Borrowing points question

[sjsharkie]

Had a weird situation and wanted to know if the call center was correct.

1. I have more than enough points to make a reservation of 480 points that is within 60 days.
2. But since my CUP period expires in April, I wanted to leave myself enough points after booking, so that i could have 480 points remaining when inventory is dropped in February 2020 for a reservation in 2021. I would only have 440 after booking the aforementioned reservation in #1 and given the time frame, I would not be able to borrow to book that reservation.
3. I wanted to borrow 40 points from next year to do this and book the reservation in #1. I was told I couldn't do this because I had more than enough points in my balance to cover the booking.

I told the agent that I see nothing in the rules that prevents this, but was told the system will not allow them to do this. I believed her and ended up booking the reservation, but now am left with a residual balance that will be challenging to use with the existing vacations I have planned for the year.

Curious if anyone had run into anything like this and if they had a different experience from me.

Ryan

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[travelhacker]

Unfortunately, in my experience this is the way it works. The only time I've been able to borrow points is when the reservation was within 60 days AND I didn't have other points available.