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    Are elected points from ownership weeks equal to trust points? We just left a Marriott sales pitch and we were led to believe they were not!

    We just left a Marriott sales pitch, and were told that unless we sold our deeded vacation club weeks back to MVCI (for point value of the units times the current cost of a point, currently $17.64) and repurchased the same amount of trust points, we would not be able to use our legacy points...
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    Help We signed the contract yesterday

    New and first time member HGV party of 6 (2 adults and 4kids under 5yrs old. We got Hawaii collection (11 properties) any here can share thier experience got 8500 points but we leave in California. I have the trust points. Not deeded. Whats the difference? Insights and experience about time...
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    Son Antem Owners, Trust Destination Points, ‘Worthless weeks’ if we don’t enroll

    We have been Marriott Owners for approximately 14 years and have two weeks in Son Antem, Mallorca. We have just spent an exchange week at Grande Vista, Orlando and at check in were asked to attend a presentation ($250 or 30,000 reward points, which we thought was generous), we always have...
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    1500 points will get me to Presidential level

    I'm thinking about buying a few DC points in order to get to the Presidential level. Right now, we own 5500 trust points that run from Feb 1 to Feb 1. We also own an enrolled platinum Shadow Ridge week that was part of a hybrid deal. The points from that week run from January 1 to January 1...
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    Marriott Vacation Club - Secondary Market

    I'm thinking about buying a Marriott Vacation Club week on the secondary market. Has anyone had any experience (good or bad) with using a week purchased on the secondary market? I'm concerned that I might go to the bottom of the list with respect to availability and preferred unit assignments...
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    Marriott Resale DC Point Benefits

    Just double checking on this. 1) Do Marriott DC points bought on the resale market come with all the same benefits as buying DC Points direct after the activation fee is paid? As I understand they do have all benefits except the ability to convert DC Points to Marriott Rewards points. 2) Do...
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    Marriott DC trust points

    Concerning the Marriott DC program, we are enrolled owners and have no trust points. We would like to know if, for example, renting 2000 points to add to our current 2175 points from Grande Vista will open us up to trust point owners' level of property availability or must we buy trust points...
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