Utilized the Club Combinations to upgrade to Gold
We competed two owners updates one was a brunch invite and the other was a last visit with our old Sampler. The first visit was terrible, the rep was just focused on selling us points ( min of 8500 points) without understanding our travel needs and desires. She did not mention the Club Combinations program during her pitch and told us the price per point would $7.98. We were at 22,500 points at the Silver level.
We went this week for our final Sampler visit and went though our second presentation where they listened to us, our needs and our budget. they explained the Club Combinations program and how it could help reduce the amount of point we needed to purchase from 8500 to 4000 points and after some back and forth the price per point ended up being $3.35 point. This upgraded us to Gold Status and we did not need to purchase the additional 4500 points we really did not need just to get to Gold. Overall we have been very happy with Diamond since we joined back in 2011 after converting two resale weeks into the Club and Points system by purchasing 2500 points at $3.25/pt. We have heavily utilized the Diamond system and are continuing to learn how to leverage it. The Club Combination is a great option for those who are close to next level and do not want o purchase as many points as now required (8500 pts at $7.98/pt.)
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