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Buying resale points? (by Mary D.):

As Mike indicated, you need to know which point system you are dealing with and what a given number of its points will get for you. Think in terms of the unit size you would usually need and compare the point cost for such a unit in Red (high) time between different resort groups. Specifically, compare such units in approximately equal resorts: two Gold Crown or two Silver Crown resorts, for example. Bluegreen's Orlando Sunshine and Wyndham's Orlando International Resort Club sit side by side near the north end of International Drive. (Silver Crown resorts with RCI) The Wyndham 2 bedroom in "High" time (not Prime) would require 154,000 pts for a full week. At the Bluegreen comparable diggs would be 9,000 pts in the Phase 1 section and 12,000 in the newer Phase 2 building in Red time (not High Red Season). Phase 1 is Red all year. Once the points are set for a resort property, they remain the same, but newer resorts or added buidings may be set at a higher point levels because of higher construction costs or improved ammenities. To compare two newer Gold Crown Orlando resorts look at Wyndham's Bonnet Creek which gets 189,000 pts for a High week in a 2 bedroom and Bluegreen's Fountains which takes 13,000 pts for a Red week.

Notice that different companies use different terminology for equivalent seasons as well as having different point "weights". It takes close to 20 Wyndham points to equal 1 Bluegreen point just as it takes around 10 Mexican Pesos to equal 1 US dollar. Realistically, you should expect to pay more for each 1000 Bluegreen points than each 1000 Wyndham points but not necessarily at the 20 to 1 ratio because Wyndham has a larger number of resorts to offer you in locations Bluegreen may not have. We own with both and enjoy both. MD