It appears not. Can't seem to get a straight answer can we???? I also see a bias toward Wyndham but no actual facts that are very important to we, the owners.
What happens if you bought from Wyndham points and/or a fixed week at a now disaffiliated Wyndham resort? What if you bought an old fixed week from Fairfield, then paid to convert it to points to reach a higher VIP level and then this occurs?
Your questioning is based on lack of your own research. You can't be a Wyndham owner if you have nott seen pressed the resort information button and seen VIP BENEFITS DO NOT APPLY OR WYNDHAM DOES NOT MANAGE THIS RESORT. This, my friend, is significant to those who paid to have VIP Benefits. Read on and you will see my post which mentions the specifics of resorts who opted out of Wyndham management. There are many but you can do your own homework besides the ones I listed.
As I pointed out earlier, the only VIP benefits that don’t apply are the onsite benefits, which currently comprise only dedicated check-in and early check-in when available (previously also newspaper and midweek tidy, now removed from the chart). Booking benefits still apply (which IMO are the most consequential benefits, from my non-VIP perspective).
Good information and 100% factual. The only additional information I have to add is for those buying in the resale market should be made aware of these caveats so that they are not buying a pig in a poke. This is a material defect in full disclose and legally the agency and/or private seller must make this known to the proposed buyer.
As I too pointed out earlier, these are benefits which we Wyndham VIPs have paid dearly for. They may seem insignificant but there has been a general erosion of VIP benefits over the past 10 years which has made our initial investment seem like a waste of money.
My VIP calculation (which has thus far prevented me from going that route) takes into account only financially quantifiable aspects of the program, but I know others see more value in the non-monetary aspects of the program. I guess I undervalued the current check-in benefits.
It all depends on the individual. Some folks fly into some resorts like us and being older try to schedule our flights so that they co-incide with a 2PM arrival. This may mean nothing to you now but after a long tiresome trip it means something to those who have health problems and bought because of these benefits. When you pay as much as we did for Founder level it it not only a dollar value benefit but a comfort one which is important. If you paid for it you should get it. And I can attest to the fact that these benefits were not a farce in the past because we were never denied early check ins prior to the last few years. It is just another broken promise by Wyndham that benefits some who need and want it. It never seems to amaze me when some folks think that all the others in the world should feel like they do.
Your opinion seems to be biased and from outer space. Saying that we have lost nothing Is blatant misinformation and can only be do to lack of knowledge, limited travel, conflict of interest or being a new comer versus seasoned veteran. Most intelligent Wyndham owners and many of my Wyndham friends have noticed a material downgrade in not only benefits but in Wyndham quality over the past decade. If you venture a little further out of TUG and into the real world you would read many of these factual posts. You state that New Bern and Plantation were poor purchase decisions but then state that you want to go to New Bern again???????? Some folks like it there and I can attest to the fact that it is now in better shape than when Wyndham managed it at a much more exorbitant cost.
There is a decade long history of those who are particularly Wyndham paranoid thinking that the only possible explanation for someone posting on TUG or any other social media in support of Wyndham can only be because they are/were a Wyndham employee, or some sort of social media "plant". Now, that is paranoia.
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