The "Point Protection Program" Pop-Up

I called HGVC today about another issue...
The RCI "nights" reservation fee is charged to CC's as a "GPN Transaction," which seems to confuse Citi-Bank. They display it with a blurb for "Groupon" -- a coupon service.

But I also complained to a corporate-CSR about the incessant pop-up for the Point Protection Program and received this response: "Your fellow club members requested this reminder so they would not forget to enroll their points."

I suggested that their IT-geeks could at least figure out a way to stop it for accounts that have no-points to protect, like mine. She said that she'd pass it along. -- I wouldn't hold my breath.

I didn't request it and I doubt anyone else did either. It pops up upon each login. The annoyance will only grow as it appears to be a permanent fixture for the next 5 months.

We all know they can disable it for people who already dismissed it. They choose not to.

Talent 312

Most browsers have "pop up" blocking. I use Firefox which tells you when they block something which allows you to see it if you want.

I belong to a Machinist forum which I had to block just to get to read anything without being annoyed.

JM

It's not a traditional pop-up. A blocker won't stop it.

Firefox does stop it.
I have logged in & it tells me that something was blocked.

Jm

JM48 said:

Firefox does stop it.
I have logged in & it tells me that something was blocked.

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I use Firefox 5.0, the pop-up blocker is checked with no exceptions,
and yet it doesn't stop it on mine.

Fortunately, I'm finished with it for the next two months.

Talent312 said:

I use Firefox 5.0, the pop-up blocker is checked with no exceptions,
and yet it doesn't stop it on mine.

Fortunately, I'm finished with it for the next two months.

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Ditto. The iPad also has no way to prevent it.

Talent312 said:

I use Firefox 5.0, the pop-up blocker is checked with no exceptions,
and yet it doesn't stop it on mine..

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It's not a pop-up - it is a layer of DHTML.

I also have the "adblock plus" as an extension from Firefox.

JM

Hilton Pop-Up

I'm amazed at the amount of blurb banded around about the innocuous Reminder Pop-up!! Life's too short it takes less than second to close it!......

Now if you want to complain about management fees......

bkallen5 said:

I'm amazed at the amount of blurb banded around about the innocuous Reminder Pop-up!! Life's too short it takes less than second to close it!......

Now if you want to complain about management fees......

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If you're on it twice a day every day looking for a specific date to open up, it's minutes of your life robbed from you by HGVC on something they could simply show once or place as a static note on the home page itself. Annoying members for 5 months with a popup to make $15 is ridiculous.