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Re: Marriott Vacation Club point system (by Michael B.):

As a Marriott Aruba Ocean Club gold weeks member by my cancelling a point use trip to Newport, CA in November I had only about one month to reuse the points. I cancelled due to an arthritis knee flare up. Now where to go after resting my knees for a month? There was no good resort open unless 7 days in Absecon NJ Give me a break! Arthritis which affects about 50,000,000 Americans is a pre-existing condition and not covered by insurance. There are at least 130,000,000 Americans wth pre-existing conditions. If you are a senior just being one is a pre-existing condition! I lost the1,900 points as even no one wanted any vacation offer on Craig's List. I had the usual scans of first set up the vacation and then receive a check from where? Funny but United Airlines listened to me a waived their $200. per person cancellation of airfare fees. There is very limited use of points if you cancel with a couple of months remaining in the year. I am going to bank my points for a couple of years and then maybe go to Australia. Hopefully Marriott or the next owner of the Marriott system does not change the game again on the Art of Vacationing.