Convert Vail Week to Reward Points

[TXTortoise]

I just need a checkpoint on this, before I move forward.

I own a number of Marriott weeks, but only my Vail Streamside 1BR Birch Week 15 is enrolled, via a 2018 Encore visit. I only did that to give me the option of renting DC points.

The week is a late snow season week, so it doesn't apparently rent that well. We no longer use it to try and trade to Hawaii, and for that matter, it doesn't seem to pull much except inside 60 days. Even summer Colorado Marriott weeks have been pretty slim.

The Streamside weeks for 2017 and 2018 were deposited with Interval when it was enrolled, so 2019 is my first opportunity to convert it to MR points or rent it.

So given all that, since the MF is only $700/yr it seems like converting to 110K MR points EOY, beginning in 2019, makes some sense.

I don't think any of the upcoming MVCI/ILG changes will impact that week and I can always deposit it in Interval in 2020, or rent it at breakeven.

Any reasons why I might not want to convert to points EOY, beginning now for 2019?

Thanks...

 

[Steve Fatula]

My thought is even if you go by the average value for MR points found here: https://thepointsguy.com/guide/monthly-valuations/ it isn't a bad deal at all. He values MR points at .9 cents each, meaning, your 110,000 points = $990, which is more than your MF. Depending on how you use those points, it can be worth more than .9 cents each as certain uses bring more value.

 

[dioxide45]

I own a number of Marriott weeks, but only my Vail Streamside 1BR Birch Week 15 is enrolled, via a 2018 Encore visit. I only did that to give me the option of renting DC points.

Why didn't you just enroll them all? Wouldn't they have all been free? Or is Vail the only one that was eligible?

 

[TXTortoise]

Only Vail was pre-2010 and direct re-sale purchase.

 

[WBP]

I just need a checkpoint on this, before I move forward.

I own a number of Marriott weeks, but only my Vail Streamside 1BR Birch Week 15 is enrolled, via a 2018 Encore visit. I only did that to give me the option of renting DC points.

The week is a late snow season week, so it doesn't apparently rent that well. We no longer use it to try and trade to Hawaii, and for that matter, it doesn't seem to pull much except inside 60 days. Even summer Colorado Marriott weeks have been pretty slim.

The Streamside weeks for 2017 and 2018 were deposited with Interval when it was enrolled, so 2019 is my first opportunity to convert it to MR points or rent it.

So given all that, since the MF is only $700/yr it seems like converting to 110K MR points EOY, beginning in 2019, makes some sense.

I don't think any of the upcoming MVCI/ILG changes will impact that week and I can always deposit it in Interval in 2020, or rent it at breakeven.

Any reasons why I might not want to convert to points EOY, beginning now for 2019?

Thanks...

Can the Birch weeks really be exchanged for Marriott Rewards points?

It used to be that the Evergreen Building and some Douglas Building villas had that option.

 

[TXTortoise]

Yup, it was purchased from Marriott, in 2001-2002 and shows 110k points EOY.

Probably should have kept my two Harbor Club weeks I bought back then, though they were non-Marriott resale’s, they traded well to Hawaii. At least I made a few dollars selling those before 2008.

In hindsight, I was pretty clueless back then, but did have sense enough to rescind a Hilton developer deal after reading TUG upon our return from Vegas.