wyndham points usage

[hjsweet2002]

What do I need to know about points usage when owning two different contracts? Thanks Jim

 

[dr_adventure]

Nothing really - just use them - obviously if they have different use years then the points expire at different times - but a point is a point is a point - regardless of contract (except if we are talking APR, VIP or other things along those lines).

 

[ronparise]

I have one job where I make $1000 a week and a parttime job where I make $250 a week...Is there anything I should know about using the dollars I make each week?

as dr_adventure said...no difference a dollar from one job spends the same as a dollar from another

 

[hjsweet2002]

Thanks. I guess what i really was asking is specifics. For example say contract #1 has 75,000 points and contract #2 has 40,000 points. If I make a reservation that needs 100,00o points, will wyndham take the 75 and 25 from the 40. thanks Jim

 

[massvacationer]

Thanks. I guess what i really was asking is specifics. For example say contract #1 has 75,000 points and contract #2 has 40,000 points. If I make a reservation that needs 100,00o points, will wyndham take the 75 and 25 from the 40. thanks Jim

Yes. No worries. They are one big pot of points.

 

[ausman]

Thanks. I guess what i really was asking is specifics. For example say contract #1 has 75,000 points and contract #2 has 40,000 points. If I make a reservation that needs 100,00o points, will wyndham take the 75 and 25 from the 40. thanks Jim

The reservation date will need the use years to overlap for that to happen and have the points available to draw from each contract.

For example, contract #1 Runs Jan-Dec and is a 75K points contract #2 runs Oct - Sept and has 40K points, If you want to make a reservation for July requiring 100K you will likely not have enough points, only 75K being available. If you want to make a reservation in October requiring 100K then since the reservation date is in both use years it can draw from both sets of points.

Pooling points makes this kind of issue go away since points are good for 3 yrs from date of pooling.

 

[SOS8260456]

Also, if Advanced Reservation Priority from a certain contract is important to you, make sure that those points are preserved when making a reservation. Currently, you can't control which contract your points come from when making a reservation unless you are specific with a vacation counselor over the phone. If ARP is not important to you, then a point is a point as long as they are in the same use year.

 

[chapjim]

I have three different Use Years (January, April, and October). The problem is the points I would like to use to ARP into Wyndham Ocean Walk for Bike Week are the April points. I don't have the discipline to keep them. People want a reservation so I make it. All I have at the 13 month point is cancelled points, no good for ARPing.

The good thing is I use all my points -- all three million of them.

 

[hjsweet2002]

Thanks for all the info. I appreciate it. I have learned alot on TUG. Jim

 

[vacationhopeful]

ARP rules for different Use Year contracts

If you only have points are 1 resort but for 2 different USE YEARS (Jan and July), you CAN NOT use points from different Use Years in 1 reservation. Using the 45K and 75K contracts, the biggest ARP reservation would be for 75K. If you make a 40K ARP reservation, be sure grab them from the smaller contract.

 

[massvacationer]

If you only have points are 1 resort but for 2 different USE YEARS (Jan and July), you CAN NOT use points from different Use Years in 1 reservation. Using the 45K and 75K contracts, the biggest ARP reservation would be for 75K. If you make a 40K ARP reservation, be sure grab them from the smaller contract.

Hi Linda,

If the same-resort points overlap (for example you are making a 105K reservation for August, and you have all of the points for both the Jan and July use years available), why can't you make an ARP reservation?

I've never tried it, but it seems like you should be able to ARP when you have enough available deeded (at the ARP resort) points for the vacation date. I have two different use-years at the same resort, but have never had occasion to test this, but always assumed it was possible. Is this one of those cases, where it depends which rep you talk to?