Just back from Keystone using points

[Swood89083]

Me and my family just got back from Keystone Resort using points. We has a great time skiing and the 2 BDR Condo was very nice. It was in River Run and it was at the Bufalo Lodge. I was very pleasantly suprised by the size of the condo very Large and the quality was very nice. After reading several post on here about it being a bad value to use points for other places I would say I would do this again in a heart beat. We got a 2BDR Condo for 5 nights Sunday through Thursday for 207 points during Spring Break. And for a Ski resort Spring Break is high Season. When we go to BCV this summer it will cost almost the exactly the same in points for 5 nights Sunday through Thursday. I was talking to check in at Keystone and found out that Disney pays them $565 a night for these rooms. Any way this worked for me and thought I would share my experience.

Sam

 

[Allan]

We spent spring break there 2 years ago and had a blast. We are going to try for Thanksgiving at Keystone this year, but so far MS is only taking reservations through May of 2004. Glad you had a good time!!!!

 

[BillPA]

Sam, Thanks for the info. We did an II swap to Breckenridge, Grand Timber Lodge 2 years ago. That worked out great as well.
Isn't DVC great!! All the options we have plus the wonderful DVC resorts too.

Question: 207 points for 5 night is 41.4 points a night? How did they come up with such an odd number? Or did your trip span some point boundry, like Dream to Magic season at DVC.

Thanks,

 

[mbw12]

Originally posted by Allan
We spent spring break there 2 years ago and had a blast. We are going to try for Thanksgiving at Keystone this year, but so far MS is only taking reservations through May of 2004. Glad you had a good time!!!!

Is that for ANY II or Concierge exchanges??? Or just for the Keystone resort? If it is for everything.....that makes me wonder why????

 

[Swood89083]

Keystone is on the conceirge list. I do know that depending on where you stay at Keystone and when you stay matters your points can vary quite a bit. As far as 207 being a strange point total I think they charged more points one night than for the other 4. Sort of like what DVC does if you stay a Friday or Saturday

 

[Swood89083]

Keystone is on the conceirge list. I do know that depending on where you stay at Keystone and when you stay matters your points can vary quite a bit. As far as 207 being a strange point total I think they charged more points one night than for the other 4. Sort of like what DVC does if you stay a Friday or Saturday

 

[poohj80]

Originally posted by Swood89083
I was talking to check in at Keystone and found out that Disney pays them $565 a night for these rooms.

Me thinks Disney is WAY overpaying if that's true. We just stayed in Keystone at a resort just down the road from River Run in a 1 BR spa suite and it was only $104/night. I can't imagine that a 2 BR would be THAT much more expensive.

 

[JakelBread]

I don't know if this is the correct way to figure this but a quick calculation shows that Disney is valuing points at $13.65 a piece, $3.65 above the average current rental price. If this is true then will we see rental point prices start to uncrease?