Waiting for the "perfect" contract?

[SorcererC]

I am on the hunt for an AKV contract, 150 points with a September UY. I get notices for ones that are 160, 200, etc. but I ignore them all because they don't match my 2 other contracts of 150 each! It's crazy, could totally use and afford that 160 contract, but it doesn't "feel" right in my head.

Does anyone else do that?

 

[Ruttangel]

160 points was the minimum purchase when AKV was first for sale, hence they are the most popular out there.
I know what you mean, some people think increments of 25 are neat and tidy.
Thing is neither 150 or 160 match a week in a property so none of that matters anyway

 

[SorcererC]

160 points was the minimum purchase when AKV was first for sale, hence they are the most popular out there.
I know what you mean, some people think increments of 25 are neat and tidy.
Thing is neither 150 or 160 match a week in a property so none of that matters anyway

That makes sense on the 160, I didn't know that! It seems like such a weird number.
One of my justifications for buying additional contracts (like I need more reasons) is so we have enough to gift to all the kids some day, if we want to (not a motivating factor really). We have 2 at 150 each, so seems like I should keep them all equal. Then again, the other 2 are direct and additional will likely be resale, so it's not like they are all equal anyway. And DH tells me his older 2 won't care anyway, it's our younger 2 who are the Disney freaks like their momma! Still, seems like to be at least as fair as I can be, I should get 2 more 150 contracts, right? RIGHT?!?

 

[crisi]

How old are you and your kids? For us, BWV will be expired before we die - so we aren't planning on gifting anything to the kids. They are now young adults, and if they want to use points, they just need to let us know their plans - a year in advance.

 

[Lee Matthews]

Just go for one of the 160 contracts and enjoy

 

[LillianBelle]

That makes sense on the 160, I didn't know that! It seems like such a weird number.
One of my justifications for buying additional contracts (like I need more reasons) is so we have enough to gift to all the kids some day, if we want to (not a motivating factor really). We have 2 at 150 each, so seems like I should keep them all equal. Then again, the other 2 are direct and additional will likely be resale, so it's not like they are all equal anyway. And DH tells me his older 2 won't care anyway, it's our younger 2 who are the Disney freaks like their momma! Still, seems like to be at least as fair as I can be, I should get 2 more 150 contracts, right? RIGHT?!?

You are not alone! I have been on the lookout for AKL/125/October to complement my 175 Poly points with that UY to get to an arbitrary but satisfying 300 points. I also didn't know about the 160 which makes so much sense now!

 

[LillianBelle]

160 points was the minimum purchase when AKV was first for sale, hence they are the most popular out there.
I know what you mean, some people think increments of 25 are neat and tidy.
Thing is neither 150 or 160 match a week in a property so none of that matters anyway

Thank you for this mystery solving post! I have AKL alerts set up with DVC Resale Market and have wondered about all the 160 point contracts. Guess I'll give up on the unicorn 125 and keep saving...

 

[MICKIMINI]

Yes, I do know another disboard member that follows that philosophy! The member gave up a slightly larger (10%) contract which would only cost $ per point (it was cheap during pandemic) plus MF's as closing would about the same. Having an "even" number of points was more important than getting more points...we had a good laugh over it afterwards.

I won't call you out LOL!

 

[starfrenzy]

It depends on how long you want to wait. For me, 10 or 20 points either way wouldn't make a difference.

Getting the right UY for you is way more important than an exact number of points.

 

[808blessing]

Yikes!!! I’m ok with uneven random numbers because I am just estimating my point usage.

And I’m not superstitious but....I was on fence about a contract because Dh was not completely on board and 666 was some number that was the answer of a calculation which was kinda freaky to me. Fast forward and DH is on board and 3 “lucky” sequential numbers are part of my contract number! Lol! It “feels” perfect even if it is just in my head.

 

[808blessing]

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[Lva5]

Things like UY and banked points are a lot more important in my thinking. The only difference in number of points ends up being the cost.

If I were to do it over again I would have bought a very uneven number of points (studio in our season of travel x 7 nights) for each resort. Obviously on the resale market you can't get that specific but you can try to get close.