We converted our Shell to Wyndham. We had Hawaii and west contracts. It happened to transfer just after Shell sent out last year’s MF notice so I have a comparison. It can’t quite be apples to apples because Wyndham points are more diluted (transfer in was 40:1 wyndham to shell) So I tried to show the math.
But in case anyone is wondering here are my calculations:
Hawaii Shell MF fees would have been $0.24 plus $0.4(AOAO fee)/pt; with Wyndham $7.08/1000 pt - at conversion to similar units Shell would be $7.08/1000pts
Hawaii West MF fees would have been $0.258; with Wyndham $6.45/1000pt - at conversion to similar units Shell would be $6.45/1000pts.
So everything seems kosher.... but wait. Wyndham fees are higher for their program fee....
With Shell you paid a single club fee (can not remember how this was calculated but I think it’s a flat fee plus a small amount per point thereafter), with Wyndham it is per point (our shell costs would have been $0.1367/pt and wyndham is $0.66/pt)- even with the conversion to similar pts, Shell would have been $0.5468/pt, so about 11 cents lower.
Albeit we had a large Shell ownership to begin with, but our MF costs went up a little over $415 per year on the Shell converted weeks. One of the big pushes sales made to induce folks to convert was the concept that fees would go down (riiiiiiiight)... so that is the math for anyone who comes up against sales. It’s also helpful if you're just considering conversion.
That said, if you have a small contract where the cost per point for you club fees is higher with Shell you might see a reduction in MF, but I don’t know that converting in that instance would pay off as you’d probably just continue to stay where you normally did with Shell, as you don’t really gain much inventory advantage with small wyndham contracts.
But in case anyone is wondering here are my calculations:
Hawaii Shell MF fees would have been $0.24 plus $0.4(AOAO fee)/pt; with Wyndham $7.08/1000 pt - at conversion to similar units Shell would be $7.08/1000pts
Hawaii West MF fees would have been $0.258; with Wyndham $6.45/1000pt - at conversion to similar units Shell would be $6.45/1000pts.
So everything seems kosher.... but wait. Wyndham fees are higher for their program fee....
With Shell you paid a single club fee (can not remember how this was calculated but I think it’s a flat fee plus a small amount per point thereafter), with Wyndham it is per point (our shell costs would have been $0.1367/pt and wyndham is $0.66/pt)- even with the conversion to similar pts, Shell would have been $0.5468/pt, so about 11 cents lower.
Albeit we had a large Shell ownership to begin with, but our MF costs went up a little over $415 per year on the Shell converted weeks. One of the big pushes sales made to induce folks to convert was the concept that fees would go down (riiiiiiiight)... so that is the math for anyone who comes up against sales. It’s also helpful if you're just considering conversion.
That said, if you have a small contract where the cost per point for you club fees is higher with Shell you might see a reduction in MF, but I don’t know that converting in that instance would pay off as you’d probably just continue to stay where you normally did with Shell, as you don’t really gain much inventory advantage with small wyndham contracts.