Interval Going To All Points System

[Kel]

This week a sales rep at the Ocean Club in Aruba said now that Marriott owns Interval International it will be going to a points only system. Any truth to this?

 

[dgf15215]

Hard to tell as it coming from the lips of a sale rep. Unfortunate but true.

 

[SteelerGal]

Is it only for MVC or all resorts contacted to II? There are contracts in play so I doubt MVC would make significant changes w/our reviewing how a change would affect their bottom line.

 

[tschwa2]

I doubt it because converting resorts to club interval gold continues to be a money maker and if it went to an all points system they would have to do it for free unless they went to a system similar to RCI's weeks known trading power but then they would lose the upgrade fees.

 

[StevenTing]

I think you should call Interval and ask them directly. My guess is they'll tell you no.

 

[taterhed]

Interval has had (has?) a points system for years.

AFAIK, it was never a success. Of course, now that I said that, somebody will jump in this thread to tell me how much they love it!!!

I think its: What is Club Interval Gold? Club Interval Gold is a flexible, points-based exchange program which gives members the opportunity to exchange their fixed or floating weeks for Club Interval Points.

don't hold your breath on that one.

Salesman? manipulating the facts to fit his/her sales needs? Nah...
couldn't possibly happen

 

[bazzap]

Interval has had (has?) a points system for years.

AFAIK, it was never a success. Of course, now that I said that, somebody will jump in this thread to tell me how much they love it!!!

I think its: What is Club Interval Gold? Club Interval Gold is a flexible, points-based exchange program which gives members the opportunity to exchange their fixed or floating weeks for Club Interval Points.

don't hold your breath on that one.

Salesman? manipulating the facts to fit his/her sales needs? Nah...
couldn't possibly happen

Yes, Interval’s Club Interval Gold points system has been around for quite a while, but seems to be little known or used.
https://www.intervalworld.com/iimedia/pdf/iw/cig-mem-broruchre-us.pdf

 

[CPNY]

On my last owners update (last year) at harborside at Atlantis. Let me rephrase that, On the last time I went to the sales pitch for a free bottle of rum they tried selling me interval points. Of course I laughed and swigged from the bottle. When the “closer” came out, (don’t you love when you laugh at the sales rep and they get the closer and the closer comes out saying,”so I understand you’re ready to sign right now”) the closer was asking why I was wasting their time if I wasn’t going to buy haha. I said because I’m a pirate and a pirate never passes up a bottle of rum lol. I digress, at harborside even though it’s a Vistana resort they were selling interval points, not any of the flex programs.

I’m a member of the interval group on Facebook and many of those people have points. I don’t think they get great resorts.

 

[tschwa2]

On my last owners update (last year) at harborside at Atlantis. Let me rephrase that, On the last time I went to the sales pitch for a free bottle of rum they tried selling me interval points. Of course I laughed and swigged from the bottle. When the “closer” came out, (don’t you love when you laugh at the sales rep and they get the closer and the closer comes out saying,”so I understand you’re ready to sign right now”) the closer was asking why I was wasting their time if I wasn’t going to buy haha. I said because I’m a pirate and a pirate never passes up a bottle of rum lol. I digress, at harborside even though it’s a Vistana resort they were selling interval points, not any of the flex programs.

I’m a member of the interval group on Facebook and many of those people have points. I don’t think they get great resorts.

I can't imagine who would have been selling interval points at Harborside. If it was any kind of Vistana agent it would have been flex that trade as points in interval vs the deeded units which exchange in interval as actual units and not x number of points. Depending on the date it also could have been Marriott points but unless you were meeting with the reps from a different resort entirely there are no club interval points sold based on a Harborside unit. Club interval points are only sold at resorts without an internal points system.

 

[CPNY]

I can't imagine who would have been selling interval points at Harborside. If it was any kind of Vistana agent it would have been flex that trade as points in interval vs the deeded units which exchange in interval as actual units and not x number of points. Depending on the date it also could have been Marriott points but unless you were meeting with the reps from a different resort entirely there are no club interval points sold based on a Harborside unit. Club interval points are only sold at resorts without an internal points system.

They were selling me ILG points. Not Sheraton flex. I was already familiar with Sheraton flex since Vistana tried selling me that over the phone two years ago.

 

[tschwa2]

They were selling me ILG points. Not Sheraton flex. I was already familiar with Sheraton flex since Vistana tried selling me that over the phone two years ago.

Then they must have been selling it from another resort, even if they were onsite at Harborside. Since you didn't buy you likely don't have any paperwork but I am sure that if they were CIG points they were associated with another resort. Vistana is selling 3 types of trust points and Harborside isn't a part of any of the 3 but it isn't associated with a straight interval points either.

 

[CPNY]

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Then they must have been selling it from another resort, even if they were onsite at Harborside. Since you didn't buy you likely don't have any paperwork but I am sure that if they were CIG points they were associated with another resort. Vistana is selling 3 types of trust points and Harborside isn't a part of any of the 3 but it isn't associated with a straight interval points either.

im familiar with star options. They weren’t selling me star options. Since it isn’t associated with the 3 trust points they are selling they could be selling the ILG points. St. John isn’t in Westin flex, I wonder what they are selling there. Although Vistana over the phone was willing to “get special approval” to sell me a deeded week in St. John if I wanted. Cause ya know, I was a special customer they normally don’t do that anymore haha

 

[CPNY]

Then they must have been selling it from another resort, even if they were onsite at Harborside. Since you didn't buy you likely don't have any paperwork but I am sure that if they were CIG points they were associated with another resort. Vistana is selling 3 types of trust points and Harborside isn't a part of any of the 3 but it isn't associated with a straight interval points either.

I didn’t go on the update in May, maybe I’ll go over Labor Day week when I go back

 

[pedro47]

There are so many small & medium timeshare resorts that are not connected to a points system and they can only offer weeks exchanges. IMO.