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Re: marriot points (by Kenneth K.):

Marriott is not in a points system. Nor is Interval International (yet), the major exchange company Marriott Management uses for most of its managed resorts.

The points you hear referred to with MVCI are travel REWARD points....similiar to all the reward systems the hotels & airlines use.

Interval has the ability to use points from other management companies and convert them to weeks.

Most Marriott owners don't find the reward points Marriott offers for the tun in of their week worth the exchange. Only weks bought through Marriott are eligible to be turned into these travel points, and some HOAs don't allow it at their Marriott resort...no matter who you bought your week from.

Just to make it clearer, only some RCI (Which uses points (their own point system) resorts have allowed RCI and their owners to convert their weeks to points.

Just remember, RCI charges the weeks owner $199 to $299 to convert. If you paid more, you were probably not a reader of the TS BBSs that are so helpful to owners.

Also, in the RCI program, you week is STILL OWNED BY YOU. You did not give up ownership right to some holiday company that is it goes kaput, so does your asset.

Marriott points are simply Marriott Travel Reward points....if you use the Marriott VISA, you get the same points. Marriott just ended a special where they were selling their points for one penny each to any Marriott Reward member.

Hope this helps.