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Re: Should We Pay an additional amount to transfer our floating weeks to points? Is it worth it? (by KC):
denisea345 wrote:Our timeshare company is telling us that we should “upgrade” our floating weeks to points, for a cost of $10,000. We own our timeshare outright and have 2 floating weeks that we generally deposit into II for trade. We are being told that we will have a better chance to get popular locations, such as Hawaii, if we “upgrade” to points.
You don't mention which "points" system is involved (...and there certainly are many), but conversion to points from deeded weeks is, as a general rule, only good for the entity trying to get you to (unwisely) pay the money to "convert".
Short answer --- NO, it is NOT worth it (regardless of the points system involved). Conversion to points is not only a waste of money, but it only provides the possibility of more location options, but there still needs to be availability where and when you want to go there --- and there are absolutely no guarantees that there will be any such space availability when you actually want to go there. Don't do it!