$25 off saving points between October 1 and October 7.

[Denise L]

HGVC treats all the points, no matter how many weeks you own, as a single bucket of points when it comes to fees for saving, depositing to RCI, etc. So yes, one fee would cover all of your points.

Kurt

But if I acquire the contract with spare points to save after I have already done a save on my current points, then I will have to pay another fee to save those since they were not part of the first batch?

 

[brp]

HGVC treats all the points, no matter how many weeks you own, as a single bucket of points when it comes to fees for saving, depositing to RCI, etc. So yes, one fee would cover all of your points.

Kurt

And I'm assuming that this would also apply to the separate buckets for Regular and by Hilton Club points. They just started the buckets recently, and I've not had points to save since the change (and hope not to ), so no experience with this as yet, but I would hope so.

Cheers.

 

[PigsDad]

But if I acquire the contract with spare points to save after I have already done a save on my current points, then I will have to pay another fee to save those since they were not part of the first batch?

You would probably have to call for that corner case. I assume it doesn't happen that often and not sure if anyone here has been in that situation.

Kurt

 

[Nomad420]

I took advantage of the saving and saved/banked my remaining point into next year. Being rather new to HGVC did the fee go up? I paid $104 to save my remaining points, hence the fee would normally be $129, was there an increase? I don't remember it as being over $100.... Thanks in advance.

 

[Nomad420]

Thanks for the tips. Hypothetically speaking, what if I close on a contract before the end of the year and it has points to save? Will I need to pay another fee to save those? If I had the contract now, would one save fee cover both contracts?

I don't know if this helps but I closed my current HGVC contract in mid Dec 2016 and they wanted to charge me a fee to save the points into 201. I called and complained and was immediately credited back the fee.

 

[GT75]

I took advantage of the saving and saved/banked my remaining point into next year. Being rather new to HGVC did the fee go up? I paid $104 to save my remaining points,

No, that is the normal rate. Looks like you will need to call to get your $25 credit.

 

[Nomad420]

No, that is the normal rate. Looks like you will need to call to get your $25 credit.

Yeah, dang! Just checked and I did it on line just as instructed.

 

[Nomad420]

GT75, thanks I owe you man!! I called and they said "some of the accounts are having problems" so I guess just a word to the wise check your statement and make sure you got the credit. I was thinking, yeah big deal, they raised it $25 and then give you a one week window to bill you at the previous level! Thanks again...

 

[GT75]

Thanks again.

No problem. I am glad that it worked out for you. Personally, I hate all of these little fees, but I guess it is also the cost of doing business.

 

[1Kflyerguy]

No problem. I am glad that it worked out for you. Personally, I hate all of these little fees, but I guess it is also the cost of doing business.

We also own with Marriott, and they don't charge for all these transactions, but then the MF is generally higher. Hard to really say which approach i like better.

 

[brp]

We also own with Marriott, and they don't charge for all these transactions, but then the MF is generally higher. Hard to really say which approach i like better.

DVC doesn't charge for any of it, and MFs are reasonable. I like their model better, but HGVC has some kick-ass locations

Cheers.

 

[Denise L]

You would probably have to call for that corner case. I assume it doesn't happen that often and not sure if anyone here has been in that situation.

Kurt

I called and the agent told me that I would have to pay to save any points from a newly acquired contract since I wouldn't have had the points at the time I paid for the original save. That makes sense, but means that I probably will have to wait to do any saving.

 

[brp]

I called and the agent told me that I would have to pay to save any points from a newly acquired contract since I wouldn't have had the points at the time I paid for the original save. That makes sense, but means that I probably will have to wait to do any saving.

Guessing if it were a Developer purchase, they'd work with you on this. Hey, that's an idea! Cancel this deal and buy from the Developer. Could well save the 25 bucks

Cheers.

 

[MamaBess]

The sad thing is that it works. On the Facebook groups that I read, I would say that most people think that converting to Honors points is a good use of their points! The Facebook members tend to be much less experienced timeshare owners in general, but it is amazing at how many of them boast about not only converting, but even buying / upgrading additional HGVC weeks with the intention of converting to Honors most of the time. Sad and crazy, IMO!

Kurt

While on vacation in Washington DC, where we own, we met a couple with three college student children in three college sports. They said that they have been doing the HH conversion more than ever, because they go to as many games as possible and they will spend one or two nights in different cities every week. This has been how they get to participate in as many games as possible. They said they do still take a week in Mexico, where they own, but lately the exchange to HH has been working best for them. I guess it all depends on what your current needs are. I know when my two kids were in college, there would have been no extra money forcity hopping, so maybe I would have considered the conversion a blessing.

