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Re: Marriott Going to Point Syst (by Julie V.):

j227 wrote:

I recoommend you buy into the point system. The HI property gets a lot of points for each week and it provides a lot of flexiblity. You are not giving up anything -- you just have another alternative.

I think you get the fact that I will get a bundle of points for the weeks I have making it more valuable than other properties at low times. I have three weeks in Maui that combined will give me an average of 6k each whereas the one in the desert is much closer to 3k. Unfortunately the later wasn't bought from the developer and I'm not about to pay 2k for the priveledge of adding it to my inventory.

I would never give up the deeded property but rather have the points to allow for more flexibility. It's not always easy to get into the properties you want when you want to through II.

I'm playing out my particular scenerio to illustrate that in a case like mine it may still be a benefit. Considering all the fees that I pay throughout the year to II for locking off and trading, it may just payoff and give me flexibility at the time.

I'd love to see if I'm missing something here but now that I'm under the gun, I may just fold! It would be great to hear from current destination point members to see how it's playing out in the real world.