Survey on new points program: Are you going to sign up?

1. Are you going to join the new system

2. if so, did you buy a developer week

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms

4. If you are not going to join, how will you use your week

1. I will not join

2. 1 Developer week NCV Gold

3. 1 Resale Summit Watch Bronze

4. I will continue using II. I like my bonus weeks and I'll get MUCH more vacation out of II than I ever will with this points system. Shame on Marriott for skimming so much of the points between resale and what is would cost to reserve. Very Greedy and puts a bad taste in my mouth.

Plus you know they're just going to devalue the points as time goes on.

1. We will not be joining.

2. 1 developer week Grand Ocean Platinum
1 developer week Desert Springs Villas II Red week

3. Will continue to use II - really like the 3 weeks of vacation we get--most often in 2 bedroom unit. We travel off season most of the time and are very accustomed to upgrading our units. Plus the AC's come in handy as well. Why give up all that.

1. I don't think we'll be joining

2. Two developer-bought weeks

3. 2BR and 3BR platinum weeks at Grande Vista

4. We will continue to use one week at our home resort, and use II to trade the other week. If we can't get a trade to where we want to go, I'll rent out my week either here or on redweek and then purchase a week to where we want to go. It'll be cheaper than buying the necessary points from Marriott.

1. Are you going to join the new system.No, I will not be joining

2. if so, did you buy a developer week.Aruba Surf Club platinum 2 BR LO
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3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms

4. If you are not going to join, how will you use your week I will remain in my home resort

1. Are you going to join the new system? No

2. if so, did you buy a developer week? No

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms? OceanWatch Villas, Platinum, 2 bedroom

4. If you are not going to join, how will you use your week? Personal use and trade occasionally

I will join.

I have seven two bedroom units, some bought from developer and some resale. My best unit gives me 4325 points a week. My worst unit gives me 650 points a week.

I have enough points to be able to reserve weeks and days at the 13 month window. Hopefully this will give me the flexibility to put together some short trips for grown children and my grandchildren.

I also live within a days drive of Hilton Head and think I can get some good value in the off season there

I will miss the Harbor Point for Ocean Pointe trades but since those were ending IMO, I have to think about what is not what was. The fact I can still reserve my home resorts and not trade for points was very important.

Just a suggestion - you could ask the Mod for this forum (Dave M) to set up a real poll.

1. Are you going to join the new system No.

2. if so, did you buy a developer week No.

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms Waiohai OV 1-51; Kauai Beach Club 1bd OF 1-52

4. If you are not going to join, how will you use your week We bought both of these units to stay there.

1. Are you going to join the new system - No

2. if so, did you buy a developer week - I have 2 developer weeks and on resale

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms
All 2 bedroom lockoffs
Ko'OLina
Shadow Ridge Platinum (2)

4. If you are not going to join, how will you use your week - as I do now
Go to Ko'Olina every year (in a year I do not wish to go there trade for Marriott Points or, less likely, do a private trade)
Go to Shadow Ridge with my resale unit every year and trade the developer unit for points.

great idea

DeniseM said:

Just a suggestion - you could ask the Mod for this forum (Dave M) to set up a real poll.

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Hopefully Dave can do that and close this thread but maintain what the users have already put in.

1. No I will not join

2. Two developer weeks
3 MMC platinum and GO Gold. In the process of closing on a St. Kitts resale which is one of the resorts that cannot participate anyway
4. I will trade my two developer weeks for points EOY as I do now, trade my MMC as I do now and use my GO week and the St. Kitts week

lovearuba said:

Hopefully Dave can do that and close this thread but maintain what the users have already put in.

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Yes - you can have a poll and posts in the same thread.

lovearuba said:

1. Are you going to join the new system

2. if so, did you buy a developer week

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms

4. If you are not going to join, how will you use your week

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1. No, I will not be joining. If the system didn't have the Bid-Ask spread and included Open Season, I would have

2. One developer week, One resale week

3. Two 3BR units at Lahaina Villas -- highest and third highest TDI's in II

4. Personal use and Direct Exchanges with TUGgers (like I'm doing next year with the Week 24).

All, moderators (understandably) edited out the rest of my email -- but I am pissed about this program, and will continue to protest -- thanks to all, Greg

1. Are you going to join the new system - No, I will not be joining

2. if so, did you buy a developer week - I own 2 develpoer weeks

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms - I own Ocean Pointe Silver 2-bedroom and Willow Ridge Platinum 2-bedroom

4. If you are not going to join, how will you use your week - same as now: Reserve best week available, lock-off- deposit trade tgrough II for four weeks.

Hi...

I am going to give it a whirl for the following reasons. I am willing to take the $695 gamble that it could work. I am mostly an exchanger , with 3-4 exchanges/year I can save some $$$ with the $199 straight fee.

