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Re: Marriott Going to a Point System (by Gregory B.):

No - I do not work for Marriott. My information on this topic comes from employees of MVCI, and I trust that it is reliable/accurate. Marriott has been working on this timeshare points deployment for 1-2 years now. They had hoped to roll this out even earlier. But as you can imagine, there are many sensitive details associated with assigning relative points to the various Marriott timeshare properties.

Personally I think it is a big mistake and a betrayal of trust to the current owners. I have avoided other points-based timeshare programs precisely because I am uncomfortable with the concept. Too many opportunities for Marriott to game the system with a points-based model. But Marriott thinks there is more money to be made by going this route. Like I said, Marriott is looking out for Marriott here, so be informed.

After the details are revealed by Marriott, we'll see how close my insider-information is to actual reality. I'm sure the Marriott spin machine will be working overtime to sell us on the merits of this new timeshare points system (just like they tried to assure us that adding two new towers to Maui Ocean Club would not result in overcrowding at the central pool - yeah, right.)