Value of Traveler Plus

[BocaBum99 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close BocaBum99]

Boca,

You say "Bluegreen will be adding additional partners to Select Connections".

Does this mean more Shell Resorts? Or more resort groups?

Either way, fun

Anita

They said they would be adding new partners. They weren't specific.

[gandalf252002 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close gandalf252002]

Any news on when / what is coming?

[pt72 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close pt72]

Select Connections booked online? LOVE that idea........would much rather book online than call. Have not found calling in to be helpful.....

[lookie Member Find all posts View Profile Close lookie]

2011 cost of Select Connections/Traveller Plus?

How much is an annual membership in this?

Am preparing to go to a BG resort in a week or so. Any chance that reps would negotiate an introductory rate for this as part of an owner update sales pitch?

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

The travler plus membership is only $49. You may need to buy some points in order to get the ability to get traveler plus. Once you have it, just keep paying the annual fee.

[lookie Member Find all posts View Profile Close lookie]

Traveler plus

So if I have a package that I bought from a "non approved" source, can I buy traveler plus? I know that I don't get bonus time, but could I use other parts of the package?

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

I believe that you would need to purchase from Bluegreen or an authorized source in order to be able to get travelers plus. I don't think there is a way to get it without. I understand that if a person lets the membership laps, they can pay a fee that will allow them to reinstate, but I don't beleive that can be done to get a new membership.

[icutravel2 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close icutravel2]

I have used select connect, restaurants and hot weeks.......all three of these have paid me back many times over my subscription per year. Worth it to me so far.

[icutravel2 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close icutravel2]

I believe that you would need to purchase from Bluegreen or an authorized source in order to be able to get travelers plus. I don't think there is a way to get it without. I understand that if a person lets the membership laps, they can pay a fee that will allow them to reinstate, but I don't beleive that can be done to get a new membership.

I spoke to someone just yesterday at the Fountains(Orlando) that said the same thing vintner.

[lookie Member Find all posts View Profile Close lookie]

Thanks. That was the only reason I was considering attending an owner update. Guess I can just skip it now.

[lookie Member Find all posts View Profile Close lookie]

Well we broke down and went to the owner update. I politely declined to attend, but they said that this was just an information session to "help me get the most out of my membership and wasn't at all a sales presentation." Sounded reasonable to me.

Apparently, the best way to get the most out my membership is (brace yourself) to buy more points. I again explained that I was not going to purchase anything more at this time--despite the "special deal that they really shouldn't be giving me."

However, one statement that they made intrigued me. I have a "resale" membership, so no VIP membership et cetera.

The sales guy (and his manager) told me that if I bought anything from them, all of my points could be used for the RCI nightly exchange and select connections. Is that true? They told me that there is no distinction in the online account and there isn't that I can see, but I wonder if it looks different from their side.

If so, is this also true of a purchase from an authorized reseller? I still wouldn't get VIP, I understand that, but if I could get select connections, that would be worth buying a small amount of points just to do this.

[gandalf252002 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close gandalf252002]

If you are going to go that route talk to BoccaBum. He can get you "Authorized" points that will get you select connections for less then buying through the resort. You can then use ALL of your points towards RCI nightly stays, hotweeks, etc. I purchased my first 7,000 from him and the rest on eBay.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

Lookie, when you buy authorized points, you do get the ability to use RCI nightly, traveler plus and select connections. If you bought enough authorized points to get to the minimum of bronze level, then you would have Premier status.

As gandalf said, Boca can not only sell you points to get you what you hope to accomplish, but he can also provide a lot of answers or clarifications.

[lookie Member Find all posts View Profile Close lookie]

Thanks for the replies. I'm going to get in touch with Boca Bum soon and see what we can do. I got my initial points of of e-bay, but if I can combine them into RCI/select connections, that would be icing on the cake.

Cheers.

[hac Member Find all posts View Profile Close hac]

Traveler's Plus

One of our favorite parts of Traveler's Plus is the Bonus Time. We live in Florida and are within several hours of many Blue Green Resorts. We have been able to book last minute rooms for the weekend in Orlando, Marathon, Miami, South Carolina, etc. It is a much better deal than using a lot of our points - as many of these resorts are high during peak season.