I thought about that and at least for the hotel exchange the minimum it looked like you could deposit was 20 points. It may be different for the villa exchange program.
I was thinking the same as you and @cruisehopeful about transferring them to II since OP is more than 45 days from points expiring and that would extend the life for two years. Didn’t know there was a minimum to transfer in though.
I was thinking the same as you and @cruisehopeful about transferring them to II since OP is more than 45 days from points expiring and that would extend the life for two years. Didn’t know there was a minimum to transfer in though.
Well there's a limit for the hotel exchange as far as I could tell. It's possible you can deposit fewer into the vacation exchange program to book timeshare villa exchanges. I didn't look. Even still, you can't book anything with 2 points. So they're either going to just expire again or OP will have to transfer more points at some later date to actually be able to use them. If OP is interested in that possibility, I'd recommend they contact member services so they can understand the implications of making this transaction.
I agree that it’s probably a harder sell, but you never know when there’s someone debating whether they buy a couple OTUP or borrow, etc. I would think if you listed them cheaply, eventually you’d get a taker.
Yeah - I miss that exception - but with 5UYs - I can do up to 2 between or up to 5 from ‘outside’…funny thing is - in 15 yrs of owning - I’ve only transferred once or twice…