Marriott Waiving Destination Points Enrolment Fee?

[Jo Jo]

I own a couple of Aruba Surf & Ocean Club weeks, along with Grande Ocean in Hilton Head (all weeks are platinum season). All of these were purchased as "after market" direct from previous owners.

I am visiting Grande Ocean this week => today I received a call to schedule a session to hear about my opportunity to convert my weeks to points at no charge. Apparently this is a savings of upwards to $2,400 in which they are running some sort of promotion over the next 3 weeks or so.

(i) Not sure if I heard correctly, wondering if anyone else has heard of same recently?

(ii) My personal experience is that I generally use my Aruba/HH properties or share with friends & family. If I want to go to other properties, I have been able to secure very good deals on Redweek

(iii) Based on my usage patterns not sure what I am gaining if I enter Destination points?

(iv) Is there any down side to me converting to points ... I suspect that one needs to pay for the yearly of approx. $185+ (which I currently do not pay, as I have decided to not to enrol in Interval)? Apparently the person advised (during my phone conversation) that I can still book my platinum weeks ... with no change to reservation process or maintenance fees.

Appreciate thoughts/comments.

Cheers,

 

[StevenTing]

Others have posted the same. I also read of someone on Facebook receiving the same offer. The only real downside is the annual membership fee which you already addressed. However, just become you enroll in the program, it doesn't mean you need to convert your weeks. By enrolling, you open your account up to being able to rent Destination points from others along with your ability to convert. You'll have to decide if this is worth it to you for that annual fee.

If there is no cost to enroll, you're essentially paying the annual fee as an option to convert your weeks to points along with being able to rent. Personally, I would do it. It's a small cost in the overall vacation experience. Totally worth it.

 

[vacationtime1]

+1

If Marriott will enroll your resale weeks into the Destinations Club for free, go for it. You have little to lose (the annual fee) and a huge amount of flexibility to gain. And if you find you don't need that flexibility after a few years, you can just drop out of the DC and save future annual fees.

Many of us have paid thousands of dollars to enroll weeks or to buy points in order to enroll weeks.

 

[NiteMaire]

I own a couple of Aruba Surf & Ocean Club weeks, along with Grande Ocean in Hilton Head (all weeks are platinum season). All of these were purchased as "after market" direct from previous owners.

I am visiting Grande Ocean this week => today I received a call to schedule a session to hear about my opportunity to convert my weeks to points at no charge. Apparently this is a savings of upwards to $2,400 in which they are running some sort of promotion over the next 3 weeks or so.

(i) Not sure if I heard correctly, wondering if anyone else has heard of same recently?

(ii) My personal experience is that I generally use my Aruba/HH properties or share with friends & family. If I want to go to other properties, I have been able to secure very good deals on Redweek

(iii) Based on my usage patterns not sure what I am gaining if I enter Destination points?

(iv) Is there any down side to me converting to points ... I suspect that one needs to pay for the yearly of approx. $185+ (which I currently do not pay, as I have decided to not to enrol in Interval)? Apparently the person advised (during my phone conversation) that I can still book my platinum weeks ... with no change to reservation process or maintenance fees.

Appreciate thoughts/comments.

Cheers,

I received a call roughly stating the same (I own a resale 3BR EOYE Grand Chateau). I asked several questions/made several comments. Salesman confirmed I could enroll my post Jun 10 resale into DP, but I'd need to buy about $30K in points. I told him no thanks, but to let me know if they ever offer conversion without needing to purchase additional DPs.

He said I was very knowledgeable. I let him know I get/got all my info from TUG He had good things to say about TUG and said he was a member (so he may be reading this post).

FWIW, the 3BR would net me 2300 and change in DPs every year...so 4600 and change total for my unit.

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[dioxide45]

I received a call roughly stating the same (I own a resale 3BR EOYE Grand Chateau). I asked several questions/made several comments. Salesman confirmed I could enroll my post Jun 10 resale into DP, but I'd need to buy about $30K in points. I told him no thanks, but to let me know if they ever offer conversion without needing to purchase additional DPs.

