So my wife and took the owner update at Shorecrest yesterday. We are bronze owners and basically took the update with no intentions of buying anything and just getting the $50 visa gift card.
This is what I was told.
Bluegreen is no longer building resorts and only about 2-3% of deeded BXG inventory exists in their system. Bluegreen states they are going to an RTU system (right to use - "20-40 year lease" which is like the Disney Vacation Club). With this they said that they can not blend BXG and RTU and that if I ever wanted to go Silver or Gold that I would be under the new system and that the point levels are higher. ( bronze is 20k, silver is 35k, gold is 50k, and platinum is 70k I believe.) they also pushed the travelers plus 3.
Here my thoughts/ questions...
I was told years back when I went to bronze that the point levels were locked in for me forever - Yesterday they said thing have changed and they had to offer this to me because the legal dept was making them. The weird thing is that I had and owner update at the fountains in Feb earlier this year - and yesterday they said I signed something that "closed out my account" and that would no longer be eligible for BXG and the old premier level benefits. The only thing I ever signed was to decline to purchase points at certain price level (that apparently I was sent a letter that I never received but they were ready to offer that sale price back in Feb 2012)
Question - do anyone know what the truth is on this? I d really like to call Bluegreen Corporate and give them some grief on this. The lady was ready to offer me a package yesterday to upgrade to Silver in the old levels (Phase 1 vs the coming Phase 2 level mentioned above). She also offer the minimum 3000 point level to lock me in to the old levels that I thought I was already locked into.
Another observation - back in Feburary they stated that you could use TP3 to stay on Disney property - this is only the Dolphin and Swan hotels - which are not true Disney hotels - this I saw in the "book" they shared and was different than what was told to me in Feburary.
The salesperson really pushed the benefits of Gold level - talking about how to work the system and get free points by using free cancellations / double booking and villas upgrades. The salespeople were really hot on the fact of the extended "reservation" window. I countered with its a wait list with no guarantees - they seemed like no one has have not gotten a reservation at gold and platinum. They seemed like I would have no issue getting folks to rent points from me. When I told them I tried to rent to my 1000+ friends on Facebook with no bites- they were astonished.
The wife really likes the premier benefit "perks" - but I don't see it. I see power in pure points and the lowest price I saw was $1.30 a point yesterday. Pinnacle seems a better deal if want points - am I wrong?
They talked about how they go on owner road shows to give updates and get "the really reallys " on how gold owners use there points- anyone been to one of these?
Any perspective on all this??- I just feel that I am getting misinformed or lied to in attemp to get me to purchase additional points. We did not purchase anything - and I ve always tried to be savvy and do a ton of research.
I'd really appreciate some accurate info here.
This is what I was told.
Bluegreen is no longer building resorts and only about 2-3% of deeded BXG inventory exists in their system. Bluegreen states they are going to an RTU system (right to use - "20-40 year lease" which is like the Disney Vacation Club). With this they said that they can not blend BXG and RTU and that if I ever wanted to go Silver or Gold that I would be under the new system and that the point levels are higher. ( bronze is 20k, silver is 35k, gold is 50k, and platinum is 70k I believe.) they also pushed the travelers plus 3.
Here my thoughts/ questions...
I was told years back when I went to bronze that the point levels were locked in for me forever - Yesterday they said thing have changed and they had to offer this to me because the legal dept was making them. The weird thing is that I had and owner update at the fountains in Feb earlier this year - and yesterday they said I signed something that "closed out my account" and that would no longer be eligible for BXG and the old premier level benefits. The only thing I ever signed was to decline to purchase points at certain price level (that apparently I was sent a letter that I never received but they were ready to offer that sale price back in Feb 2012)
Question - do anyone know what the truth is on this? I d really like to call Bluegreen Corporate and give them some grief on this. The lady was ready to offer me a package yesterday to upgrade to Silver in the old levels (Phase 1 vs the coming Phase 2 level mentioned above). She also offer the minimum 3000 point level to lock me in to the old levels that I thought I was already locked into.
Another observation - back in Feburary they stated that you could use TP3 to stay on Disney property - this is only the Dolphin and Swan hotels - which are not true Disney hotels - this I saw in the "book" they shared and was different than what was told to me in Feburary.
The salesperson really pushed the benefits of Gold level - talking about how to work the system and get free points by using free cancellations / double booking and villas upgrades. The salespeople were really hot on the fact of the extended "reservation" window. I countered with its a wait list with no guarantees - they seemed like no one has have not gotten a reservation at gold and platinum. They seemed like I would have no issue getting folks to rent points from me. When I told them I tried to rent to my 1000+ friends on Facebook with no bites- they were astonished.
The wife really likes the premier benefit "perks" - but I don't see it. I see power in pure points and the lowest price I saw was $1.30 a point yesterday. Pinnacle seems a better deal if want points - am I wrong?
They talked about how they go on owner road shows to give updates and get "the really reallys " on how gold owners use there points- anyone been to one of these?
Any perspective on all this??- I just feel that I am getting misinformed or lied to in attemp to get me to purchase additional points. We did not purchase anything - and I ve always tried to be savvy and do a ton of research.
I'd really appreciate some accurate info here.
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