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We are planning to purchase Craig to use (primarily) as a DeX trader and (primarily) for P@P and KBC. I mentioned this in another thread, and it was suggested to start a new thread. I know that all this info is out there, but in many places. So, hopefully, this can summarize things for others who have the same goals 9and for me, of course ).
Purchase:
1. Purchase from Andrew Langton @ https://www.craigendarroch.com/sales/
2. How negotiable are these prices? If I see something listed at £6000, is £5000 resonable? What about £4500? Don’t want to be insulting
3. Since both 2BR and 3BR Platinum show as Tier 6, maybe 2BR is the sweet spot, even though MF ratio is a tad higher? It’s a “loss” if converting to points, but a win for trading. And we will do some of both.
4. Looking at Andrew’s “for sale” list, I assume that Platinum/11200 is 2BR and Platinum/13440 is 3BR (room size is not listed).
Dex
1. Since this is an EU purchase, I assume that we’re limited to the DeX EU guide, which trades by Tier and can’t use the DeX US guide (which is point-based) for Us properties? This could be advantageous if we buy, say, a 2BR and trade into a 1BR as we’d potentially have points left over.
2. While regular HGVC points are, basically, the same and pooled – as long as one has enough points remaining one could do a Home Week in any owned resort, it seems that this may be different? From what I’ve seen, it seems that a “week” is a week until converted to points, at which point DeX is off the table, even if one had enough total points. Is that correct, or does it work differently from this?
3. How does availability at P@P and KBC look at 11 months (we like to wait until we have airline tickets) for folks who are not bound by holiday schedules or weekends?
Elite:
1. Elite is not a big deal for us, but I know that Craig resale does qualify, so asking anyway for completeness.
2. Does this purchase still get Legacy HGVC Elite levels, or is it only Max at this point?
3. Where is a good summary thread about the levels (tier requirements and perks per tier). I know that this has been well-covered, but having a link here might be useful.
Are there things I forgot to ask that would be good basic information to have in an attempted summary thread for this particular use case?
Cheers.
Purchase:
1. Purchase from Andrew Langton @ https://www.craigendarroch.com/sales/
2. How negotiable are these prices? If I see something listed at £6000, is £5000 resonable? What about £4500? Don’t want to be insulting
3. Since both 2BR and 3BR Platinum show as Tier 6, maybe 2BR is the sweet spot, even though MF ratio is a tad higher? It’s a “loss” if converting to points, but a win for trading. And we will do some of both.
4. Looking at Andrew’s “for sale” list, I assume that Platinum/11200 is 2BR and Platinum/13440 is 3BR (room size is not listed).
Dex
1. Since this is an EU purchase, I assume that we’re limited to the DeX EU guide, which trades by Tier and can’t use the DeX US guide (which is point-based) for Us properties? This could be advantageous if we buy, say, a 2BR and trade into a 1BR as we’d potentially have points left over.
2. While regular HGVC points are, basically, the same and pooled – as long as one has enough points remaining one could do a Home Week in any owned resort, it seems that this may be different? From what I’ve seen, it seems that a “week” is a week until converted to points, at which point DeX is off the table, even if one had enough total points. Is that correct, or does it work differently from this?
3. How does availability at P@P and KBC look at 11 months (we like to wait until we have airline tickets) for folks who are not bound by holiday schedules or weekends?
Elite:
1. Elite is not a big deal for us, but I know that Craig resale does qualify, so asking anyway for completeness.
2. Does this purchase still get Legacy HGVC Elite levels, or is it only Max at this point?
3. Where is a good summary thread about the levels (tier requirements and perks per tier). I know that this has been well-covered, but having a link here might be useful.
Are there things I forgot to ask that would be good basic information to have in an attempted summary thread for this particular use case?
Cheers.