Before you fit me for the straight jacket, let me proceed with my logic. I mostly trade my 3 bedroom gv's for two bedroom plat joints in ski season, beach locations (Myrtle Beach, HHI etc). View doesn't mean anything to me, as an exchanger I get garden or island view anyway. My 3750 points for GV gets me nice summer weeks (2 bedrooms) on HHI garden view (except GO) Myrtle, June in Newport. The ski weeks will take a bit more (unless I only go for 6 days, slicing out a weekend day). It seems like I will get most of the trades I received before (ski weeks will be a bit more expensive)

I was reluctant to trade my Hawaii's in the past, as they usually traded down (even with the AC attached). Now I plan on making some serious Sun-Thurs gigs to resorts within driving distance to me in off season (Marco, Lakeshore, Oceana Palms and HHI. It looks like I can snag 3 of these in off season for the points of one Waiohai (4250) or Koolina (4050).

I have some concerns about every trader with enuf points trying to snag ski and plat weeks, but I think it will be cost prohibitive. Lets take the super plat ski week at Summit for 5200 points. For the new purchaser of points this will cost $50K just for the points + the 2K Mf's. If you add the lost interest on the 50K you get to about $3500/year cost just to purchase enuf points for this. This is close to the rental fee on redweek.

Current owners of gold/silver/bronze /weeks can combine points if they convert , but will have to consume the MF's on 2-3 units to do so (also pretty pricey and in line with rentals.

If the system is a complete disaster and inventory is available I am out the $695. The yearly fee doesn't faze me as that is much cheaper than II fees, lock off fees and fees to use the ac's...

I will miss searching the flexchange waiver wire on II however, as there were great deals there!!!

Only time will tell...

. Are you going to join the new system No
2. if so, did you buy a developer week Yes

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms
Ocean Pointe, gold, 2bdr oceanfront

4. If you are not going to join, how will you use your week exchange through II

1. Are you going to join the new system
No
2. if so, did you buy a developer week
No

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms
Summit Watch, silver & bronze, 2 bedrooms
I used to own 2 Mountainside units but already sold them.

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I'll continue to use II for exchanges. If I can't get weeks that I want then I'll sell my weeks on ebay for $1 or give them away. There are many great options besides Marriott and I'll focus on those exchanges if the Marriott weeks with II disappear.

1. Are you going to join the new system
HELL NO!!!

2. if so, did you buy a developer week
Yes Through MVCI

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms
GRande Vista 2BDR Lock Off

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I'll continue to use II for exchanges.
If I can't get weeks that I want then I'll use them at Grande Vista, my kids are still Disney ages....or I will sell my weeks on ebay for $1 or give them away. There are many great options besides Marriott and I'll focus on those exchanges if the Marriott weeks with II disappear.

1. Are you going to join the new system no

2. if so, did you buy a developer week no

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms msw gold

4. If you are not going to join, how will you use your week II or use it

1. Not at this time (want to wait and see how things go)- I've already booked and traded for 2011 so I have no reason to join yet.

2. Two developer weeks. The other side of the coin here is that I would never buy these new "points" that have no home resort- I would feel like the ugly step child that no one wanted. I will be interested to see how cheaply these points purchases end up selling for in 6 months or so when the new buyers find they can't reserve weeks as easily as all the sales people have promised them.

3. Own at Surfwatch- plat, 2bed, oceanside and Grande Vista platinum.

4. We bought Surfwatch to use so no reason to put that into their grubby hands, the Grande Vista we might want to trade but I'm very leery of this new program with no home resort advantage.

1. Are you going to join the new system: NO

2. if so, did you buy a developer week: Developer

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms: 2bdrm gold ov aruba ocean club


4. If you are not going to join, how will you use your week: : trade in II

lovearuba said:

1. Are you going to join the new system

2. if so, did you buy a developer week

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms

4. If you are not going to join, how will you use your week

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1. He11 no!

2. developer purchase

3. Ocean Pointe 3 bedroom ocean front silver season and Grand Chateau 3 bedroom platinum season

4. personal use and continue to exchange with Interval like we've always done. Mostly personal use for the master suite and exchange the lock-off units. We will probably continue to offer the master suite of Grand Chateau for exchange using request first. We're happy to go back to Grand Chateau but we're not married to it. If we can get something we think will be more interesting in exhange, then we'll put in a request first exchange request. If it doesn't come through 4 or 5 months before our travel date then Vegas here we come.

lovearuba said:

1. Are you going to join the new system - No

2. if so, did you buy a developer week - No

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms - Shadow Ridge platinum season 2BR lock-off
4. If you are not going to join, how will you use your week - use II for 2 exchanges (by using lock-off) or rent or use it myself

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First, I would not spend $1500 to enroll the new system.
Second, I don't like this points system, I cannot reserve the same size room/same season with my points. What the heck!

lovearuba said:

1. Are you going to join the new system

2. if so, did you buy a developer week

3. What timeshare do you own, what season, how many bedrooms

4. If you are not going to join, how will you use your week

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1. Not sure yet(leaning toward no), need more info

2. No, resale week

3.Frenchman's Cove, Platinum, 2 Bedrooms

4. Use my week annually at MFC and occasionially trade through II