Everyone knows that VIPs paid plenty for their privileges, but trying to get a Christmas reservation at 50% off, when so many other owners would stand in line to pay full price ... is just greedy.
Discounts are intended for underutilized or surplus inventory, not prime time.
A waitlist would put an end to this nonsense.
(Maybe there is already a "double secret probationary" waitlist in effect).
You are wrong about VIP discounts. They are there not to fill empty rooms, they are there to help salesman sell more points
You are right, of course, about the greed, but Wyndham's sales staff has been taking advantage of this greed by promoting this "loophole" for some time to help folks get some benefit from their high priced VIP membership (and of course help them sell more points)
None of the VIP benefits have been cast in concrete and any can be reversed at any time, but I think its understandable that those that have been sold the product with something included (and have paid those big bucks) feel cheated when its taken away.
And a wait list would put an end to it. but a wait list will take away one of the sales staffs most powerful tools they have to upsell existing owners...I dont think they will do it. But if they do I not only wont upgrade (or upgreed) from Silver to Platinum as is now my plan and Wyndham will have several million more points to sell when I default on my higher mf contracts
With Wyndhams VIP discounts, besides using underutilized or surplus inventory, there is another intention and thats to help them sell more points at 20 cents each.
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If this continues to happen (and if there is no waiting list) the way to play it is to make two reservations early. thereby putting a back up plan in place...and if things work out right you can not only get a discount but also an upgrade.
Make one for a one bedroom and one for a three bedroom. Then in the discount/upgrade window, cancel the one bedroom and re book at a discount,,,,if you lose it you have your 3 bedroom to fall back on. But if you get your one bedroom at a discount, the next day you can cancel the three bedroom and up grade the one bedroom into it. If it works you have a three bedroom at a discounted one bedroom price. If it doesnt work, you have the one bedroom to fall back on.
This wont work at all unless you have lots of points and it wont work at the end of a use year (because there will not be enough time to use the "freed up" points)