Can I "Walk" a reservation using Bonus Points?

[rdw95]

Can I walk a reservation using Bonus Points, or does it have to be done using Club Points only?

 

[SmithOp]

Can I walk a reservation using Bonus Points, or does it have to be done using Club Points only?

No free changes allowed for bonus point reservations, so impossible to “walk” it. You would have to cancel and rebook with bonus points, costing a lot of fees and possibly losing the days you already had booked.

From the 2019 Rules:

Changes to Reservations.
All Home Resort Priority, by Hilton Club Priority, and Club reservations using ClubPoints at Hilton Grand Vacations Club affiliated resorts may be changed without incurring additional transaction fees provided travel is completed during the same calendar year (not applicable to reservations using Bonus Points) .



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[GMan82]

What does it mean to “walk” a reservation?

 

[dayooper]

What does it mean to “walk” a reservation?

With a club points booking, you can reserve out to 9 months before your checkout date. If you want a hard to get date at a particular resort, you can book your stay a few days earlier to hold your spot. You then change your reservation by adding a day to the end of a reservation and removing one from the beginning until you have your desired reservation. Since changing a club reservation is free, it will only cost you the original club reservation fee.

Example: Let's say you wanted spring break in Hawaii from March 8 - March 15, but it books up very fast. You would book your 7 nights tonight for March 4 - March 11. Tomorrow, you would move your reservation up up day (March 5 - March 12) and so on until your have your March 8 - March 15 Vacation. You are basically holding your spot.

Edit: Stupid auto correct. I'm not sure why yogurt wants a hard to book place, but let's say you do.

 

[rdw95]

Thanks. That is what I thought.

 

[GMan82]

With a club points booking, you can reserve out to 9 months before your checkout date. If you want a hard to get date at a particular resort, you can book your stay a few days earlier to hold your spot. You then change your reservation by adding a day to the end of a reservation and removing one from the beginning until you have your desired reservation. Since changing a club reservation is free, it will only cost you the original club reservation fee.

Example: Let's say you wanted spring break in Hawaii from March 8 - March 15, but it books up very fast. You would book your 7 nights tonight for March 4 - March 11. Tomorrow, you would move your reservation up up day (March 5 - March 12) and so on until your have your March 8 - March 15 Vacation. You are basically holding your spot.

Edit: Stupid auto correct. I'm not sure why yogurt wants a hard to book place, but let's say you do.

Oh thanks! That’s makes sense!

 

[Nomad420]

No free changes allowed for bonus point reservations, so impossible to “walk” it. You would have to cancel and rebook with bonus points, costing a lot of fees and possibly losing the days you already had booked.

From the 2019 Rules:

Changes to Reservations.
All Home Resort Priority, by Hilton Club Priority, and Club reservations using ClubPoints at Hilton Grand Vacations Club affiliated resorts may be changed without incurring additional transaction fees provided travel is completed during the same calendar year (not applicable to reservations using Bonus Points) .



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This must be a new rule because I absolutely walked a couple of reservation several years back using bonus points. One in NYC and I believe another in Cabo. I don't know if they "waved' the fees but I was hit with no fees.

 

[brp]

This must be a new rule because I absolutely walked a couple of reservation several years back. One in NYC and I believe another in Cabo. I don't know if they "waved' the fees but I was hit with no fees.

You did this using Bonus Points?

Cheers.

 

[Nomad420]

You did this using Bonus Points?

Cheers.

Yes for sure. I see the attached rule above so I was surprised. No more bonus points for a couple of years now so not an issue but I absolutely remember walking my stay in Cabo and possibly at 57th St. as well but that one I am less sure of.

 

[GT75]

but I absolutely remember walking my stay in Cabo

FA Cabo is no longer bookable (club or of course bonus points) as a changeable reservation. I think that this was changed about 3 years ago.

 

[Nomad420]

FA Cabo is no longer bookable (club or of course bonus points) as a changeable reservation. I think that this was changed about 3 years ago.

This was a little over 3 years ago, maybe 4. It was my first HGVC booking. As I recall the phone agent even explained to me how to "walk" the reservation as I had obviously never done that.

 

[kevreh]

With a club points booking, you can reserve out to 9 months before your checkout date. If you want a hard to get date at a particular resort, you can book your stay a few days earlier to hold your spot. You then change your reservation by adding a day to the end of a reservation and removing one from the beginning until you have your desired reservation. Since changing a club reservation is free, it will only cost you the original club reservation fee.

Example: Let's say you wanted spring break in Hawaii from March 8 - March 15, but it books up very fast. You would book your 7 nights tonight for March 4 - March 11. Tomorrow, you would move your reservation up up day (March 5 - March 12) and so on until your have your March 8 - March 15 Vacation. You are basically holding your spot.

Edit: Stupid auto correct. I'm not sure why yogurt wants a hard to book place, but let's say you do.

So, is this done when the exact dates aren’t available?

 

[Talent312]

So, is this done when the exact dates aren’t available?

It's done when the booking window doesn't quite reach your preferred checkout date.
You can often find days (3N min) that bump up against day 276 at 12:00am ET. So...
Book up to the end of the window, and then each day at 12:00am ET, extend 1 night.
Note that future weekly check-in days may be taken by peep w/home-week bookings.
Also, if you're late to the party and all fast-passes may be gone b4 you take a shot.

 

[kevreh]

It's done when the booking window doesn't quite reach your preferred checkout date.
You can often find days (3N min) that bump up against day 276 at 12:00am ET. So...
Book up to the end of the window, and then each day at 12:00am ET, extend 1 night.
Note that future weekly check-in days may be taken by peep w/home-week bookings.
Also, if you're late to the party and all fast-passes may be gone b4 you take a shot.

I see. Also, can you only do this for the same room type? I see a lot of two day availabilities around my booked type, sometimes the same room type, other times not. Thx

 

[dayooper]

I see. Also, can you only do this for the same room type? I see a lot of two day availabilities around my booked type, sometimes the same room type, other times not. Thx

Any room type. You are just extending your club reservation a day until you get your desired reservation.

*edit - I see what you are asking now* It has to be one reservation. You won’t be able to move rooms or add on a new room type to your reservation.

 

[Gypsy65]

Is this “walking” just an HGVC thing or any TS?

 

[dayooper]

Is this “walking” just an HGVC thing or any TS?

I don’t know, I only own at HGVC. Once you book a reservation (and pay the fee), you can move and change your reservation within your the year as many times as you want. With the exception of a few resorts, all reservations have free changes in HGVC. That’s why walking the reservation can happen. Not sure in other systems.

 

[CPNY]

I don’t know, I only own at HGVC. Once you book a reservation (and pay the fee), you can move and change your reservation within your the year as many times as you want. With the exception of a few resorts, all reservations have free changes in HGVC. That’s why walking the reservation can happen. Not sure in other systems.

In Vistana you have to fully cancel then rebook a reservation. You can’t add dates. I’ve been in situations where I needed to extend so I just booked another two nights added on in a separate reservation.

 

[brp]

Is this “walking” just an HGVC thing or any TS?

People at DVC do this more than here, from what I can tell. That is where I first learned about it.

Cheers.