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Like most of the info in this thread the above mentioned lawsuit discussion is incorrect. The lawsuit was dismissed in in federal court over a year ago. Here's the link and the text. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/brinkmann-on-business/os-marriott-timeshare-points-program-lawsuit-dismissed-20141117-post.html A federal judge in Orlando has ruled that Marriott Vacation Club had the right to introduce a points-based trading program for timeshares in 2010. A proposed class action lawsuit targeting the company’s trading programs was dismissed. A group of law firms had filed the suit in March. Lead plaintiff Salvator Desantis, of New Jersey, alleged that the value of his timeshare ownership dropped when Marriott introduced its points program in 2010, because the points program depleted the number of people swapping weeks at Marriott’s timeshare resorts. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell ordered the Desantis case dismissed, in a strongly worded order, saying DeSantis “got what he was promised” and that Marriott was only “responding to a change in the timeshare market.” Marriott argued that its contracts state that exchange programs can be changed at any time. Desantis acknowledged that he was offered a chance to convert to the points program for $595. Presnell wrote in his order that Desantis wasn’t deceived, under Florida’s laws, because his contract warned that “market forces and alternative program opportunities may impact the number of timeshare estates available for exchange.” Presnell ruled that Desantis’ attorneys had failed to provide grounds for the claims, which required “more than labels and conclusions, and a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action will not do.” In the points program, customers buy points that can be used at a variety of locations. The points program is intended to offer more flexibility, but critics of the program complain that the basis for determining value of points at various properties can be arbitrary or disputed. MVC and its law firm, Greenberg Traurig, declined to comment on the lawsuit. Firms representing Desantis are New York-based Squitieri & Fearon, Varnell & Warwick of Lady Lake and Gersowitz Libo & Korek of New York.