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

[GT75]

IMO, once there is an agreement, it shouldn’t be cancelled by HGV.

 

[h2oflyboy]

I always hear “6 months between owners updates”, but when I get there, they will say “but that was a different sales office” or “we are running special deals for owners”, “so it’s OK”.

My last deal was perhaps the record, 250K HH points at NYC W57th in November. You’d only need 4 of those, though I think these kind of deals must only be at certain times.

Edit: it was 200K points, not 250K.

I will use your offer (200K) as a starting point! Here's a thread, you did not participate - looking for highest OU offers.

Owner’s Review // Sales Presentation

Whatever they want to name it… I usually skip these. in the past I have been offered $$$ Visas, maintenance fees, and HH. I was told that there was a budget for these gifts and I could attend a new review after 30 days. Not including paid for packages, what is the highest level of compensation...

tugbbs.com

 

[h2oflyboy]

An agent called me to offer owner update event after I booked a timeshare stay. But my offer was to attend a party event and get a $150 giftcard after.
How does one get a HH pts offer? Do you ask before attending the event? or do you have to stay through the timeshare presentation and wait for them to offer it?

Say, "No" to the first offer, or just say... My time is more valuable, I won't do an OU for less than 100K HH. NOW - Reddart - It's 200K HH

 

[h2oflyboy]

IMO, once there is an agreement, it shouldn’t be cancelled by HGV.

Valid Point - I could have showed myself at Tuscany Village and "DEMANDED A MANAGER!"

 

[Jace]

Looking forward to following this journey. I think for sure I wouldn't make it past the first one even with a stone face no , these presentations are so mind draining. I do like to f--k with the sales people and ask a lot of "intent to buy" quesitons only to show them resale prices on my phone.

 

[Sandy VDH]

I did one in Vegas, Elara actually, during this past summer. I was staying at Trump just to try it out, so I did say yes one day when I had nothing planned, and was waiting for other family and friends to arrive. Was quick in and out. Guy know I wasn't buying, as I told him I just wanted to see a Club floor room. Got 75K for about 30 mins of time.

 

[CalGalTraveler]

Good luck on your journey. Not sure I would consider this fun and do not think my DH would tolerate.

We've had several NYC presentations but I do not recall 250k points. But we took $350 in Elevated Rewards which do not expire.

We received 150k without negotiation at La Pacifica when we checked in. Perhaps we could have gotten more but we were only there for 2 nites so there was a limited presentation window.

One NYC visit was for presentation dinner and Broadway show. Worth about $800 - $1000 because it was Thanksgiving and nosebleed tickets were selling for $250 each and we had 4 people. It was good value for us at the time.