They called me multiple times per week for 18 months. I never answered them.
Guess I'll have to call them tomorrow because I am totally confuse. I applied for transitions and was waiting but called and was told I didn't qualify. Today I received an email saying I had been approved and the process to go thru transistions but thought it still read as though I might not qualify. I would think before they sent out an email calling it an transition approval, that it would be determined already that I qualify.
I called and was told I have been approved for the transitions program. Waiting to get the paperwork. Hope there aren't any surprises since dues are paid for 2025 and email says cost to transition is $1000.
I'm still waiting to get the documents from transitions but said it could take 30-90 days to receive and have to be returned within 30 days but did get email this morning to confirm I just have to pay the $1000 since my MF are up to date as of Jan 1 2025. Just waiting to see if this actually happens.
I got a confirmation number and was told the fee is $1,000. My husband and I are 83 years old and don’t travel anymore. Our kids are not interested and would worry about renting it that I would do it wrong. Our dues are due, and we don’t want to pay them when not going to use them. We haven’t received our instructions which when received must be returned in 30 days. Going to call to see if the dues are mandatory. They are almost $2,000 and we won’t be using or getting use of it???
Good luck and I’m happy that Hilton did the right thing by you.
Earlier in this discussion I deeded back a resale for only $250, they have made several changes over time, but they took back my resale back in the day. I think Diamond was building up trust points to sell so it was easier back then.
It was like 10 years ago, when I posted my success like on page 10 or earlier. Way back before Hilton and just when The Club and points were starting after acquiring Sunterra.
Got approved for feedback in December 2024. Received our packet for the transfer Feb. 2025. Had it notarized and returned it yesterday. Fee was $1,000. Didn’t pay my 2025 maintenance fee. Hope that works. We have excellent credit. I wouldn’t want to do anything to change that.
Had a hard time finding my way back to this post. After telling me in Dec I had been accepted, It seems I don't qualify because I bought this as resale. Don't know how long I'll hold onto this before defaulting if I can't resale myself, but for the time being I will pay MF (maintenance fees and dues)
@rkTugg59 please confirm what date you applied for transitions? Was it before or after May 22, 2024 (the date they claim they began the "pause")? We applied in June 2024, and are still waiting, still being told it's on pause as of today's call, and just got a past due notice for 2025 fees including late fees/interest. Despite being "pending" status with "automated conditions met" as of June 2024.
Having successfully gone through this process and reading about the travails others have experienced despite qualifying for transitions, I suspect there are two significant stumbling blocks in the process. The first is related to HGV and its attitude toward this process in light of corporate finances and the overall revenue experienced season to season. The second, and likely, the most important is the current fiscal health of the resort and its HOA in which a qualified owner wishes to surrender ownership. We all learned early that, despite what is said, written, etc, regarding the resort where we own, not all resorts were created equal. At one time there might have been some parity among sister resorts but, due to many factors inherent in the hospitality world, and industry, some resorts have experienced a disequilibrium of sorts. It is this factor that determines desirability which translates into marketing ability to resell or somehow monetize inventory. Hence, the Transitions process, IMO, is sensitive to all of this and a "pause" may occur anytime during the year. Good luck!
Thankfully, I successfully rehomed my deeded week here, and am now trying to transition out of the last 1500 US Collection points I hold (that are worthless, what we had to add to buy into the Club). Also I'm in AZ, so my fee is only $250 vs $1000 elsewhere (or 18 mos MF, which I believe is the current transitions surrender fee) - so I'm sure they would put my case at the bottom of the list if picking and choosing which to allow through and which to keep paused indefinitely. I guess it's time to default
Maybe I am not understanding you correctly, if my property ownership is based on points how is that affected by parity and resorts not being equal? Technically I don't have a home resort, just a bunch of points I can use whenever and wherever I choose to.
