Original Message:
Re: Marriott One Week Owners and the Destination Club (by Greg T.):
Quote:Can someone explain the renting of points.
One of the most powerful things about the new Marriott system is the ability to transfer points from one user to another on a one-time basis. In this manner, an owner can "rent" points to/from another owner for a single use.
As an example, if I am 250 points short of a Marriott reservation that I would like to make in 2013, I would place an ad on (edited out website) looking for 250 points with 2013 Usage Year. Someone with available points would respond to my ad and we would negotiate a price for the one-time transfer of those points. Marriott will transfer the points to my account and I will send the funds to the counterparty. I have rented points in/out for years with my Worldmark (different timeshare which also allows point transfers), and I have now already done seven rental transactions in 2011 and 2012 for Marriott DC points. It's very easy.
Additionally, as per previous post, the owner who gets 4,000 points for their week, and only uses 3,600 points and has 400 "orphan" points can now rent those points out to another owner and not be trapped on the points treadmill, which is a real risk in the Marriott system.
Good luck, and please visit the website if you are interested in more information on renting points.
Best,
GregT
Note: (edited out website) is StevenTing's and my website and it is free to use. I hope that it is helpful!