nobodyhasthisname2
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- Jul 14, 2018
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- Resorts Owned
- 7000 platinum points at HGVC on Paradise
We purchased some resale points (2 bed platinum at Paradise) a few years back, and have used them for Florida, Hawaii and New York. I'm now trying to convince the husband to purchase more - I couldn't care less about Max and thanks to the new "restrictions" combined with the pandemic, I feel like its prime time to buy another resale deed.
Since NYC is one of our favourite places to travel, I'm leaning towards purchasing there. I worry that with the HGV Max window being basically the same as the club window for NYC resorts, it may make it more difficult in the future to get in when we want to, so it may make sense to buy there to get some of the "perks", despite the higher maintenance fees per point.
As I understand it, you have a home week advantage and then a home resort advantage before the club/max window opens, you also have access to the owners lounge. I know that you can't use your non-NYC points at the NYC resorts before the club window opens, but can you use them to tack a day or two onto an existing reservation once the window opens? (IE: if I book Friday-Monday during the home resort window and then try to extend my reservation to Wednesday after the club window opens, can I use my non-nyc points?)
The best deals seem to be had at West 57th and the Hilton Club. We have stayed at both in the past and much prefer the location of West 57th. For the Hilton club, maintenance fees seem to be much higher, and from what I've read, it appears that the deeds expire in 2032?? Is that the case for all Hilton Club deeds? or just certain ones? Are there any other major differences between West 57th and Hilton Club? (I know HC is the only one with 2 bedrooms but we don't need room for that many people). Any other "perks" or drawbacks of owning in NY that I'm missing?
Because of the location, I'm leaning towards West 57th, but I have seen some Hilton Club points go for pretty cheap recently on Ebay, so I want to understand if thats an angle I should be looking at.
Thanks in advance for any info you can give me!!
Since NYC is one of our favourite places to travel, I'm leaning towards purchasing there. I worry that with the HGV Max window being basically the same as the club window for NYC resorts, it may make it more difficult in the future to get in when we want to, so it may make sense to buy there to get some of the "perks", despite the higher maintenance fees per point.
As I understand it, you have a home week advantage and then a home resort advantage before the club/max window opens, you also have access to the owners lounge. I know that you can't use your non-NYC points at the NYC resorts before the club window opens, but can you use them to tack a day or two onto an existing reservation once the window opens? (IE: if I book Friday-Monday during the home resort window and then try to extend my reservation to Wednesday after the club window opens, can I use my non-nyc points?)
The best deals seem to be had at West 57th and the Hilton Club. We have stayed at both in the past and much prefer the location of West 57th. For the Hilton club, maintenance fees seem to be much higher, and from what I've read, it appears that the deeds expire in 2032?? Is that the case for all Hilton Club deeds? or just certain ones? Are there any other major differences between West 57th and Hilton Club? (I know HC is the only one with 2 bedrooms but we don't need room for that many people). Any other "perks" or drawbacks of owning in NY that I'm missing?
Because of the location, I'm leaning towards West 57th, but I have seen some Hilton Club points go for pretty cheap recently on Ebay, so I want to understand if thats an angle I should be looking at.
Thanks in advance for any info you can give me!!