MVC Point Allocation between Resorts?

[WildBigPaw]

Has any TUGGer figured out how MVC allocates points or Beneficial Interest across its different resorts? In my observation, the allocation seems loosely correlate to their real estate value, but not strongly correlates to their cash rental rates. As a result, spending MVC points on certain properties (NYC Pulse or Mayflower) seems always worse than renting rooms directly from marriott.com. Is that a valid observation?

 

[Fasttr]

The City Collection MVC’s have always been a bit of an oddball, in that MVC’s points requirements across all resorts (including the City Collection) are lower on weekdays, and higher on weekends, as that works for most resort destinations. But normal city based hotels tend to be priced higher on weekdays (business travel) and lower on weekends (lower demand as less business travel). So you end up with a pricing mismatch for the MVC City Collection selections when using Abound Points.

 

[ljmiii]

Generally speaking, the prices for Pulse (now City Collection) locations range from good to great. The only real exception to this is are the NYC and SF NYC weekend rates (when MVC cost rises and hotel rates usually fall). I don't really follow the NYC property but we regularly stay at the Mayflower during the spring and fall and the Abound prices are less expensive most of the time (I always check Abound vs Bonvoy vs cash).

The prices for a medium villa on good but not peak dates are presented below in rough order of appearance in MVC DP/Abound program. Cash prices use the 2024 Abound Point MFs of $0.78748/point.

Boston Pulse 325/775 (1BR) - $255.93/$610.30
Washington DC - 400/525 (Deluxe DB) - $314.99/$413.43
South Beach - 475/650 (King Studio) - $374.05/$511.86
SF RCC (for comparison) - 525/875 (1BR) - $413.43/$689.05
NYC 625/900 (King w/ Street View) - $492.18/$708.73
San Diego - 300/375 (1BR King w/city view) - $236.24/$295.31
San Francisco - 300/700 (Urban view) - $236.24/$551.24
Waikiki - 375/525 (Studio 548sqft) - $295.31/$413.43

All except the weekend prices at the NYC and SF Pulse are somewhere between dirt cheap (I'm looking at you Boston) and pretty reasonable compared to hotel rates. The Custom House and SF RCC weekend point costs are high compared to their weekday costs...but not compared to the price of a 1BR suite at a nice hotel.

 

[Steve A]

Boston is also available on Interval. Great property in terms of the building and location. Units are nice but small. We’ve been there three times, twice on points once on an II trade.

 

[WildBigPaw]

Boston is also available on Interval. Great property in terms of the building and location. Units are nice but small. We’ve been there three times, twice on points once on an II trade.

Custom House is wonderful, although its availability at 12-month or 13-month window is a mystery to me - I usually see none. Luckily in the past I have been able to secure the days I wanted to stay there, by checking the website often. Random 1-day, 2-day or even 5-day availabilities pop up from time to time.

 

[jwalk03]

Custom House is wonderful, although its availability at 12-month or 13-month window is a mystery to me - I usually see none. Luckily in the past I have been able to secure the days I wanted to stay there, by checking the website often. Random 1-day, 2-day or even 5-day availabilities pop up from time to time.

Because the trust does not own inventory there. Points inventory is only available when a weeks owner elects points in a given year instead of using their week. (Similar to the international locations.)