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Just sat through a presentation on Club Interval Gold the “new” points trading system. Obviously got a sales pitch. Would appreciate thoughts about the Club Interval Gold. Claims are that it is limited to .03 percent of the II membership and basically guarantees that if you have a 4 bedroom unit in your portfolio, no matter what else you trade, as long as it is in the highly desirable column of II dates, you are pretty much guaranteed to get what you ask for. (Like Marriott Myrtle Beach 4th of July or Atlantis Parkside Island, January- February or Frenchman’s Cove peak season, etc.

All input appreciated.
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Sounds like a sales' pitch for the gullible timeshare owner to me.
 

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It's true that some ownerships have top trading power in II and are almost "guaranteed" to see everything. However, there are two problems:

1. You can only get what had been deposited, either by an owner or by a developer. Nobody is going to deposit Myrtle Beach 4th of July, Harborside at Atlantis, or other peak demand weeks at top resorts. So you will not get it because there will be no inventory in II.

2. Marriott and Vistana timeshares have an internal preference period, so even if some high demand weeks are somehow deposited, they will first go to other Marriott or Vistana owners, and other II members will only get leftovers. High demand weeks at top resorts will not make it to the leftovers in II for you to get with a non-Marriott and non-Vistana timeshare.
 

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When I was traveling to Hawaii at Christmas and New Year each year, I deposited a July 4th Barony Beach to ensure a two bedroom Marriott. I'm positive that the weeks only went to Marriott owners with requests one year out. So happy to be retired and off the public holiday schedule!
 

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When we went to a presentation while staying at Marriott's Cypress Harbour, the salesperson said exactly what you heard. I kept asking him to repeat it, and the dummy kept saying the same thing, over and over again. Did the guy's first name begin Ga___?
 

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His name did not start with Ga___. But, there was a lot of repeating the same thing. I also viewed this as a sales pitch for the gullible, but thought it would be interesting to see what people had to say. Thanks for your input.
 

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His name did not start with Ga___. But, there was a lot of repeating the same thing. I also viewed this as a sales pitch for the gullible, but thought it would be interesting to see what people had to say. Thanks for your input.
I would guess Ga___ was fired.
 

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It's true that some ownerships have top trading power in II and are almost "guaranteed" to see everything. However, there are two problems:

1. You can only get what had been deposited, either by an owner or by a developer. Nobody is going to deposit Myrtle Beach 4th of July, Harborside at Atlantis, or other peak demand weeks at top resorts. So you will not get it because there will be no inventory in II.

2. Marriott and Vistana timeshares have an internal preference period, so even if some high demand weeks are somehow deposited, they will first go to other Marriott or Vistana owners, and other II members will only get leftovers. High demand weeks at top resorts will not make it to the leftovers in II for you to get with a non-Marriott and non-Vistana timeshare.

You echo many of my thoughts. Of course as with any good timeshare salesman, he had a response (some would say “lie”) ready for me. He said that II had agreements with the companies like Marriott and other top resorts that required 10% of units available only to this special “Club” of members. Oh yeah, where do I sign up! LOL. Thanks!
 

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When I was traveling to Hawaii at Christmas and New Year each year, I deposited a July 4th Barony Beach to ensure a two bedroom Marriott. I'm positive that the weeks only went to Marriott owners with requests one year out. So happy to be retired and off the public holiday schedule!
Totally on the same page! Thanks.
 

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Not sure when the program started but it has been around a while. Definitely not anything new. There is a reason it hasn't taken off. The concept of paying thousands of dollars to convert a week, that was paid for with thousands of dollars, into "points", to trade for a different week in a system that you already pay a membership fee for, defies any form of logical sense.
 
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