DC point increase from 2016-2017

[SueDonJ]

Hi, I'm new here.... I'm concerned about point degradation over time. We bought a 2-bedroom in Orlando under the old system, and bought an additional 1,000 points when we became an enrolled owner. I'm seeing increases in points required, and in fact, our original unit gives us 2,175 points when we convert to points, but at the same resort, same season we own, it is 2,500 if we were trading for it. Shouldn't Marriott be giving us the equivalent points? Or are we just SOL?

Also want to point out that when we purchased, we got 100,000 Marriott Rewards points when we chose that option, and it was down to 80,000 last time (maybe less now).

Trading through Interval seems to be the best deal.

Others have explained the "skim" (as its known here on TUG) between how many DC Points an enrolled Week is allotted and how many it costs to book the same interval. As they've said, if you want to use your Week as purchased you book it the same way and don't elect to convert it to DC Points for that use year.

About the MR Points, though? I don't ever remember hearing about a Week's allotment being changed, either increased or decreased. Can you tell us when the adjustment of your Week's value was made, and what explanation Marriott gave for the change?

(For what it's worth, as of 3/1/17 the MR Points value of purchased DC Trust Points has increased from 1DC=32MR to 1DC=40MR.)

 

[Superchief]

So far, I have seen DC point increases for weekend nights and for 1BR units at several MVC resorts. However, the increased weekend nights were counterbalanced by decreases for the weeknights, resulting in the same total week costs for a base unit (2BR,3BR). So far, I haven't seen a point requirement increase for a 2BR villa for a full week during any time period at a specific resort. This leads me to believe that they aren't change the requirements for the base units, but are jacking up point costs for weekends and 1BR. Although this is annoying, I can work around it and actually benefit by reserving the weeknights, full 2BR, or studios.