Thanks very much. What search did you do to find so much? Is there a complex Boolean search function that I just haven't tried or are you just more dedicated at going thru pages of search results than I am or what else? (I just noticed I can use the Where-To-Search = This Forum function better)
but sounds like BF is the only really reliable one to time.
Steely Dan: "When Black Friday comes ...
NYC in January - March seems common. Max seems to have much more frequent discounts such as Cable Azul in the shoulder and low seasons - the point chart there is platinum all year so that has to be how they manage demand for lower seasons.what is the reason HGVC offers point promos? are these units/weeks/resorts which aren't filling?
are these promos more common or widespread than pre pandemic?
I was all over it last Black Friday so we're going back late Feb to early March. We were thinking maybe we'd go to Miami Bch, but hey, flights from CA are better to HI anyways, so yeah, give me 30% off to HI. Unexpected part is that the 30% off gives me a small amount of HGVC pts remaining that I guess would expire so to stop them from expiring that may accelerate booking a 2025 week somewhere.i noticed a lot in Hawaii for Jan to Mar , which i guess is low season because it's not a school holiday, but as soon as my kids fly the coop (or maybe before) we will be all over that!
it's definitely less obvious logically since we already own the product. if anything it's a way to get something for free after the sunk cost of purchasing and MFs. if anything it seems they would discourage us from using, then they could put extra inventory on Hilton and make cash? like we went to liberty place a year ago for a net of $75 per night, and they were selling the same rooms on Hilton for $600. Wouldn't they have preferred we not use our points?I was all over it last Black Friday so we're going back late Feb to early March. We were thinking maybe we'd go to Miami Bch, but hey, flights from CA are better to HI anyways, so yeah, give me 30% off to HI. Unexpected part is that the 30% off gives me a small amount of HGVC pts remaining that I guess would expire so to stop them from expiring that may accelerate booking a 2025 week somewhere.
"what is the reason HGVC offers point promos?" ... Why does any company offer any "special" for any product / service? Half dozen reasons, mostly Inventory Management & Customer Segmentation. also something to MARKET to keep people interested, turn 1-off buyers into repeats. the last one surely less necessary for a product that has a yr-after-yr commitment to a deed, but an existing HGVC customer may notice the BF specials and say "Hey, I should buy another deed just for points to use every Black Friday." I know that thought crossed my mind ... and it may happen ...
Gold Medal. You just described "Marketing".all very hand wavey
Psychology. Gold Medal. You just gave the foundation of "Marketing"do understand that psychology
Well, the results of hand-wavey are tangible. The process hand-wavery. Plus, Inventory Management is a tangible process. I think you can assure yourself that the resorts were incl in the "Deals" had more avaibility than HGVC guesstimated it could sell at full price by those datesjust don't see how they gain anything tangible
i do understand that psychology, but objectively $75 for that room is a steal. what i don't know is whether they could sell any rooms for any price at hilton.
i just don't see how they gain anything tangible from folks who already have sunk costs. it's all very hand wavey. i'm not complaining at all just curious what's in it for them.
i do understand that psychology, but objectively $75 for that room is a steal. what i don't know is whether they could sell any rooms for any price at hilton.
i just don't see how they gain anything tangible from folks who already have sunk costs. it's all very hand wavey. i'm not complaining at all just curious what's in it for them.