Has Anyone Tried to Use Points from Their Resale Contract to Book at Restricted Resorts (Riviera, Fort Wilderness, etc.)?

[intamin]

Very interesting. Do you also have unrestricted contracts that are eligible to book Riv? I’m curious whether anyone w/ only restricted contracts in their membership can book Riviera.

I wonder if someone w/ restricted Riviera points has been able use them at a resort other than Riviera.

I am not a fan of the restricted product, I think part of the reason a brand new resort like the Riviera that many seem to like is so cheap on the resale market is because of the restrictions, thus, I don’t care whether DVC decides to enforce its ‘rules’ about who can book there or not. Of course I don’t own there & it’s not a resort I’m eager to stay at…so .
In my mind this is no different from DVC allowing owners w/ multiple memberships to transfer multiple times per year even though that broke the one transfer rule, or members advertising to transfer points for $$, even though that breaks the no $ for transfers rule.

That was my next thought, we need a resale RIV owner to try and book a resort other than RIV for science!

Even if it potentially means a couple of non RIV points and then filling the rest with resale RIV