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Re: Marriott Going to Point Syst (by Rich M.):

Hi All:

I just went to the Destination Points presentation in Aruba Surf Club and I am not happy. Our representaive explained that Marriot wanted to cure some problems in the current system to provide owners more flexibility and fairness. These obviously are admirable goals, howver the solution does not appear to be fair.

The bottom line to me appears to be that we are giving up value. When we convert our weeks to points, we will not have enough points to get our week back. We may only be able to get 5 nights at the resorts that we bought a week at. For this privledge, (and some other benefits), we get to pay $695 (for 2 units) and pay an annual fee.

During our presentation, we asked the sale rep to show us how many points it would take to get a week at certain resorts that we were considering. In each case, we did not have enough points. I asked if we could access the Destination program website to review it in more detail and I was told that it was available on the website but I have not been able to find it yet. If anyone kknows how to get access to this info beforeyou enter the program, please let me know. From reading the blogs, I have learned that there is a two tiered system for people who buy into the program directly and for those who convert their weeks into points. This was never disclosed in the meeting. We are going to wait it out and continue to trade through II and see how the system works.

Learning about the new program and trying to comprehend it, took some of the enjoyment out of the vacation.