![]() That isn't the case anymore and any benefits available at the discount/upgrade windows for VIP owners are somewhat limited as to what resorts and units are available for short term bookings - there's usually plenty to be had for a VIP that is interested in doing so in lower demand periods for smaller units, but the prime cheap bookings in the higher seasons aren't really there. It might have made a difference in former iterations of their reservation system where people could book a desirable week at a desirable resort, then cancel and rebook the week in the discount/upgrade windows and recoup the points they had spent on the original booking at a low risk of losing the reservation, then turn around and rent it out. My personal view on the matter is that this issue is just a tempest in a teapot for which the juice they could get out of squeezing it isn't worth the effort. Several folks here have discussed with CW VPs at the annual meetings over the years and they do not perceive it truly as being an issue, although there is a frequent poster on TUG that has been on that soap box for a while. if that's something they really care about. My Wyndham login didn’t work there either (no surprise). I did find this website which looks suspiciously like third party marketing using Wyndham branding. At this point my wife got fed up and we left. She came back with a manager who started into a sales pitch about splitting my membership across Access and Selcect which made no sense to me other than to get more money from me. When I asked more, she left to go get my gift. She showed me a Club Wyndham page with TravelUP prominently displayed in the upper left of the menu. I told them I never saw it on the web site and she started typing away on her tablet to show me something. I did ask if this had an annual fee and she said no that it was automatically part of my membership (Access - Gold Plus). ![]() I was immediately skeptical and asked questions and got little information. When I asked the rep about the programs she explained them as another way to book travel outside the system using points or cash with deep discounts. So I went to an update in Nashville this week and they talked about these “great” new programs TravelUp and Sidekicks.
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