Oh, interesting. I guess at some point they stopped giving the 2019 points. We signed early February at Riviera and got the 2019 points, I wonder where the cut off in the year typically is. Or could it be that they want fewer points circulating because of the pandemic?
Do they not always send the bag and magnets? They're doing backpacks now, I quite like mine and I know it's a small, stupid thing but I would have been mad not to get it if others were.
Oh wow, it's hard to imagine the totes covering a wall with how much people sell them for on eBay.
One thing you CAN do, and which the guides don't always offer, is to split your points into more than one contract. We did 120 + 130. That way, if you ever need to sell, you can get a better price for smaller contacts than you would for a large one.
Fixed Weeks can be especially valuable if you plan to travel frequently over holidays, or during the madness of Fall Frenzy. We chose to purchase 2 Fixed Weeks at Copper Creek for that reason (Week 47 and 48). Another nice thing that, as point charts change, you always get your fixed week and never pay more if the week goes up (though you don't pay less if the week goes down). This works out great for us, as Thanksgiving (Week 47) is 123 points in 2021, but our fixed week cost at purchase was 118. We don't expect to go those two weeks every year, but we wanted to guarantee those weeks for when we do. The flexibility is that you can always cancel those fixed weeks and get the points back to use for a different stay.