He said I was very knowledgeable. I let him know I get/got all my info from TUG He had good things to say about TUG and said he was a member (so he may be reading this post).

FWIW, the 3BR would net me 2300 and change in DPs every year...so 4600 and change total for my unit.

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You can only convert to points in years where you have use, though you can borrow or bank them so you can use them in the non use year.

 

[Jo Jo]

While I was at GO last year, they wanted me to buy $20K of points. Apparently (based on a 5 minute phone conversation), the person advised no need to acquire any more points if I want to convert this year???

Thx.

 

[NiteMaire]

You can only convert to points in years where you have use, though you can borrow or bank them so you can use them in the non use year.

That's what I thought, but the salesman told me the DPs would be per year (half of use year). I questioned his comment, and he confirmed. I didn't press anymore since I wasn't interested in buying points.

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[frank808]

I own a couple of Aruba Surf & Ocean Club weeks, along with Grande Ocean in Hilton Head (all weeks are platinum season). All of these were purchased as "after market" direct from previous owners.

I am visiting Grande Ocean this week => today I received a call to schedule a session to hear about my opportunity to convert my weeks to points at no charge. Apparently this is a savings of upwards to $2,400 in which they are running some sort of promotion over the next 3 weeks or so.

(i) Not sure if I heard correctly, wondering if anyone else has heard of same recently?

(ii) My personal experience is that I generally use my Aruba/HH properties or share with friends & family. If I want to go to other properties, I have been able to secure very good deals on Redweek

(iii) Based on my usage patterns not sure what I am gaining if I enter Destination points?

(iv) Is there any down side to me converting to points ... I suspect that one needs to pay for the yearly of approx. $185+ (which I currently do not pay, as I have decided to not to enrol in Interval)? Apparently the person advised (during my phone conversation) that I can still book my platinum weeks ... with no change to reservation process or maintenance fees.

Appreciate thoughts/comments.

Cheers,

Seen a couple of posts for people with offers like this. Then when they show up it was a mistake as mvc body snatchers did not know enrolling was not possible for weeks bought resale after june 2010 without buying dp points( i think that was the cutoff).

Highly unlikely that weeks bought resale post june 2010 will be enrolled in weeks for free. I believe they are still running the program to enroll a post resale week if you buy 2500 or 3000 dp points from mvc.

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[NiteMaire]

Seen a couple of posts for people with offers like this. Then when they show up it was a mistake as mvc body snatchers did not know enrolling was not possible for weeks bought resale after june 2010 without buying dp points( i think that was the cutoff).

Highly unlikely that weeks bought resale post june 2010 will be enrolled in weeks for free. I believe they are still running the program to enroll a post resale week if you buy 2500 or 3000 dp points from mvc.

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Salesman told me it's 1000 (or 1500) DPs for this never-before-seen offer

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[frank808]

Tug member ljmiii posted he enrolled a post resale week into dp program but had to buy 3000 dp points. This was on june 30 2017.

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[tschwa2]

Tug member ljmiii posted he enrolled a post resale week into dp program but had to buy 3000 dp points. This was on june 30 2017.

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Yes that is possible when they are offering that promotion but that was $35,000 ish, not free.

 

[frank808]

Yes that is possible when they are offering that promotion but that was $35,000 ish, not free.

That is my response to op. Mvc ia not going to do anything for free.

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[jlee2070]

I'm sure this will come at a cost of buying Points...

 

[dougp26364]

I own a couple of Aruba Surf & Ocean Club weeks, along with Grande Ocean in Hilton Head (all weeks are platinum season). All of these were purchased as "after market" direct from previous owners.

I am visiting Grande Ocean this week => today I received a call to schedule a session to hear about my opportunity to convert my weeks to points at no charge. Apparently this is a savings of upwards to $2,400 in which they are running some sort of promotion over the next 3 weeks or so.

(i) Not sure if I heard correctly, wondering if anyone else has heard of same recently?

(ii) My personal experience is that I generally use my Aruba/HH properties or share with friends & family. If I want to go to other properties, I have been able to secure very good deals on Redweek

(iii) Based on my usage patterns not sure what I am gaining if I enter Destination points?

