Wyndham Club Access to Trave and Leisure switch

[truthseeker11]

Folks, I know that there have been a few threads on this but wanted to let you know something I encountered today and confirm if anyone else is seeing this as well. We are CWA members for several years and every time I go to checkin they force us to attend a session. We usually dodge it but this time My wife and I attended a 30 min info session where they spoke to us about why moving to T&L from CWA is beneficial and all the points I will get etc. They said the only way to do the switch is to join Wyndham Rewards and for that I have to give my SS# and open a credit card. I balked at the idea but they were adamant. Then the manager comes in and says that CWA program is going to no longer exist and we HAVE to convert to T&L and we have no choice? Is this true? I have never received anything about this via email or mail. We hd to leave but they said we could not and have to finish this meeting. We walked out but they pushed us into coming back tomorrow to finish this process.

My questions are:

- Anyone else seen this pushy predatory sales technique recently? First time from Wyndham I am seeing this.
- Is what they say true and do existing CWA members have to convert?
- Will we lose our exisitng CWA Silver, Gold etc status if we dont?
- What are the pros and cons of converting to T&L.

Thanks all and appreciate your thoughts and comments here.

 

[Rolltydr]

No. That is total BS! If I were you, I would not return tomorrow. They can’t force you to go to a meeting!

 

[dioxide45]

There is no such thing as switching from CWA to Travel + Leisure. Travel + Leisure is the company that owns Wyndham Destinations which in turn manages CWA. It is all a load of bullshit to try and sell you something you don't need. They want to sign you up for a credit card so they can be sneaky and put a big down payment on it and then try to make the total cost and payments of a new points purchase look cheaper. Later, after you get home, you start getting credit card bills in the mail.

Do nothing and nothing changes. Keep using your CWA points as they are. That hasn't and won't change.