Jeweladdict
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- Jul 5, 2019
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- Welk
We purchased direct from welk 2 years ago 120k points (20k). You didn't realize what a big mistake it was until we try to book our first vacation, needless to say we've learned the system and we're making the best of it.now that we have a couple of years under our belt we have realized that in order to make it really work for us (disney) we would need more points (780k). We have no intention of purchasing that many more points direct but resale seems to be a good option. We attended an owner update last week and we were basically told that we could purchase 540k resale and then purchase another 120k direct for $20k and roll them all (120 + 540 + 120)to get platinum premier status to book Disney resorts. This plan costs us about $25k in addition to our already sunk cost of $20K.
Our alternative option is to get rid of our welk resort ownership and just buy resale through Disney so that we could get a one bedroom every year at the same cost of $25k. We would have a lot less points but the flexibility to rent out points into bank and borrow with ease might be worth it to us.
We are looking for advice from owners who have 780k points on the availability of the Well collections and being able to book at Disney resorts during peak season. For example if we wanted to use all 780,000 points at once for three rooms at Aulani or Boardwalk could we do so?
The maintenance fees between the two options are somewhat comparable, the only thing that is preventing us from pulling the trigger on option 1 is the question of availability. We want to be able to book big family vacations during peak travel times (school schedule) and don't want to be in a situation where we have the points, but can't do anything.
Thanks!
Our alternative option is to get rid of our welk resort ownership and just buy resale through Disney so that we could get a one bedroom every year at the same cost of $25k. We would have a lot less points but the flexibility to rent out points into bank and borrow with ease might be worth it to us.
We are looking for advice from owners who have 780k points on the availability of the Well collections and being able to book at Disney resorts during peak season. For example if we wanted to use all 780,000 points at once for three rooms at Aulani or Boardwalk could we do so?
The maintenance fees between the two options are somewhat comparable, the only thing that is preventing us from pulling the trigger on option 1 is the question of availability. We want to be able to book big family vacations during peak travel times (school schedule) and don't want to be in a situation where we have the points, but can't do anything.
Thanks!