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Marriott's Grande Ocean (Enrolled)
MVC Trust Points
@kds4.... I realize this thread, that you intended to be about changes coming to the existing MVC program structure, quickly got away from you and turned into Marriott/Vistana/Hyatt "system merger" speculation (and even the title of the thread got changed on you), but circling back to your original intent which I quoted above, we are now in the month of October, the month you indicated where changes were coming .....curious to see if any big announcement comes regarding changes to the existing MVC system as we know it today (not "system merger" related), including a formal points buy back program, enhanced offerings for retail purchased Trust points, etc.We had a discussion about the ILG acquisition and what some of the impacts on Marriott owners going forward will be. As it was a discussion only, everything I have said about the ILG deal is 'speculation'. We also had a discussion regarding upcoming internal changes to the Marriott Destination Points program, (which is why they encouraged me to buy more points as a condition of getting these new benefits). As part of that 2nd discussion, they told me these program changes/added benefits were already documented (for regulatory purposes) and should be formally announced as soon as October (when another points price increase is to also occur).
Since they told me documentation of these new ownership benefits existed, I asked to see proof before I would agree to buy anything because I would not just take their word for it. They agreed and I was shown and allowed to read some Marriott ownership documents that did detail some of the internal program changes/benefits they had been telling me about (and that are referenced generally in my sales contract). Since no one else on TUG has yet stated they have also seen any documentation, I accept my statements on these new owner benefits is speculation also for posting purposes (for now). However, having seen documents that back up what I was told, it's no longer speculation for me.
Is it just coincidence that for the last 2 days, this link (the one linked via the MVC site) to Owner Benefits no longer works..... could it be in the process of being updated.... or is it more likely just the typical IT failures of MVC... Hmmmmm..... ;-)
https://www.marriottvacationsworldwide.com/common/cms/mvc/pdfs/owners/Owner-Benefit-Level.pdf
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