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Re: Ripoff - Marriott Vacation Club Destinations Program - New Point System (by Den):
Quite frankly, I don't understand why a legacy owner would not enroll their weeks for "only the Interval fee savings and the flexibility of using less than a full week period?" We enrolled our weeks nearly two years ago and we are glad we did.
Have you looked at the Dest. point cost of 5 day periods, Sunday thru Friday morning? Have you looked at adding one or two days at the start or end of a reservation, a non-weekend day? Have you looked the point cost of a few days of vacation within a month or so (they are usually discounted)? Have you added up the Interval fees you pay and compared them to the annual $199 fixed fee? Has Dest really lessened your ability to use the old program?
One last thought, we own a Newport Villas Fixed 4th of July week and it yields 5,300 points. It is deposited for points every year and we get two weeks for it. Is that so bad?