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Re: Marriott System (by Charles G.):
ronald118 wrote:chuckg21 wrote:ken1193 wrote:Ken, thank you for your candidness. I'll have to check out the tug2.net site. Regards, Chuckchuckg21 wrote:============================================Hi Ken, Would you care to elaborate on your "second class citizen status" statement. Since I have only experienced 1st class citizenship status treatment thus far, I would be interested to know what I should expect as an owner of both a resale, and retail units. ThanksChuck: Precise and informed details are better obtained from a Marriott owner, which I am not (nor have I ever been). That said, it is my understanding (from reading the open assertions of various Marriott owners and resellers) that there are certain rights / privileges / benefits / priorities associated with Marriott-direct purchases which simply do not exist in resale market purchases.
There is a Marriott-specific forum on tug2.net in which folks far more knowledgeable than I on this subject can (and do) elaborate in more detail. I don't have the knowledge to do so and don't / won't pretend otherwise.
KEN & CHUCK, The Marriott system "rewards" owners with 100,000-200,000 points in alternative years given direct deposits - these are valuable points and accrue according to a very simple formula.
Recently my wife and I converted airline points to business class to Gatwick (no costs) and then toured the United Kingdom in Five Star Marriott hotels for 3 weeks (at no costs).
Although timeshares provide a luxury greater than an hotel, international travel with an auto is more practical if we are mobile.
I planned the trip w/o advice from Marriott because I clearly knew our interests and did not desire novice advice.
The question remains that if a Marriott timeshare is purchased on the secondary market (a temptation) would Marriott redeem the property for points - I have been advised no.
Holding over 500,000 Marriott, I am looking forward to another international adventure soon.
I can tell you that as a Marriott owner of a week purchased on the resale market, and two weeks purchased directly from Marriott, that the point program does apply to resale properties. In short, you cannot redeem, or as Marriott refers, "trade for points." Like yourself, I have also benefited from the point program, by using points to fly my wife and I first class ($6,250 per ticket) to Tailand, and the Philippines, and used the two week stay certificates obtained for a week in a beach front, category 7, Marriott hotel on Maui, ($485 / night Marriott rate) and another week at a Scottsdale Arizona resort, category 5 ($369 / night), just on the points, no costs. In excess of $18,000 value. Having said that, I have no regrets purchasing the every other week 3br at the Las Vegas Grand Chateau (no point program) on the resale market at a substantial saving on the cost.