If you want a string of dates off, bid backwards to forwards (like 20-15 Aug) and make it a high point set. Then bid something like 20 off, 19 off, 18 off, etc. back to the 15th with lower points set per day. Call the PBS folks and they can help you get the bid right. Has always worked for me.
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I bid top 10 FO in base. The mock just came up and I wanted a stretch of days off and bid accordingly, ascribing 5x the points towards getting that stretch off that I wanted than anything else. but they put a trip RIGHT in the period that I asked for off!! What gives? Did I do this right??!?