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This is NOT to criticize SOME owners that use their qualified and unqualified points for rentals. It is to point out what I think is a flaw in the waitlist procedure and the loophole of using unqualified points for waitlisting.
Keep in mind holidays, Spring Break, and, special events (Daytona 500 race, PGA tournament on HH, Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston…) are a preferred rental week. Some of the high demand resorts are Big Cedar, Shorecrest I, La Cabana Beach, Daytona Seabreeze, Lodge Ally Inn and The Hammocks.
Many BG owners using rentals as a business will do the following to maximize their investment of qualified and unqualified points.
2bdrm Lodge at Big Cedar
Midweek check-in 5 days Monday - Friday 3,600 points
Full week check-in 7 days 15,000 points
At the platinum level with 60,000 points you can waitlist and booked 16 - 2bdrm lodge units at BC using midweek check-in. Use this same scenario for a studio, a 1bdrm, a 2bdrm cabin, and a 3bdrm cabin. Using midweek check-ins takes a lot inventory out of the system. I think you should be limited to the number of partial week waitlist requests you can have.
Using unqualified points for waitlisted requests is way to maximize investments in points. When a premier level owner gets to a preferred level they can use unqualified points as if they were qualified points. So a platinum owner with 60,000 qualified points and 150,000 unqualified points will be able to use the 150,000 points as they were qualified points for waitlisting.
This is directly from a BG.
“Please be advised that any Club Vacation Points that are not acquired through a Bluegreen sales office or an authorized Club reseller are ineligible for use in attaining Bluegreen Premier status or for use with any associated Bluegreen Premier benefits. Once an owner has attained Platinum status within the Bluegreen Premier program, he or she may choose to purchase additional Points through an unauthorized reseller or an individual, and those Points can be used to make reservations for personal use or placed for rent within the guidelines of standard Vacation Club ownership. However, Premier owners may not utilize any Points which were purchased through an unauthorized reseller or an individual in association with their Premier membership benefits.”
I think the waitlisting of unqualified points is a loophole in the waitlist process that is being exploited and needs to be stopped in my opinion. I also think waitlisting of unqualified points devalue qualified points and takes prime inventory weeks from other premier level owners. If you feel the same way as I do send emails requesting they enforce their rules for the use of unqualified points.
We read about owners with 10,000 +/- developer points with a $12,000.00 (maybe more maybe less) mortgage. Is the playing field level for them when mega owners are depleting prime inventory by waitlisting using unqualified points?
Before the Pinnacle $1.25 per point rule here is how you could get to platinum level for $7,000.00 or less. Purchase at least 57,000 ebay points (10 cents or less per point) and 3,000 points (35 cents per point) through Pinnacle to combine them for 60,000 points and you are at platinum level. Now on ebay BG points are being given away if you take over the MF. This is how some members are becoming mega owners 100,000 points plus (there are a few with over 1,000,000 points) and renting points as a business using unqualified points for waitlisting.
I am a platinum owner that combined developer points with Pinnacle points to get to platinum level. I got to the gold and then platinum levels for the waitlist benefits. Every 3 years we take a family vacation with my 2 sons and their families. I have thousands of dollars invested in points and have more then I can use and have lost points (due to my fault). So this year I am going to start renting.
Keep in mind holidays, Spring Break, and, special events (Daytona 500 race, PGA tournament on HH, Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston…) are a preferred rental week. Some of the high demand resorts are Big Cedar, Shorecrest I, La Cabana Beach, Daytona Seabreeze, Lodge Ally Inn and The Hammocks.
Many BG owners using rentals as a business will do the following to maximize their investment of qualified and unqualified points.
2bdrm Lodge at Big Cedar
Midweek check-in 5 days Monday - Friday 3,600 points
Full week check-in 7 days 15,000 points
At the platinum level with 60,000 points you can waitlist and booked 16 - 2bdrm lodge units at BC using midweek check-in. Use this same scenario for a studio, a 1bdrm, a 2bdrm cabin, and a 3bdrm cabin. Using midweek check-ins takes a lot inventory out of the system. I think you should be limited to the number of partial week waitlist requests you can have.
Using unqualified points for waitlisted requests is way to maximize investments in points. When a premier level owner gets to a preferred level they can use unqualified points as if they were qualified points. So a platinum owner with 60,000 qualified points and 150,000 unqualified points will be able to use the 150,000 points as they were qualified points for waitlisting.
This is directly from a BG.
“Please be advised that any Club Vacation Points that are not acquired through a Bluegreen sales office or an authorized Club reseller are ineligible for use in attaining Bluegreen Premier status or for use with any associated Bluegreen Premier benefits. Once an owner has attained Platinum status within the Bluegreen Premier program, he or she may choose to purchase additional Points through an unauthorized reseller or an individual, and those Points can be used to make reservations for personal use or placed for rent within the guidelines of standard Vacation Club ownership. However, Premier owners may not utilize any Points which were purchased through an unauthorized reseller or an individual in association with their Premier membership benefits.”
I think the waitlisting of unqualified points is a loophole in the waitlist process that is being exploited and needs to be stopped in my opinion. I also think waitlisting of unqualified points devalue qualified points and takes prime inventory weeks from other premier level owners. If you feel the same way as I do send emails requesting they enforce their rules for the use of unqualified points.
We read about owners with 10,000 +/- developer points with a $12,000.00 (maybe more maybe less) mortgage. Is the playing field level for them when mega owners are depleting prime inventory by waitlisting using unqualified points?
Before the Pinnacle $1.25 per point rule here is how you could get to platinum level for $7,000.00 or less. Purchase at least 57,000 ebay points (10 cents or less per point) and 3,000 points (35 cents per point) through Pinnacle to combine them for 60,000 points and you are at platinum level. Now on ebay BG points are being given away if you take over the MF. This is how some members are becoming mega owners 100,000 points plus (there are a few with over 1,000,000 points) and renting points as a business using unqualified points for waitlisting.
I am a platinum owner that combined developer points with Pinnacle points to get to platinum level. I got to the gold and then platinum levels for the waitlist benefits. Every 3 years we take a family vacation with my 2 sons and their families. I have thousands of dollars invested in points and have more then I can use and have lost points (due to my fault). So this year I am going to start renting.
I see that you answered it now.
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