rahulgopi
TUG Member
I was on the fence with Destination points for a while. We usually travel around peak weeks ( Christmas, Spring break, prime summer weeks ) and thus buying a week unless it is an event week is not going to help. Our primary destination is Hawaii , I have Worldmark and HGVC , so Big Island and Oahu is covered, thou we prefer Marriott. We also make lot of short trips ( NCV, Tahoe etc ) and thus the executive point savings (25%) on short trips looks really attractive. I did not find a 7000+ point account and thus planning to get a 6500 point account and later buy some more to get to the executive level. MF is pretty high but much lower than renting week 50 and 51 in Hawaii ( 1 Br OV for week 51 and 52 will be 9500 points). This year we are staying week 51 at Westin and Week 52 at Worldmark but definitely would prefer Marriott. I have 2 questions before I finalize the purchase
1) Is there a good chance of getting week 51 and 52 at 13 months out ?. If the availability is not there, there is no real value in getting the points. All the other weeks we are able to travel are also prime weeks BUT we can plan the trips 13 months out.
2) I read that Marriott is putting more restrictions on combining point accounts if the anniversary month is not the same. My intention is to get a 7000+ account by buying multiple but if MVC is not letting to combine accounts, it may not work.
From ROFR.net I found few that passed ROFR below $2.50. I am giving offers around $2.30 - $2.40 , since it is already Q4, Marriott may have depleted some of the ROFR budget.
1) Is there a good chance of getting week 51 and 52 at 13 months out ?. If the availability is not there, there is no real value in getting the points. All the other weeks we are able to travel are also prime weeks BUT we can plan the trips 13 months out.
2) I read that Marriott is putting more restrictions on combining point accounts if the anniversary month is not the same. My intention is to get a 7000+ account by buying multiple but if MVC is not letting to combine accounts, it may not work.
From ROFR.net I found few that passed ROFR below $2.50. I am giving offers around $2.30 - $2.40 , since it is already Q4, Marriott may have depleted some of the ROFR budget.