More newbie BG questions ... have mercy!

[tony1865 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close tony1865]

I can tell you all about Disney points. But Bluegreen ... I read some posts and I feel like I'm reading dispatches from the Romanian Department of Sanitation or something - it's all foreign! ;-) And sometimes even a thorough search doesn't help much.

Anyway. We're considering a BG purchase. A lot of resale ads I see show both weeks and points in their copy. Help me understand - if I bought a week, does that convert to points should I want to stay somewhere other than my "home resort"? (That's Disneyspeak ... not sure of the BG terms.) For example, if I were to buy at Hershey for a set week, does it convert for X number of points should I wish to stay at La Pension in New Orleans, at a time other than the fixed week at Hershey?

And, when an ad states you're purchasing, say, 10K annual points, but there is still a week mentioned in the copy, is that because it's a deeded property and has to be attached to a week and a unit?

I think I understand how biannual weeks work, but correct me here, if necessary: If I bought 15000 biannual points at a resort, then I'd have two years to use 'em all, in whatever increments suited us. True?

I just wanted to have these questions clear in my mind before I correspond with any potential sellers. We need to be speaking the same language, and sellers have to serve their own personal interests first, typically, and that's fine - capitalism ROCKS.

Thanks in advance for your patient help!

Tony

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

Many of the BG resorts still have fixed and floating weeks. If an ad says it's a fixed or floating week that's exactly what it is. These do not convert to points. At one time BG was doing this, but they won't do it if you bought the week on the resale market. One exception is if you buy it from Pinnacle Vacations (the only authorized reseller of BG). The way BG did it was you give up the week and get points, as long as you buy additional points as well.

Yes, all points are based on an underlying week/resort.

I think I understand how biannual weeks work, but correct me here, if necessary: If I bought 15000 biannual points at a resort, then I'd have two years to use 'em all, in whatever increments suited us. True?

Pretty much correct. The 1st year all 15,000 would be "annual" points you can use for all seasons. Points can be used for nightly reservations. In the 2nd year, up to half of those points would become "saved" points if; 1) you have that many points left, 2) you pay the $35 save fee. If you have more than half left those would remain "annual" points in the 2nd year. Saved points can be used up thru Red season (BG has an Ultra-Red season). All of the 15,000 points fully expire after the 2nd year (when you would earn again).