csalter2
TUG Member
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2008
- Messages
- 1,968
- Reaction score
- 554
- Points
- 473
- Location
- Orange County, California
- Resorts Owned
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Marriott Ko Olina
Marriott Aruba Surf Club
Marriott Ocean Pointe
Diamond Resorts Gold
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Just got off the phone with Central sales. Aruba Surf Club platinum week was offered to me for 45K worth 4,070 points enrolled.
I tried getting her to give me info on any new program but she said no one knows as of now and they are all waiting. She admitted they had no idea and they all assume there will be something like no fee exchange possible in the near future but they expect/hope for something within the year, Since synergy is what MVC has said they wanted. Then she mentioned how the DC program was rolled out and how it affected resale weeks back then and who knows if that would apply to a new program for vistana weeks. She didn’t sell me on “buying now” to be in the program before prices go up like we’ve heard from sales reps at resorts, but she did sell me on buying now because of the large point incentive they are offering. A large incentive they have never offered before.
She said a hybrid week comes with two maint fees and the best way in was the Aruba enrolled week since it had a maint fee of around 1800 for 4k enrolled points. Keep in mind that’s what i led with, so it’s easy to sell someone on what they asked for. However, We are looking at other options. She did say that if I bought the Aruba week who knows about the future, but the current ownership i have now with VSE could bring me over the executive level if there is enrollment of resale weeks.
Then she hit me with the villas of Distinction which kind of has me hooked. What are we looking at with VOD? Anyone have success with that?
I purchased the same week last week for $10,000 less. I bought it for the 4070 DC points to which it elects. Plus, the maintenance fee to points price is lower than pure DC points.