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Re: Ripoff - Marriott Vacation Club Destinations Program - New Point System (by G333 S.):
You shouldn't be concerned with whether the amount of points is enough to stay at your home resort, because you won't use your points to stay at your home resort. You'd just book your weeks the same as always...enrolling into the points system doesn't change ANYTHING that you've been doing...the only thing it does is give you the option to elect for a particular year to use the points to go to OTHER marriott resorts. Each year you have that same option, so if one year you'd rather stay at your home resort, then don't elect for points that year...just book like you've always done. The points did not take away or change anything...all it did was give owners an option to take advantages of the flexibility of the points based system (any day check in, any size unit, no internal exchange fee, no needing to go through I.I. to go to another marriott resort) if they wanted to, instead of only allowing new point owners these options. They don't want to alienate their weeks owners by telling them they can't use their new program, and even give you the choice each year whether you want points for your week or if you'd like to use your week like you always have.