Ok, call us crazy ... our journey to 1 million HH points via HGV Owner Updates ...

[Reddart]

Nominally I value them at $0.005/pt, and have used that metric to determine whether to pay cash or use points.

 

[mountainboy]

I've gotten over 2 million HHonors points and lots of gift cards over the years. They paid for my Disney annual pass many times.

@JohnnyO ....

 

[JohnnyO]

@JohnnyO ....

Yeah @mountainboy I follow the thread

I don't know how many HH points and/or gifts I've obtained since we became HGVC Elite in 2014. Maybe I can ask my sales person or concierge to look it up for me. It would be a long list and plenty of points. I'm honestly not sure they have accurate or complete information on us. We've run into major confusion about what we even own at Marbrisa, Chicago, Las Vegas, Palm Springs, MBV and Phoenix among other places.

Now I did get the OO follow up call and the concierge seemed to know about our recent OU's. We turned her down again. She needs to sweeten the pot. We have OO then OE so not worried. Then Marbrisa again after that.

I'm not journaling my HGVC lifetime journey ... just the last year or two. That's the million mile march.

 

[muscae]

Yeah @mountainboy I follow the thread

I don't know how many HH points and/or gifts I've obtained since we became HGVC Elite in 2014. Maybe I can ask my sales person or concierge to look it up for me. It would be a long list and plenty of points. I'm honestly not sure they have accurate or complete information on us. We've run into major confusion about what we even own at Marbrisa, Chicago, Las Vegas, Palm Springs, MBV and Phoenix among other places.

Now I did get the OO follow up call and the concierge seemed to know about our recent OU's. We turned her down again. She needs to sweeten the pot. We have OO then OE so not worried. Then Marbrisa again after that.

I'm not journaling my HGVC lifetime journey ... just the last year or two. That's the million mile march.

What you own is on the sheet of paper they bring to the desk and can be difficult to read if you have multiple deeds and multiple recessions.

Your OU history and checkin history is on the ipad.

 

[JohnnyO]

What you own is on the sheet of paper they bring to the desk and can be difficult to read if you have multiple deeds and multiple recessions.

Your OU history and checkin history is on the ipad.

I know it's supposed to be ... ours is pages and pages. I've gotten parts of it several times regarding ownership. Not OU history but I have heard them verbally tell us about some of our OU history. The concierges and sales people are always confused and even when I explain to them what we own they sometimes argue with me that I don't own it. Throw in all the exchanges we have made (mostly RCI) into HGVC properties over the last 20+ years and our CL RTU's purchased via HGV resales office really throws them for a loop. Now we are dumping a few resale deeds and that's going to confuse them even more.

 

[GT75]

They also can only see 6 deeds. If you have more than 6, they won't be able to see them. I think that it is ordered from the last deeds purchased. When they look at my sheet, they are totally lost.

 

[BingoBangoBongo]

I know it's supposed to be ... ours is pages and pages. I've gotten parts of it several times regarding ownership. Not OU history but I have heard them verbally tell us about some of our OU history. The concierges and sales people are always confused and even when I explain to them what we own they sometimes argue with me that I don't own it. Throw in all the exchanges we have made (mostly RCI) into HGVC properties over the last 20+ years and our CL RTU's purchased via HGV resales office really throws them for a loop. Now we are dumping a few resale deeds and that's going to confuse them even more.

I think the last OU that we did at Ocean Enclave in 9/24 was right around the time they did some sort of database merge. One system was showing one thing and the other showed something different. I also had to explain to the rep what we owned. The guy also was unaware of All Inclusive and we had the same rep a couple years ago.

I’m done with two week stay at Marbrisa with four different reservations (other people involved in the stay) and no invitations or calls for an OU.

The King of Persona Non Grata.

 

[jp10558]

I think the last OU that we did at Ocean Enclave in 9/24 was right around the time they did some sort of database merge. One system was showing one thing and the other showed something different. I also had to explain to the rep what we owned. The guy also was unaware of All Inclusive and we had the same rep a couple years ago.

I’m done with two week stay at Marbrisa with four different reservations (other people involved in the stay) and no invitations or calls for an OU.

The King of Persona Non Grata.

I will say it really depends on the system / place. All Wyndham really tries to get you to go to presentations. They're kinda the worst for me so far. Smaller places like Vacation Village sometimes will offer halfhartedly. I think since my required presentations for deals HGVC has never asked me to go on an update. Neither has any MVC I've exchanged into.

 

[brp]

So, we actually ended up doing a presentation while at Kingsland. While we were talking with a Concierge to book a manta ray snorkel that we wanted to do, mrs. brp actually agreed to an "update" for 80K points and a discount on the manta adventure. As I have an upcoming use for the 80K with a value of more than EUR500, it seemed OK.

Very nice presentation, actually. We had to go to Ocean Tower, so we walked down. And we asked to see a unit, so it did add time to the promised 45 minutes, but that was on us. It was nice to see. Of course, we're unlikely to ever stay there, but info is good. And the sales person told no lies. He even opined that being in Max and trying to get P@P or KBC at 7 months was unlikely. He said that our best bet would be to buy on the DRI side. From a direct sales standpoint, this was certainly a valid suggestion and he really did want to help us. He even offered to wash some of our resale points if we did want Max for the benefits. Obviously, we don't.

And saying no was easy.

Wish they could all be like this.

Cheers.

 

[JohnnyO]

mrs. brp actually agreed to an "update"

Wow, and you even went for the whole kit and caboodle with the unit tour and extra time … any fresh shin wounds?

And which Manta Ray tour? We opted for the boat out of Kawaihae for a less crowded experience.

 

[JohnnyO]

I think the last OU that we did at Ocean Enclave in 9/24

The King of Persona Non Grata.

I think you may be the king … @mountainboy and @GT75 are your princes?

I should have named this thread “Our journey to PNG Royalty via HGVC OU’s” but we still don’t qualify.