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Can someone explain how even odd points work? Specifically if you have annual years too.
1. Do you pay the annual fees advertised with eBay timeshares each year?
2. What fees are associated with borrowing points from future years if you have biannual points?
3. How do housekeeping and reservation transactions act when you pull from a future year?
Do you only get the housekeeping credits for the year the points are allocated?
5. Are there any positives to purchasing even/odd timeshares

TIA
 
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Can someone explain how Wyndham even odd points work? Specifically if you have annual years too.
1. Do you pay the annual fees advertised with eBay timeshares each year?
2. What fees are associated with borrowing points from future years if you have biannual points?
3. How do housekeeping and reservation transactions act when you pull from a future year?
Do you only get the housekeeping credits for the year the points are allocated?
5. Are there any positives to purchasing even/odd timeshares

TIA
 

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Do you only get the housekeeping credits for the year the points are allocated?

TIA
So I have a couple of biannual contracts- and they function in a similar way my annual contracts do.

1. Do you pay the annual fees advertised with eBay timeshares each year?
- i wouldn’t completely trust the advertised eBay maintenance fees…double check them here on tug to see what others are reporting as current. https://tugbbs.com/forums/threads/sticky-official-2025-maintenance-fee-thread.368427/
2. What fees are associated with borrowing points from future years if you have biannual points?
- there aren’t any fees to borrow specifically for bi-annual contracts but the standard borrowing timelines still apply. My bi-annual contracts receive half of the points annually…
3. How do housekeeping and reservation transactions act when you pull from a future year?
- they are listed in the dashboard. While I haven’t run out of either yet and usually have leftovers.
For every 77,000 points you get 1 housekeeping credit- there is an option to purchase extra if you run out.

5. Are there any positives to purchasing even/odd timeshares
- for me I wanted the security of a particular resort and APR- every other year. The resort is nearby to my son’s & his fiancé this way we can alternate the thanksgiving holiday between families.
For us it’s working out okay…but it’s not our only contract and I think that plays a difference.
 

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So I have a couple of biannual contracts- and they function in a similar way my annual contracts do.

1. Do you pay the annual fees advertised with eBay timeshares each year?
- i wouldn’t completely trust the advertised eBay maintenance fees…double check them here on tug to see what others are reporting as current. https://tugbbs.com/forums/threads/sticky-official-2025-maintenance-fee-thread.368427/
2. What fees are associated with borrowing points from future years if you have biannual points?
- there aren’t any fees to borrow specifically for bi-annual contracts but the standard borrowing timelines still apply. My bi-annual contracts receive half of the points annually…
3. How do housekeeping and reservation transactions act when you pull from a future year?
- they are listed in the dashboard. While I haven’t run out of either yet and usually have leftovers.
For every 77,000 points you get 1 housekeeping credit- there is an option to purchase extra if you run out.

5. Are there any positives to purchasing even/odd timeshares
- for me I wanted the security of a particular resort and APR- every other year. The resort is nearby to my son’s & his fiancé this way we can alternate the thanksgiving holiday between families.
For us it’s working out okay…but it’s not our only contract and I think that plays a difference.
So let’s say you have a 300k odd year contract. Do you get 150k every year instead of having to wait the odd year?
 

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I'm not sure that's correct that you get half the points every year, you pay half the MF and PF for the full points load every month of every year, but you only get the full points in either odd/even years as specified and none in the other year. You also get zero HK or RT in the years you don't have points, so moving points is problematic.

At least that's my understanding. I do not own any EOY contracts.
 

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I'm not sure that's correct that you get half the points every year, you pay half the MF and PF for the full points load every month of every year, but you only get the full points in either odd/even years as specified and none in the other year. You also get zero HK or RT in the years you don't have points, so moving points is problematic.

At least that's my understanding. I do not own any EOY contracts.
I own EOY and they get half the points each year-
 

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I own EOY and they get half the points each year-
That refers to the number of points you get "credit" for and pay maintenance fees on annually - 63,000 points every year. But I would be very surprised if your points/transaction history in your account showed that you receive 63,000 points every year instead of 126,000 points in even years. Here's the full picture of one of my biennial contracts:

Same screenshot as you, on the "My Ownership" page
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Here you can see how I receive different numbers of points and housekeeping in odd and even years (Points Summary page):
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Here you can see the contract award for all of my contracts for 2025, with that Grand Desert contract highlighted:
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Here you can see how that contract doesn't exist in 2027 with my other contract awards:
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(Note just for fun the 168,000 awards are actually two different biennial contracts.)
 

