested dates are booked because that requires a lot of back and forth between the broker and seller and the buyer.
Thanks for clarifying! Like we said we aren't as familiar with renting points, so that's good to know there is the option of requesting to book a certain resort and/or date. On the bank date, we were counting from the end of the use year month, so we effectively added a month. i.e Dec use year is a July 31 cutoff date so it's 4 months to Dec 1, but we incorrectly counted Dec and said 5 months.
You're correct. We didn't realize it went away. Disney, as always, is super confusing about it. The DVC website still has pool hopping listed as a perk but if you dig further into it, you eventually come to a spot that says it's been put on hold.
