Best credit card to pay DVC dues

[VGCgroupie]

Sorry if this has already been answered. Does anyone know how dues are coded for chase sapphire preferred?

I haven’t seen. But I have one I’d be willing to test it on.

 

[eticketplease]

Sorry if this has already been answered. Does anyone know how dues are coded for chase sapphire preferred?

It will be the same as all other Chase cards.

It is "Travel" with the sub of "Timeshare" which apparently Chase is now treating as "Hotels"

Since the CSP earns 2x on travel you would earn 2x CUR per dollar on the charge.
The CSR earns 4x on "Hotels"

 

[VGCgroupie]

It will be the same as all other Chase cards.

It is "Travel" with the sub of "Timeshare" which apparently Chase is now treating as "Hotels"

Since the CSP earns 2x on travel you would earn 2x CUR per dollar on the charge.
The CSR earns 4x on "Hotels"

Yeah not sure why my mind blanked on this.

 

[eticketplease]

Yeah not sure why my mind blanked on this.

We all have too many cards lol

 

[VGCgroupie]

We all have too many cards lol

Tell me about it. I rarely stay anywhere non DVC these days and I booked a stay this weekend and was excited to be able to use my Delta stays credit on my Delta Gold. Well just realized I used my personal Delta Gold not the business so my credit will only be $100 instead of $150

 

[eticketplease]

Tell me about it. I rarely stay anywhere non DVC these days and I booked a stay this weekend and was excited to be able to use my Delta stays credit on my Delta Gold. Well just realized I used my personal Delta Gold not the business so my credit will only be $100 instead of $150

Oh well that takes your fee down to 50 bucks and since you use Delta quite a bit you certainly get your money out of the free bags

 

[Judique]

Tell me about it. I rarely stay anywhere non DVC these days and I booked a stay this weekend and was excited to be able to use my Delta stays credit on my Delta Gold. Well just realized I used my personal Delta Gold not the business so my credit will only be $100 instead of $150

That's the risk of going all in on DVC. It's almost like locking yourself out of 'other' vacations unless you have a substantial amount of time and dollars.

I love my DVC but I've found that as time moves forward I also love to be diversified. Needs and wants change.

I also have used the 'wrong card' at times. Can you change the card at checkin?

 

[eticketplease]

I also have used the 'wrong card' at times. Can you change the card at checkin?

A lot of times these are "prepaid" and for @VGCgroupie to get the delta credit it has to be booked through delta.com/stays so I don't think changing at the hotel would work.

 

[Brian Noble]

That's the risk of going all in on DVC. It's almost like locking yourself out of 'other' vacations unless you have a substantial amount of time and dollars.

This is why I own a couple of different timeshares. Enough for my annual Thaw Out trip in a 1BR at DVC, plus a couple of others for other things. For 2025, I had a late winter/early spring thaw-out week at OKW via an Interval exchange, a summer week at Club Wyndham Park City with my daughter, a summer week at the Club Wyndham in San Diego's gaslamp district, and a long weekend for Spooky Season on DVC points at BRV.

The 2026 timeshare plan: late winter thaw-out at Jambo (on points this time), plus a couple summer weeks in Hawaii. One on Oahu in the Hilton Grand Waikikian and then another TBD---I'm waiting on an exchange to come through for the second week. I'll add a late Spring trip to Japan on cash with my daughter for four or five days in Tokyo plus three or four at TDR. That was going to be in celebration of her undergraduate degree, but she graduated in May 2020, so she had to take a rain check. She defends her Doctoral dissertation next month, so we are celebrating that instead!

 

[VGCgroupie]

That's the risk of going all in on DVC. It's almost like locking yourself out of 'other' vacations unless you have a substantial amount of time and dollars.

I love my DVC but I've found that as time moves forward I also love to be diversified. Needs and wants change.

I also have used the 'wrong card' at times. Can you change the card at checkin?

I prepaid to be sure I got the credit. I am going to try and book something for Feb and see if I get the credit this year. I had planned on using my Amex platinum FHR credit for it but the options for that were not great even in Palm Springs. Going to see family not vacay in Palm Springs so still pretty much exclusive DVC lately

 

[CarolynFH]

She defends her Doctoral dissertation next month, so we are celebrating that instead!

Congratulations to your DD!!

 

[intamin]

Just wanted to confirm for anyone paying for their DVC purchase with a CSR that it does code as 4x. Can't wait to get my 180k points

 

[VGCgroupie]

Just wanted to confirm for anyone paying for their DVC purchase with a CSR that it does code as 4x. Can't wait to get my 180k points

Congrats!!!

 

[intamin]

Congrats!!!

Thank you for all your help over the past couple months I'll have more questions for you soon enough

 

[nerdboyrockstar]

Just wanted to confirm for anyone paying for their DVC purchase with a CSR that it does code as 4x. Can't wait to get my 180k points

I'll do that next year for sure. I've always used my Disney Visa instead.

 

[eticketplease]

Just wanted to confirm for anyone paying for their DVC purchase with a CSR that it does code as 4x. Can't wait to get my 180k points

Hoping you got a signup bonus too

 

[intamin]

Hoping you got a signup bonus too

Yep! After everything I'll have about 380k for hitting the SUB and the purchase