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To become HGVC Elite member do your points have to be purchased from Hilton. Can you use points bought resale to be HGVC Elite if you have 14,000.
 

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To become HGVC Elite member do your points have to be purchased from Hilton. Can you use points bought resale to be HGVC Elite if you have 14,000.

Only deeds (points) bought directly from HGVC count toward Elite status. Resale purchases don't count toward Elite, but retain their most essential purpose.
 

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The elite benefits are minimal for HGVC. If you want the elite benefits for the Hilton hotels (which are much better), you can get those with a Hilton Surpass card for $75./year.
 

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Only deeds (points) bought directly from HGVC count toward Elite status. Resale purchases don't count toward Elite, but retain their most essential purpose.

While it is true that you need to purchase directly from HGVC, that doesn't mean you necessarily have to pay retail prices. Several of the affiliates have in-house resale offices and I have seen them advertise gold season weeks for as little as $2K. Since it is a purchase from HGVC, it counts toward Elite. Purchase three 5000 point gold weeks for $6K and you can be a HGVC Elite, if you want.

Kurt
 

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I have a friend that is Elite Plus. He gets room upgrades at Hilton branded hotels, if available, and use of Admirals Club at airports. Plus all the other stuff listed on HGVC Elite website mentioned above.
 

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Which affiliates offer the option of an in house resale option to build Elite status?

If you don't already own any HGVC, you can buy resale at any of the Carlsbad resorts (from their resale department only) and get elite status.

I don't know how the other affiliates work.
 

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If you don't already own any HGVC, you can buy resale at any of the Carlsbad resorts (from their resale department only) and get elite status.

I don't know how the other affiliates work.

Are you saying your not allowed to buy from GP if you currently own HGVC?
 

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Are you saying your not allowed to buy from GP if you currently own HGVC?

I already owned HGVC (resale WBR) and bought a converted Seapointe from GP.
 

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Are you saying your not allowed to buy from GP if you currently own HGVC?

No. I got mixed up. I had GPR weeks that they were converting for me with a retail purchase. They said if I already owned any GPR/HGVC weeks, I couldn't count those towards Elite status. My HGVC was Orlando at the time, so they did count my GPR conversions towards Elite.

I actually can't remember all the details now (must be getting old and senile), but I was trying to trade in all my weeks towards a larger GPR/HGVC purchase. My other thought was to sell all of those and buy a HGVC/GPR contract. The resale department told me they couldn't help me and referred me to retail. I wasn't going for Elite, but I got it as a side benefit from what my goal was.
 

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I was at the South beach location and they have a HGVC resale department in site. They only sold that location. I'm looking for which other locations have a resale department on site as I don't want the South Beach Muami location because of high MF. Anyone else know which other locations sells resales.
 

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All of the sanibel/captiva properties as well as the Marco island properties have Hilton resale dept
 

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I have a friend that is Elite Plus. He gets room upgrades at Hilton branded hotels, if available, and use of Admirals Club at airports. Plus all the other stuff listed on HGVC Elite website mentioned above.

Admirals Club use? Didn't know it was part of the elite benefits...
 

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Does anyone know if the SC properties have resale offices?
 

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Does anyone know if the SC properties have resale offices?

If you are asking about Myrtle Beach properties, it is a full Hilton retail sales office across the street from the Ocean 22 property.
 

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Previously HIGVC properties like Scotland qualified.

Not sure about now though.
 

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If you are asking about Myrtle Beach properties, it is a full Hilton retail sales office across the street from the Ocean 22 property.

Yes, Myrtle Beach. Thanks.

At some point I will like to pick up a resale at HH. Couple of years down the road, of course.
 

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I just tried calling them today and front desk doesn't know what resale dept I was talking about. I will have to try again tomorrow. So Marco island, south beach Miami, Daniel, captiva, sea point, Grand Zpacific palisades, and Vsldoro have resale departments right? So would it be in my best interest to buy at South beach Miami location since it is one of the "true" Hilton properties and not an affiliate? I'm interested in resale of Vegas properties for the cheap MF, but don't know how to go about getting that as a resale from HGVC.
 
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