I think they did a deposit first with a Marriott week into the corporate II account that is controlled and set up with II by Marriott and they are searching for other Marriott's. I get the same calls for the same situation and it really is quite annoying. I'm sure I've gotten quite rude for these calls because I interrupt them and tell them if they're not calling to offer me a specific exchange option related to what I have already, we're both wasting our time. Usually that gets them off the phone. My wife doesn't answer if she knows it's II or if it doesn't say who it is and she's the one who's here when most of the calls come through. So I've gotten 2 post cards about how they're trying to get in touch with me about an important matter and they don't have viable contract info. Historically I've had success asking them to NOT call but the last couple of years, not so much. I doubt it's contractually required and I'd doubtful it's even contractually allowed specifically. The one thing that nags at me with these, like Pavlov's Dog, is that on 2 occasions in the past they've called me with an offer for EXACTLY what I had in my search. Why they didn't just match them, as they should have, I'll never know. Had I not taken these calls, I might not have had the matches and since they were difficult and desirable options, I do have some hesitation about telling them not to call but have anyway.
Thank you for explaining this.
My understanding has been (excluding here for now all other non MVC options) that you
1) use your home week
2) elect your week for points and request an internal MVC to MVC exchange, dealing only with MVC
3) request an MVC to MVC exchange externally through Interval, using your Corporate account if you
have one, dealing only with Interval
I do all of these.
For 2), I have never had a call from Interval and would not expect one
For 3), I do occasionally get a call from Interval, but only to say they are still on the case and hope to
be able to fulfil our request soon, never to push or encourage me to consider other options.
Perhaps we are lucky in Europe, as I guess they have a much smaller operation and the Interval rep we deal with knows us and our preferences?