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You are charged for half the points each year. You are (supposed to be) allocated the points only in the applicable even (or odd) year. Look at your points status page to see the impact of this. See page 315 of the Directory for the details.

 

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PaxSarah and BNoble confirmed my suspicions that inaccurate data was being provided.

I think maybe NoreenKate is somehow confused about what's being displayed on her dashboard, or some error in her favor is occuring and she's getting double points. This is not how it's supposed to work.

Otherwise we would all own biannual contracts, to pay half the MF and get full points, lol...
 

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Can someone explain how Wyndham even odd points work? Specifically if you have annual years too.

1. Do you pay the annual fees advertised with eBay timeshares each year? Usually they are on monthly billing and you pay for the points over two years every month.
2. What fees are associated with borrowing points from future years if you have biannual points? There are no fees I know of for borrowing points. You can only borrow one year ahead.
3. How do housekeeping and reservation transactions act when you pull from a future year? I am not sure on this but I thought you cannot borrow these.
Do you only get the housekeeping credits for the year the points are allocated? Yes
5. Are there any positives to purchasing even/odd timeshares. It's all up to the eye of the beholder, and how you intend to travel. :)
 
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I'm not sure that's correct that you get half the points every year, you pay half the MF and PF for the full points load every month of every year, but you only get the full points in either odd/even years as specified and none in the other year. You also get zero HK or RT in the years you don't have points, so moving points is problematic.

At least that's my understanding. I do not own any EOY contracts

I'm not sure that's correct that you get half the points every year, you pay half the MF and PF for the full points load every month of every year, but you only get the full points in either odd/even years as specified and none in the other year. You also get zero HK or RT in the years you don't have points, so moving points is problematic.

At least that's my understanding. I do not own any EOY contracts.
You answered one of my main questions. I was concerned about what it would cost to actually use the points that I move to another year. I was wondering if the housekeeping credits and reservation transactions would follow the points if I move them. Based on your response, the answer is no. Does that mean that I would have to pay the fees to use my points that I move from one year to the next?
 

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That refers to the number of points you get "credit" for and pay maintenance fees on annually - 63,000 points every year. But I would be very surprised if your points/transaction history in your account showed that you receive 63,000 points every year instead of 126,000 points in even years. Here's the full picture of one of my biennial contracts:

Same screenshot as you, on the "My Ownership" page
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Here you can see how I receive different numbers of points and housekeeping in odd and even years (Points Summary page):
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Here you can see the contract award for all of my contracts for 2025, with that Grand Desert contract highlighted:
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Here you can see how that contract doesn't exist in 2027 with my other contract awards:
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(Note just for fun the 168,000 awards are actually two different biennial contracts.)

I understand that - but the question was I thought about how it shows and fees associated with borrowing ect…and how it shows up in the account.
2. What fees are associated with borrowing points from future years if you have biannual points?
Those points can be borrowed into the opposite year with no additional fees…at least I have not experienced any.

Are you saying that I am not supposed to be ably to borrow forward?
 

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Are you saying that I am not supposed to be ably to borrow forward?
No, I'm responding to the two posts in this thread where you said you received half your points every year and not your full biennial amount every even year.

So let’s say you have a 300k odd year contract. Do you get 150k every year instead of having to wait the odd year?
Yes
I own EOY and they get half the points each year-

Biennial owners can borrow points in the Express window, or use points deposit to move points to a future year. (To the OP, housekeeping credits don't move with the points in either instance.) But by the very nature of being biennial, we "get" those points only every other year.
 

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One last thing that I don't think was answered above is that while housekeeping credits are only issued in the use year that the biennial contract's points are issued, reservation transactions are issued on a calendar year basis and are based on the billing amount that's consistent across all years. So in my post above where you could see that I receive 8 housekeeping in even years and 6 housekeeping in odd years (at 1 HK per 70,000 use year points), I get 6 reservation transactions each year based on 1 RT per 77,000 points for 535,500 points billed every year. Reservation transactions are the least consequential element, though, since all online reservations are free now.
 

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Does that mean that I would have to pay the fees to use my points that I move from one year to the next?
If you have no other contracts you would have to pay for a housekeeping credit. Currently, the reservation transactions are free. You would have to pay the fee to transfer your points to a different year.
 

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No, I'm responding to the two posts in this thread where you said you received half your points every year and not your full biennial amount every even year.



Biennial owners can borrow points in the Express window, or use points deposit to move points to a future year. (To the OP, housekeeping credits don't move with the points in either instance.) But by the very nature of being biennial, we "get" those points only every other year.
Thank you for clarifying-
 
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