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Yes. You read that right. In our circumstance, 18 months ago, it was less total money for us to buy 2500 Trust Points than 2000 on the purchase price. It was close, but less expensive by perhaps $25. We purchased during an encore visit, so we had that fee (encore) deducted, I believe we also got a credit for what we originally paid for the Destination Club ($395 ?? I forget.) and we were told we had locked in the rate for points from the prior year due to the Encore visit. They ended up giving a deeper discount than even the lower rate from the prior year. We did a bundle with an EOY at Beach Place Towers and that portion of it came with a 50000 Marriott Rewards Points Bonus once the closing went through. We were hoping that getting to Premier Plus would yield some benefits. When the new tiers were announced, we were glad to see that we are being bumped up to Chairman's Club without having to have 15000 Points, so we feel pretty good about being at the top level despite only having 13300 points. I had it in my head that we were done doing the sales pitch and my wife just surprised me and said she wants to hear the latest pitch, based on the fact that we would be impossible to sell to, considering that we are already at the highest level and don't want to add to our maintenance fee. We will keep you posted on how that goes during our Desert Springs 1 trip this month. We are in sales, so we are very sensitive to wasting a Sales Rep's time when they could be speaking to a better prospect with greater than a 0% chance for a sale. We look at our portfolio as great now and setting us up for retirement down the road, where we might want to string together greater than a month away in our winter or for far flung trips like Australia, South America and Asia that ideally require longer durations.
