I am not aware of DVC trying a second lock-off premium attempt.
There were 2 incidents in the last 5 years where DVC released the newest year’s
point charts, were called out on making changes to their own advantage (not owners), and then re-released the point charts after removing the questionable changes.
The second incident had to do with base years, seasons and point increases. This one was more complicated and took the owner community months to figure out exactly what was wrong in a provable way. It still is hard to explain today because most people aren’t overly familiar with the base year concept, and that was a necessary part in proving DVC inflated the point charts out of legal bounds.
Only DVC knows if that was a mistake on their part of if they were intentionally trying to get away with something not easily recognizable. Either way, it was a case of mis-management. They are supposed to understand the product well enough to make decisions in the interest of the membership, so when mistakes happen to DVD’s advantage and to owner’s disadvantage it does come across suspicious.