 

[dayooper]

While on vacation in Washington DC, where we own, we met a couple with three college student children in three college sports. They said that they have been doing the HH conversion more than ever, because they go to as many games as possible and they will spend one or two nights in different cities every week. This has been how they get to participate in as many games as possible. They said they do still take a week in Mexico, where they own, but lately the exchange to HH has been working best for them. I guess it all depends on what your current needs are. I know when my two kids were in college, there would have been no extra money forcity hopping, so maybe I would have considered the conversion a blessing.

I think there are instances where it makes sense. We have friends that knew they weren’t going to use their points the following year, so they converted them at the 25:1 ratio. They used them on a trip going to visit various colleges with their daughter. They stayed almost free at Hilton hotels.

I think there are circumstances where it makes complete sense. It’s a perk to be able to do that. Taking a big trip next year and won’t use your points at an HGVC resort? Absolutely! Take the money off of the top. Buying a unit or units just to convert on a regular basis doesn’t make sense to me, though.

 

[MamaBess]

I think there are instances where it makes sense. We have friends that knew they weren’t going to use their points the following year, so they converted them at the 25:1 ratio. They used them on a trip going to visit various colleges with their daughter. They stayed almost free at Hilton hotels.

I think there are circumstances where it makes complete sense. It’s a perk to be able to do that. Taking a big trip next year and won’t use your points at an HGVC resort? Absolutely! Take the money off of the top. Buying a unit or units just to convert on a regular basis doesn’t make sense to me, though.

Agreed. There are many ways to use points, and the HH conversion does not seem to make financial sense to most of us, but I can understand that it might fit particular needs at times.

 

[PigsDad]

Agreed. There are many ways to use points, and the HH conversion does not seem to make financial sense to most of us, but I can understand that it might fit particular needs at times.

At times, yes. As a major reason to buy, no way!

Kurt

 

[brp]

At times, yes. As a major reason to buy, no way!

Kurt

That's the point. One will generally pay more for the MFs to generate the converted points than they would pay for the hotel stays. So, as a major reason, this is a sucker bet. But, if one generally uses the timeshare and, on occasion can't, then the conversion can make sense.

One thing I've found about the Hilton hotel side is that They Know Who I Am. If I look at any given hotel while logged in, they note that and I will now receive emails with specials for that hotel. Of course, no one wants extra marketing email, but this is very valuable as there is a set of locations we visit frequently, and some of these are good deals.

As an example, I booked a stay in San Diego at a good $126/night rate. Next day I got a Suite Deal offer at $109, and it was available for our dates. We've also been known to add a trip somewhere (like Portland) because of a good rate offer. So it can work on us

But can just about always do better than conversion even at the bHC 50:1.

Cheers.

 

[mscheribel59]

Saw this for saving points.... credit changed from 25 to 15 now on the HGVC website.
Save Points and Save $15 through the end of October
Just an FYI. I Don't remember them reducing it last year. If I remember right, previously it was $25 entire month of October, although I could be wrong.

 

[GT75]

previously it was $25 entire month of October

I thought that I remembered is has always been $10 off during the month of October.

 

[SmithOp]

Hah, I call it the sucker discount, use those points people! I’ve got 1680 left, for 2020, all the others are gone.


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[brp]

Hah, I call it the sucker discount, use those points people!

Always a borrower, never a saver, be.

Cheers.

 

[CanuckTravlr]

I thought that I remembered is has always been $10 off during the month of October.

Yes, that's my recollection, too. It was normally a $10 discount for either October or November, IIRC. Had to be prior to December 1st, I think. The $25 was a special deal this year.

 

[GT75]

I’ve got 1680 left, for 2020, all the others are gone.

Sounds like you might need to purchase some more points.

 

[CalGalTraveler]

No problem. I am glad that it worked out for you. Personally, I hate all of these little fees, but I guess it is also the cost of doing business.

Yes the fees are annoying, however even when you add it in it is still much less that MVC or Vistana (on Maui). For example, MVC and Vistana MFs tend to run $2200 to $2800 vs. HGVC and Hyatt which run $1200 - $2000. AND you still need to pay fees such a splitting your lockoff for II trading etc.

MVC charges thousands for owners to enroll their weeks in their club vs. the $599 mandatory upon purchase for all HGVC properties. MVCs enrollment in points for trading is optional so even if you paid the hefty fee to enroll, premium units may not be available for points trades because the owners of such units will tend to use or rent them out instead of enrolling. Such owners can still trade their week via II but they have to trade for other weeks and cannot book shorter stays.

The HGVC system is well designed - nice and fluid. I am more inclined to buy more points with HGVC because the points flexibility will age well with us as our traveling tastes change. The new properties in the Caribbean etc also make the system more attractive. (Vistana (Sheraton/Westin) system with Staroption points is also nice system, but we'll see how MVC monkeys with that system to make a profit.)