Diamond Questions

[docjbw]

How many Points at what Cost per Point were you discussing? For $137,000 I assume you were looking at buying somewhere between 45,000 Points and 50,000 Points.

We actually own only 18,500 DRI Points in the Hawaiian Collection. But because of Club Select/Club Combination involving our Worldmark Points we are Platinum. We have the ability (but not required) to use our Worldmark Points to get an additional 32,000 DRI Points each year. But even when we do not do this trade of Worldmark for DRI (we seldom do) we get credit for as if we had.

There are many people that own Deeded weeks at Resorts from before DRI acquired the Resort or the System. Or they acquire these Deeded weeks through resell. They are not truly DRI Members. But DRI has created a program for them in which they can do an internal trade and trade their week(s) for a week(s) at another DRI Resort. So let's say you own a Deed for a 2 Bedroom at Point at Poipu. But you want to go to Mexico. You might be able to trade for one year and go to Cabo Azul. I do not know the fine points of this progrqm.

Ha! Nope! That was for 11,500 points, which is their minimum to buy into the Hawaii collection. I think it came out to $11.80 (or something close) a point. That is why we are looking to buy resale points instead. Needless to say I laughed at the salesperson when they wrote that sum out on the paper.

 

[pedro47]

To docjbw..Good for you. LOL.

 

[geist1223]

We have bought in to the DRI Hawaiian Collection twice. Once 7,500 Points at Point at Poipu about 4 years ago. Once 8,500 Points at KBC about 10 months ago. The price per Point we paid was substantially less than what you were quoted. In fact we paid less at per Point at KBC then we paid at Point at Poipu. When we were at the Modern Honolulu in January the price per Point that we were quoted was substantially less.

If you are interested only in the Hawaiian Club there are Accounts for sale on the Market Place of TUG. Remember resell Hawaiian Club DRI Points can only be used to Book into the Hawaiian Collection. This does exclude all the Affiliates. So you are left with about 5 Resorts, of which only 3 are in Hawaii.