Unused Wndham point 16k..what to do?

[elleny76]

Hi, I am wyndham EOY points and I have 16K unused..What can I do? how much to save them?
Trying to call W from my office but it says 15mnte wait for any rep to answer.

 

[bnoble]

You could deposit them to RCI, but 16K isn't enough to get much if anything; you'd need to deposit later points as well (or rent some to deposit.) Assuming you are a January UY, it is too late to do anything else with them except book something between now and the end of December.

In the future, assuming you don't regularly use RCI, you might want to pool your points---if you are not a VIP owner, you have to do that before your UY starts. That will extend them three years from the date you place them in the pool, and any credits you don't use in a particular EOY can be combined with your next EOY batch. Even better, the pool credits will be used first.

 

[elleny76]

You could deposit them to RCI, but 16K isn't enough to get much if anything; you'd need to deposit later points as well (or rent some to deposit.) Assuming you are a January UY, it is too late to do anything else with them except book something between now and the end of December.

In the future, assuming you don't regularly use RCI, you might want to pool your points---if you are not a VIP owner, you have to do that before your UY starts. That will extend them three years from the date you place them in the pool, and any credits you don't use in a particular EOY can be combined with your next EOY batch. Even better, the pool credits will be used first.

Thanks! I deposited them with RCI for $30. I guess eventually I can deposit more and get a full week somewhere.

 

[Ty1on]

I saw something about donating Rewards points for Wyndham's Hotels for Heroes program. It's too bad we can'd do the same with our scrap CWP points.

 

[Melder]

You could deposit them to RCI, but 16K isn't enough to get much if anything; you'd need to deposit later points as well (or rent some to deposit.) Assuming you are a January UY, it is too late to do anything else with them except book something between now and the end of December.

In the future, assuming you don't regularly use RCI, you might want to pool your points---if you are not a VIP owner, you have to do that before your UY starts. That will extend them three years from the date you place them in the pool, and any credits you don't use in a particular EOY can be combined with your next EOY batch. Even better, the pool credits will be used first.

Earlier this year I booked a vacation for 2017, expecting my 2016 pool credit points to be used. They used my 2017 points instead. I was advised that the points with the earliest expiration date are used first. Since my 2016 pool credit points didn't expire until 2018, they pulled from my 2017 points. Lesson learned...

 

[bnoble]

Right, for an annual contract, that is what would happen. But, for an every-other-year contract, the pool credits would be used first, because they expire before the next "other year." Here's why: suppose you are an every-odd-year owner. You decide on December 15th 2016 to pool your 2017 UY. Those pool credits now expire three years from that day, or December 15th, 2019. Your next allocation is your 2019 UY, but those expire December 31, 2019---after the pooled credits.