And their reply was NOT that the "maximum reallocation" is written because it's an actual thing that could / would happen if they removed all seasons and made every room the same cost every night of the year....?
But rather it had to do with setting up (calculating) the points charts....?
Hmmm....
Ok. Move along. Nothing to see here.
Please.
Wow, keep that voicemail.I just listened to a voicemail I have saved from a guide from last April. At that point I knew I was buying resale, but I had done the phone tour for a gift card and asked the guide a few questions. I specifically asked about point reallocation, because that was the one hesitation I had when buying DVC, and he gave a very thorough explanation as well as examples of how points can be reallocated. Here were his examples - and he kept reiterating that total points for a resort cannot change. He really focused on DATES and HOLIDAYS and only once mentioned demand in regards to that weekend to weekday shift.
He also told the story of the weekend to weekday shift from back in the day, but as he explained it, they shifted points across all unit types from weekend to weekdays. It was never explained that they could shift points between unit types. It never occurred to me to ask based on his explanation and examples.
- Leap years
- movement of holidays like Easter
- He gave an example of a week in April in a studio that would cost 105 points, but would change to 115 the following year when the weeks around Easter shifted.
- He said for this reason if you want to travel around a fluid holiday like spring break, to look at how many points to buy, take your week and add 5 points
Things he never mentioned:
I know it doesn't matter what the guides say really, because the truth is in the paperwork. If anything, at least I bought resale.
- The lockoff premium (duh, why would he? that would have made me run like mad from DVC)
- That points could be shuffled between unit types - maybe this is my own ignorance, but he knew my specific interest was a one bedroom at OKW, which he admitted is "generally very easy to book inside 7 months." He could have really swayed me had he told me that the least demanded units were able to lose points to the higher in-demand units since what I book most frequently is a low demand unit in a low demand DVC season.
Does it make any difference. I don't see anything as written that would suggest a representation these were the only changes that could happen. I see no reason they could, would or should have brought up the lockoff premium or adjustments between units. WE already have examples of movement between units historically.
We've seen lots of examples where guides said things likely wouldn't change because of past issues doing so or at least that's what someone heard. True, their job is to sell and they are going to give you what you want to hear but within the "rules". The idea they should additionally look out for your best interest is simply unreasonable. If that were consistently done there would be zero timeshares anywhere.
I think resorts with dedicated smaller villas provides some vicarious protection from big increases and there are some practical limits as well. In reality I do expect another change in the next few years, either next year or in about 5-7 years (or both). And possibly a return to higher weekends but not as high as before. This is the nature of the system, esp for DVC where there is a contractual mandate to even out demand.
I don't believe there was miscommunication on DVC's part this is 100% their current interpretation as they specifically said this and I was speaking to the very person that makes the interpretation calls. This language is important because it in spirit is defining an average because an average by definition is treating variable you are looking across (use days) as constant.
As I stated in my post DVC did say that the right for one Use Day along with the maximum reallocation did define a maximum average nightly point cost for the rooms. However, they said that maximum average nightly point cost only applies in the first year a resort is open because the maximum reallocation only applies in the first year. Thus by their own admission it does apply that first year just not later.
Only the first year of resort being open apparently.
I think you are missing my point on this issue. My point is the Maximum Reallocation is to define an upper limit on the worse case across seasons and nights to reserve a room. If this does not apply then DVC at it's sole discretion can charge anything they want as long as the changes year over year are capped at 20% (and entire resort is in balance). Also if you define 364 days to be say 40 points but 1 day to the X points dictated in the POS you either wrote the POS deliberately misleading or it is violating the spirit of what the original writer intended. But I believe to avoid this argument is exactly why DVC stated any of this language only applies the first year.
I would suspect that we see another change next year then maybe a break from changes for 5 years or so. The only true practical limit that exists is setting all Vacation Home Types equal in point cost for every night. You define that nightly point cost to keep the resort in balance to the total number of points sold.
And of course if that were the intention of those numbers it would have without a doubt stated it was applicable only for the first year. Without a doubt. 
