We only have 150 points, so we still take non-point trips alot for short, last minute trips--- in fact I doubt we'll add on because we take alot of last minute trips. Anyway--we never tell the front desk that we are DVC members. The only DVC perks we take advantage of(when staying non-dvc) is that great discount on the Annual Passes which is also how we get the non-dvc rooms (AP discount). We've also used the DVC discount on hard ticket events even when we are staying in regular resort rooms on cash, and we've still used the dining discounts--- but no need to tell the front desk.