I've asked a seller about whether this might be possible before and they said that Wyndham will cancel reservations if the underlying contract/points get sold/transferred to someone else.
Please keep us updated. I am planning on buying another contract, but I’m not going to purchase one this time of year now if that means I’ll be paying dues for 2023 but wont’ get points till 2024.
You know Wyndham doesn’t care about the agreement between a resale seller and buyer. I’ve heard the thing about points not being awarded if the contract transfers after the 6-month point in the use year (that is, owners on FB reported being told that by Wyndham when inquiring about their new resale contracts), but I haven’t experienced it myself.
That's definitely troubling to hear...I hope there's clarity on the actual policy soon, since it definitely impacts how resale buyers should be pricing the contracts (i.e. if a transfer doesn't take place until July, buyers will be paying 6 months of MFs for nothing, which is basically the same as the sale price being ~ $1k higher than it actually was)
I bought in October, deed was sent to Wyndham November 4th, transfer was complete January 31st. I got the points, but it was a January Use Year.
Do you mean that you’ve purchased contracts where the transfer completed after the six-month mark and you still got the current use year’s points?
Only many years ago (like two major website updates ago), which I don’t think is a relevant experience in the current environment. The only contract I’ve had transfer since mid-2020 (the most recent major website change and I would think the period that’s most relevant) was an even-year contract that transferred with its points just before the start of its use year. I don’t have any recent experience with a late-year transfer.
When you say previous year, do you mean current use year points (that is, points that can be used between 10/1/2022 and 9/30/2023)? Because that would make sense in any circumstance, because it's before the midpoint of the use year. Or do you mean that there were previous year points (from prior to 9/30/2022) deposited to the current use year that were also transferred?
Oh, oh, I just had a contract transfer today after I posted this! (I was getting a little nervous only a month out from my points deposit deadline.) Since it was in the first quarter of the use year, everything transferred as expected (full points, no extras, in 2023, '24, '25).
Not that the SELLER WOULDN'T DESERVE the current year's MF's paid. If that is what your contract states, then you should reimburse; however, I did not require that with my giveaway of points.
Looks like Wyndham had received it the last week of November, so just about 3 months.