Interesting to think about how a person used to be able to purchase only 25 points direct for a blue card!I don't know the answer, but I also am willing to bet my entire collection of Mickey Ears that you'll never have to worry about it happening.
Interesting to think about how a person used to be able to purchase only 25 points direct for a blue card!
Wish I would have bought then...anybody know which years this jumped to 50 then 75 then 100 then 125?
I cannot imagine a circumstance where DVC would retroactively grant a benefit if the requirements were lowered (except maybe as a court settlement). I also cannot imagine a circumstance where DVC would lower the requirement for direct purchase ownership (short of the apocalypse). Besides, current minimum buy-in is 125 points. [Fixed the minimum. It had gone up since I last looked.]If I buy let’s say 50 direct points now and Disney lowers minimum to 50 in the future, will I automatically qualify for blue card or will I have to buy 50 more points? I know it’s big hypothetical but just curious.
For many years you didn’t even need to buy 25. All resales were eligible for what is referred to now as a blue card perks. There are folks out there that have 25 points purchased resale that have a blue card.Interesting to think about how a person used to be able to purchase only 25 points direct for a blue card!
Wish I would have bought then...anybody know which years this jumped to 50 then 75 then 100 then 125?
If only I would have bought then...For many years you didn’t even need to buy 25. All resales were eligible for what is referred to now as a blue card perks. There are folks out there that have 25 points purchased resale that have a blue card.
Wasn’t that the minimum amount to buy at certain resorts?My understanding was at one time the minimum was 160, and that is why you see so many 160 contracts on resale.
It really quickly accelerated. We bought resale June 2017 and added on 25 direct in August 2017 to get our blue card. They raised the minimum to 75 in Feb 2018 and it keeps going up.Interesting to think about how a person used to be able to purchase only 25 points direct for a blue card!
Wish I would have bought then...anybody know which years this jumped to 50 then 75 then 100 then 125?
We have a 160-point contract for AKV and I'm pretty sure I read that's the reason a lot in that amount are out there. So, it may be true that the minimum could have actually dropped at some point in the past, but I still think it's highly unlikely they'll ever do so again in the future. The only way I see that happening is if they can't sell enough 125 point contracts and they think lowering the minimum would increase volume of sales.My understanding was at one time the minimum was 160, and that is why you see so many 160 contracts on resale.
My understanding was at one time the minimum was 160, and that is why you see so many 160 contracts on resale.
The minimum for blue card wasn't 160 but that was the minimum for buying direct as a new member at one stage. You could have purchasesd a 25 point resale contract and still gotten the blue card.My understanding was at one time the minimum was 160, and that is why you see so many 160 contracts on resale.
Yep! I'm one of them.For many years you didn’t even need to buy 25. All resales were eligible for what is referred to now as a blue card perks. There are folks out there that have 25 points purchased resale that have a blue card.
Yep! I'm one of them.