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Re: Ripoff - Marriott Vacation Club Destinations Program - New Point System (by Den):
Dest Pts Expiration & Accumulation -- There has been much written about the expiration of Dest pts and the absence of a way to carry pts forward to accumulate for a big vacation.
The Dest program, I believe, does enable accumulation of points for up to three years. For example, you could do this by (1) deferring use of year 1 pts into year 2; (2) use year 2 pts in year 2; and, (3) borrow year 3 pts for use in year 2. If one owned 3,000 points, you have the prospect of using 9,000 pts in year 2. This actually seems quite generous in terms of flexibility.
The bigger problem I see with Dest is in getting us to learn how to use it and in our ability to plan well ahead. Incidentally, these problems were there even under the old program. Thank heavens for those vacation reps who help us on the phone.