The kind (for once) people at DVC recognised that lots of people, and in particular their international members, found it difficult, or possibly impossible, to use their points whilst Covid travel restrictions were in place. This was true for us, and having cancelled one or two holidays, we watched as a whole year of points disappeared beyond our grasp, expiring before we were even allowed to travel to WDW. To their credit, DVC stepped up and confirmed that they would credit the points back to us, albeit for a relatively restricted use period.
The points appeared back in our account today, and Nicky had a late night call with the reservations team to shuffle our Jan/Feb booking around. The upshot is that we now have our Saratoga grand villa secured for the first 11 nights of our stay. We are currently on a waitlist for the remaining three nights as they are not all available, but have a 2-bed villa booked for the time being. Fingers crossed that the last three nights come in and we will be able to enjoy a grand villa for the full fortnight!