(iv) Is there any down side to me converting to points ... I suspect that one needs to pay for the yearly of approx. $185+ (which I currently do not pay, as I have decided to not to enrol in Interval)? Apparently the person advised (during my phone conversation) that I can still book my platinum weeks ... with no change to reservation process or maintenance fees.

Appreciate thoughts/comments.

Cheers,

1. As mentioned, they'll want you to buy points to get your current weeks enrolled. The salesman will probably tell you the new trust points will "supercharge" your enrolled weeks point value. It's a BS line IMHO.

2/3. If you use your home weeks, you're not gaining anything except potential flexibility if/when you need it. We typically haven't needed that flexibility but, shortly after joining the DC we had health issues and a change in jobs, which meant fewer vacation days. Having the flesability of points allowed us to tailor our vacations to what we had available for vacation days. It also allows us to book Tuesday or Wednesday as arrival/departure days for cheaper airfare.

4. Not much downside unless they want you to invest in additional points, which come at a very high cost IMHO. Even at their original price, pin to were far to expensive to ever consider an additional direct purchase.

 

[Quadmaniac]

That is my response to op. Mvc ia not going to do anything for free.

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You have to convince them to let you enroll yours for $35,000 Frank! Wouldn't that be a deal ? lol

 

[frank808]

You have to convince them to let you enroll yours for $35,000 Frank! Wouldn't that be a deal ? lol

I would be all over that if they agreed! Would make it the deal and i would break even on trade and lockout fees in 7 years.

So still coming next month to mko?

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[Quadmaniac]

I would be all over that if they agreed! Would make it the deal and i would break even on trade and lockout fees in 7 years.

So still coming next month to mko?

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Did they ever come up with a price ? Wow at 7 years that is still a long time to break even.

I'm tentatively coming Sept 24-Oct 4 but just making sure I have someone covering the office. Its getting to the point though that I don't care and just need to get on that plane no matter what, as I am exhausted working 7 days a week.

 

[SueDonJ]

This is from the DC Points FAQ, with a link to the ongoing thread for similar promotions:

• In 2015 MVW introduced a recurring DC Points sales incentive that allows enrollment of otherwise-ineligible Weeks with a purchase of DC Trust Points. Each recurrence is subject to incentive begin-and-end dates, specific cut-off dates for the resale Weeks, and specific Trust Points minimums. See this ongoing thread: Ongoing Sales Incentive - Enrolling Post-6/20/10 Weeks [Merged]

 

[frank808]

Did they ever come up with a price ? Wow at 7 years that is still a long time to break even.

I'm tentatively coming Sept 24-Oct 4 but just making sure I have someone covering the office. Its getting to the point though that I don't care and just need to get on that plane no matter what, as I am exhausted working 7 days a week.

Gotta relax once in a while so why not at mko where the weather is nice and the resort is not crowded?

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[Quadmaniac]

Gotta relax once in a while so why not at mko where the weather is nice and the resort is not crowded?

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Booked!

 

[frank808]

See you in 7 weeks!

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[NTP66]

Just returned from Grande Ocean, where they spent a good amount of time trying to convince me to attend the meeting and enroll my two Maui weeks for free. I guess it's nice that they're doing this, but the program just isn't for us.

 

[dewdrops]

Hi NTP-
Were your weeks purchased pre-2010 and were they developer OR resale purchased?
I would like to enroll week for Free, if you can PM me the name of sales person/Marriott rep.
Thanks!!
J

 

[icydog]

I can't believe Marriott would be offering free enrollment to post 2010 weeks bought privately. If it looks to good too be true.... you know the rest...

 

[JIMinNC]

I can't believe Marriott would be offering free enrollment to post 2010 weeks bought privately. If it looks to good to be true.... you know the rest...

I suspect it's "free" (meaning no enrollment fee) if you buy 3000 DC points. I think they have a promotion ongoing through September to enroll post-2010 private resales with the purchase of the point package. So while the points aren't free, the enrollment of the legacy week is.