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If you buy one of the resale Aruba weeks directly from Marriott, are they enrolled in the destination program?
 

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If you buy one of the resale Aruba weeks directly from Marriott, are they enrolled in the destination program?
You can buy an enrolled Aruba week from Marriott with DC points. That was communicated to me by central sales in August.
 

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You can buy an enrolled Aruba week from Marriott with DC points. That was communicated to me by central sales in August.
Are you referring to a bundle package where you purchase an equal number of points retail and they enroll the week purchased? Just want to make sure I understand.
Thanks!
 

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Are you referring to a bundle package where you purchase an equal number of points retail and they enroll the week purchased? Just want to make sure I understand.
Thanks!
I went back to my notes. They were offering me an Aruba Ocean Club worth 4,075 for $45,640. Someone else posted a week or two ago that they purchased a St. Kits week for 35K. If I understand correctly, you’ll have a lower maintenance fee because it’s based off you resort. However, it becomes worthless on the resale market because you’re selling your week, not the points associated with it. I’d estimate that you would spend more for straight DC points but you may be able to get more back than the week ownership would on the resale market. Also, the annual fees seem to be higher on the points side.

if I were to get into DC point system, I’d buy them on the resale market, even with the Marriott junk fees. You’ll save 5-10K if not more.
 

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You're better off by buying just a resale week at a destination you like to visit, and use Interval International for trading. Resale weeks are the best bang for the buck!



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You're better off by buying just a resale week at a destination you like to visit, and use Interval International for trading. Resale weeks are the best bang for the buck!



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That’s another great option! Especially with the priority exchange for MVC in II. But then you’re also at the mercy of what they put into II for exchange
 

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Marriott offers weeks at St. Kitts, Aruba and the Europe resorts. Those resorts are not able to be added to the trust. I was offered a week in St. Kitts and Aruba two summers ago. I thought about purchasing one of those weeks because you could get a lot of points to elect for much lower maintenance fees than you could for DC points maintenance fees.
 

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I just bought a 1BR Oceanfront Gold that worth 2,925pts for $3,500...
 

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I just bought a 1BR Oceanfront Gold that worth 2,925pts for $3,500...

I am not sure of the relevance of you stating this. The $3500 price is not a resale price Marriott would sell for. One cannot elect for those 2925 points with that resale bought from outside of Marriott.
 

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I just bought a 1BR Oceanfront Gold that worth 2,925pts for $3,500...



It may be worth 2,925 points but have you tried obtaining those points in lieu of a reservation? Weeks sold after June of 2010 are no longer eligible for points UNLESS you purchased the week directly from Marriott (and paid a LOT MORE MONEY to make it eligible).

Hopefully the seller didn't sell you a bag of goods!





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I am not sure of the relevance of you stating this. The $3500 price is not a resale price Marriott would sell for. One cannot elect for those 2925 points with that resale bought from outside of Marriott.
Like others have said:
You're better off by buying just a resale week at a destination you like to visit, and use Interval International for trading. Resale weeks are the best bang for the buck!.
I own 3 weeks at the OC, 2 were bought in 2006, but since I'm mostly always travelling to Aruba I didn't even bother to register them for points.
When I don't go, I simply rent them on Redweek for more than the maintenance fees. That's in my opinion the best way to travel for cheap in Aruba.
So the relevance is: There is more than Marriott's way to enjoy travelling regularly to Aruba. And one of them could save you a ton of money.
 

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Like others have said:

I own 3 weeks at the OC, 2 were bought in 2006, but since I'm mostly always travelling to Aruba I didn't even bother to register them for points.
When I don't go, I simply rent them on Redweek for more than the maintenance fees. That's in my opinion the best way to travel for cheap in Aruba.
So the relevance is: There is more than Marriott's way to enjoy travelling regularly to Aruba. And one of them could save you a ton of money.

I am sorry, but you did not address the OP’s question. They wanted to know about a resale bought directly from Marriott. They wanted information regarding the Aruba week’s points value. In this particular setting, your post was most irrelevant.
 
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I disagree as OP might not be well aware of all the existing options. Especially on how low the resale weeks are vs Marriott pricing.
And if he's already aware good for him, he will only be able to take a better decision.
Also if I follow your logic then you could have said the same thing for post #6 and #7...
 

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If you buy one of the resale Aruba weeks directly from Marriott, are they enrolled in the destination program?
From what I have seen MVC only sells the weeks there as retail. You can find the points for each unit type, resort and season at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...Oz68ewcUfH5pbQjVgNySGJPwY/edit#gid=1467168759 . The AOC Platinum OS unit I was offered was 4425 pts and not 4075 as listed and others had the same experience with the pts totals for that specific option. I ended up buying a 3 BR Platinum there as the qualifying purchase to enroll 7.5 weeks bought after the 2010 cutoff.
I just bought a 1BR Oceanfront Gold that worth 2,925pts for $3,500...
The chart has this unit listed as 2575 pts. For the points total to be applicable one would have to either buy retail or enroll it by doing a qualifying purchase.
 

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From what I have seen MVC only sells the weeks there as retail. You can find the points for each unit type, resort and season at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...Oz68ewcUfH5pbQjVgNySGJPwY/edit#gid=1467168759 . The AOC Platinum OS unit I was offered was 4425 pts and not 4075 as listed and others had the same experience with the pts totals for that specific option. I ended up buying a 3 BR Platinum there as the qualifying purchase to enroll 7.5 weeks bought after the 2010 cutoff.

The chart has this unit listed as 2575 pts. For the points total to be applicable one would have to either buy retail or enroll it by doing a qualifying purchase.

If you were offered a Platinum OS then it was at the Surf Club not the OC, same for all the 3 bedrooms.
But I do agree that buying a week from Marriott did make lot of sense in your case considering the added flexibility that points gave you for all those unenrolled weeks.

When I gave the 2,925 example, I was just trying to give OP an idea of a freshly bought resale week value and the number of points required to book such a week.
Cause just like TheTimeTraveler suggested, if OP intend to go yearly it's probably a better option for him to just buy a resale week.
 

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If you were offered a Platinum OS then it was at the Surf Club not the OC, same for all the 3 bedrooms.
But I do agree that buying a week from Marriott did make lot of sense in your case considering the added flexibility that points gave you for all those unenrolled weeks.

When I gave the 2,925 example, I was just trying to give OP an idea of a freshly bought resale week value and the number of points required to book such a week.
Cause just like TheTimeTraveler suggested, if OP intend to go yearly it's probably a better option for him to just buy a resale week.
The OS/OV was a 2 BR at the Ocean Club Platinum.
 

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The OS/OV was a 2 BR at the Ocean Club Platinum.

I see, I only said so because the OS category doesn't exist at the OC, so OV it was.
 

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I see, I only said so because the OS category doesn't exist at the OC, so OV it was.
IMO same thing for the resorts that don't have both.
 
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