Who was Ron? Using ones points to book what they want is not ripping off owners. That is business. Exactly what the sales people said and were educated to say by their bosses. Don't hate the player hate the game.
For the person that thought it would not go for a $1. Throw your hat in and bid a dollar. If you get out bid so be it.
Side note:
ow is the cancel and rebook and upgrade going? Dead completely? Automated upgrades kill it off? Do auto upgrades work?
Do 3 bedroom presidential units have priority to auto upgrade to 4 bedroom presidentials? So if I had all the 3 bedroom presidential units at a resort and canceled a 4 bedroom presidential it would upgrade to me?
Are the resorts closing December 31 really closing December 31 or say January 2nd?
I am a little offended Skyline Tower did not invite me back for the last night.
Ron is Ron Parise, a legend from back a few years. A legendary bad buy to some. A prolific poster. Ron knew Wyndham's system better than Wyndham, which got Wyndham all honked off so they busted him. A lot of changes in how Wyndham works are the result of Ron's doings, some of which were admittedly outrageous. Example: He was pulling points from the next two years into the current year, using the points, and selling the stripped contracts. Sold some of them back to Wyndham. He fully disclosed that the contracts had no points for the next two use years.
I wasn't sure I wanted the auction that closed at $1.00, which is why I didn't bid. I'm old enough to know how eBay auctions work and old enough to make bid/no bid decisions, thanks!
Cancel/rebook is not dead. But it's on a respirator. I've had some success but not enough to cancel a much-wanted reservation when there is no back-up available. Examples: 2BR Presidential at Clearwater Beach January 3-10; 2BR Presidential at Bonnet Creek February 7-21. By the way, those two reservations cost a total of 1,007,500 points so I'd love a 60% discount on either or both. I can't really expect an upgrade at either resort -- not at Clearwater Beach because it is so difficult to book that cancellations are unlikely and not at Bonnet Creek because the probability of two consecutive weeks opening all at once is near zero.
I don't think there's anyone on TUG who knows for certain how auto upgrade works. Or if it works in some cases. We think we know how it should work. At Bonnet Creek, what upgrade option do I select if I am booking a 2BR Presidential and want to upgrade to a 3BR Presidential but not a 3BR Deluxe? Can't be Larger Unit because I might get a 3BR Deluxe. That leaves Presidential Unit, which I already have. Will the upgrade routine say that dumba$$ already has a Presidential unit?
I have a couple of reservations I'm hoping will upgrade in ten days: Emerald Grande (1 BR -> 3BR Pool View) and Panama City Beach (Studio LL -> 2BR Presidential) both starting February 21, 2026.
I can only speak about OIRC, which will stay open through January 3, 2026 to honor weeks starting December 27, 2025.
I'd be beaucoup cheesed off too.
