Wyndham Club Access vs. older system

[chaomandy]

I am thinking about buying another Wyndham timeshare. Should I be focusing on Wyndham Club Access contract? If I get a Wyndham Club Access contract, how does the old points pool into the new contract?

 

[dioxide45]

Watching this. I think I know the answer but want to follow. I think the annual fees on CWA are fairly high and it really only gives you booking priority into the properties in CWA. Many of which you don't need booking priority. It is often mentioned that buying a week that has a lower MF/1000 point ratio is a better way to go.

 

[T-Dot-Traveller]

I am thinking about buying another Wyndham timeshare. Should I be focusing on Wyndham Club Access contract? If I get a Wyndham Club Access contract, how does the old points pool into the new contract?

CWA is a blend of resorts.

There are resorts that have a lower cost per point than CWA .Buying one of those would make your usage cost lower.
There are many TUG Wyndham forum threads that can give you additional information to review before buying.

 

[raygo123]

I am thinking about buying another Wyndham timeshare. Should I be focusing on Wyndham Club Access contract? If I get a Wyndham Club Access contract, how does the old points pool into the new contract?

The contract, no matter what you buy resale, the contract will stand on it's own. You will be able to deposit the first three months, DEPOSIT FORWARD. There is no longer a pool. You can deposit in the next or following years. Those rules are not determined by the type of ownership, CWA or Select.

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[Eric B]

I am thinking about buying another Wyndham timeshare. Should I be focusing on Wyndham Club Access contract? If I get a Wyndham Club Access contract, how does the old points pool into the new contract?

It really depends on what you mean by "pool". When you buy another Wyndham timeshare, if you have it added to your existing account, assuming you are not a Wyndham VIP, the points associated with the new one will be in the same account and you can use them together with your existing points to make a reservation in the standard reservation period (3-10 months) or express reservation period (0-3 months). It gets more complicated if you're a VIP owner because they recently made it more difficult to use the points together in the SRP in their implementation of the system and haven't communicated to the customer service representatives that what they told everyone was that you would be able to. If the new one is the same as your old one, you should be able to combine the points in the advanced reservation period (10-13 months).

Also, it's actually called Club Wyndham Access (CWA) rather than Wyndham Club Access. I would recommend against a CWA contract because the cost per point per year is above average. There are some minor benefits of owning a CWA contract (ARP ability to book resorts in the trust, which includes some Margaritaville points), but the vast majority of Wyndham availability is historically still there at the 10-month point when anyone can book since the average owner books at ~6 months. That makes the less expensive Wyndham ownerships a much better deal unless you need a specific unit type at a specific resort every year.

 

[chaomandy]

WCA is a blend of resorts.

There are resorts that have a lower cost per point than WCA .Buying one of those would make your usage cost lower.
There are many TUG Wyndham forum threads that can give you additional information to review before buying.

Yeah....I did a quick Google search on resale and WCA does not offer better fee. I will just find a contract that makes sense and not focus on if it's WCA or not.

 

[chaomandy]

The contract, no matter what you buy resale, the contract will stand on it's own. You will be able to deposit the first three months, DEPOSIT FORWARD. There is no longer a pool. You can deposit in the next or following years. Those rules are not determined by the type of ownership, CWA or Select.

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Got it. They really do make things complicated and against the owners.

 

[chaomandy]

It really depends on what you mean by "pool". When you buy another Wyndham timeshare, if you have it added to your existing account, assuming you are not a Wyndham VIP, the points associated with the new one will be in the same account and you can use them together with your existing points to make a reservation in the standard reservation period (3-10 months) or express reservation period (0-3 months). It gets more complicated if you're a VIP owner because they recently made it more difficult to use the points together in the SRP in their implementation of the system and haven't communicated to the customer service representatives that what they told everyone was that you would be able to. If the new one is the same as your old one, you should be able to combine the points in the advanced reservation period (10-13 months).

Also, it's actually called Club Wyndham Access (CWA) rather than Wyndham Club Access. I would recommend against a CWA contract because the cost per point per year is above average. There are some minor benefits of owning a CWA contract (ARP ability to book resorts in the trust, which includes some Margaritaville points), but the vast majority of Wyndham availability is historically still there at the 10-month point when anyone can book since the average owner books at ~6 months. That makes the less expensive Wyndham ownerships a much better deal unless you need a specific unit type at a specific resort every year.

Thank you so much for the detailed explaination. I am going to take a look at the maintenance fees and focus on resale contracts on low fee resorts.

 

[chaomandy]

Should I target Wyndham resale contracts or should I look into another system since I already owned Wyndham?

 

[dioxide45]

Thank you so much for the detailed explaination. I am going to take a look at the maintenance fees and focus on resale contracts on low fee resorts.

Low fee usually = higher purchase price. There is a reason that CWA is pretty cheap on the resale market.

 

[dioxide45]

Should I target Wyndham resale contracts or should I look into another system since I already owned Wyndham?

That depends on what your usage goals are. We would need much more information to be able to answer this question.

 

[chaomandy]

That depends on what your usage goals are. We would need much more information to be able to answer this question.

It's just my husband and I and we have no kids. I thought about Disney but we are not that crazy about Disney. I don't mind waiting until there is a Disney resort showing up on RCI. The major complaint that I have with Wyndham is it does not cover some popular tourist places such as Key West. The all-inclusive resorts in South America are expensive (or cheap? Just I don't know the market?)

 

[raygo123]

Should I target Wyndham resale contracts or should I look into another system since I already owned Wyndham?

Is what you own bought through Wyndham? If so you may want to consider another to use as a PIC. Massanutten is a great choice.

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[bnoble]

Should I target Wyndham resale contracts or should I look into another system since I already owned Wyndham?

What are you trying to accomplish? Do you want to take more vacations just like the ones you are taking now? Is there something about Wyndham you particularly do or do not like?

(@dioxide45 beat me to it, but it is a good question.)

The major complaint that I have with Wyndham is it does not cover some popular tourist places such as Key West.

If your main goal is "start traveling places Wyndham does not have resorts" then buying more Wyndham points seems like a bad way to go about it.