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The Rules:
- Premier Silver, Gold and Platinum Bluegreen owners may elect to use Points toward the payment of their Maintenance Fee and Club Dues instead of money (cash, check, credit card).
- May use only Annual or Borrowed Points.
- Saved, Bonus, or AIM Points are not eligible for this benefit.
- Points can only be used to pay Maintenance Fees and Club Dues when they are billed.
- Points cannot be used to pre-pay Maintenance Fees.
- Rates are subject to change at any time and without notice.
My Take:
While it might help in a pinch, using Bluegreen points to pay your maintenance fees regularly does not make financial sense. If you look at the table below, for Silver and Gold Premier Bluegreen Owners using 140,000 points to pay $1,400.00 in maintenance fees comes in at a penny per point. For Platinum Premier members it is 70,000 points, which equates to $0.02 cents per point.
My maintenance fees ran close to 8.5 cents per point last year. 140,000 points times $0.085 equals $11,900.00. A Gold Premier Bluegreen owner would pay $11,900, and a Platinum Premier Member would pay $5,950, out of pocket to get $1,400.00 back towards the maintenance fees for next year.
Why would you buy something for 8.5 cents and sell it for 1 or 2 cents? Effectively, that is what you are doing when you redeem your points to pay your maintenance fees.
The best value of your Bluegreen points is always to use them to book a reservation during the use year, the next best would be saving them for the following year.
Points Payment Guide
Read more: Bluegreen Using Points to Pay Maintenance Fees and Club Dues
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Participating Day Use Resorts, based upon availability:
- Before visiting a resort to take advantage of your Day Use benefit, always be sure to call the front desk 48-hour in advance of your visit to confirm that the resort has enough capacity to accommodate you.
- If you are approved for Day Use, please stop by the front desk upon arriving at the resort to register.
- During high occupancy periods, the resorts must first accommodate guests staying on property before extending the Day Use benefit to visiting owners. Simply call the front desk of the participating resort you wish to visit and we’ll be happy to serve you.
- Please keep in mind that Day Use is only permitted at participating resorts and blackout periods may apply.
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If you cannot use all of your Annual Bluegreen Points within the earn year, you have several options:
- You can save the Points for an additional year (for a fee).
- You can let them expire
- You can convert them to Choice Rewards Points
Of all of those choices I would recommend paying the fee to save the points, unless it is a miniscule amount. By saving the points you are eligible to use them to:
- Saved Points can be used for reservations in regular Red, White, or Blue seasons the following use year.
- Saved Points can be used for an exchange reservation with RCI® up to 180 days in advance of the check-in date.
- If you didn't let your Traveler Plus membership expire, you have access to last minute getaway specials through the RCI Resort Hot Weeks benefit. Resort Hot Weeks only require 3,000 Points, with Saved Points being eligible.
Here's a handy chart to help you find when you can use Saved Points at Bluegreen resorts!
A Bluegreen Points Chart is shown on each resort details page linked in the table.
To see the start dates for the weeks listed below check out our Bluegreen Vacation Weeks Calendar page (you can download the calendar file from that page for your own use offline). It outlines the week start date for each week based on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday week starts for each year between 2023 and 2046.
Download a copy of the Using Bluegreen Saved Points table for use offline.
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- The number of certificate downloads will be limited by ownership type and will be refreshed yearly.
- Gold owners may download one certificate good for one stay of up to 7 nights each year.
- Platinum owners may download up to three certificates good for three stays of up to 7 nights each year.
- Travel must be completed within 12 months of issue date.
- This offer is subject to availability and standard Club reservation rules.
- Minimum stay requirements may apply and may vary.
- Available inventory and participating resorts may change without notice.
- Certificates may be used for guest stays, but may not be redeemed for cash.
- Unused certificates may not be extended.
- Commercial rental use of free stay certificates will result in termination of this privilege.
- Presidential and Concierge units are excluded from this offer.
The table below outlines the locations that have weeks available for free weeks. Free weeks are available in White or Blue seasons only.
Read more: Free Stays at Bluegreen Resorts During White/Blue Season
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Why is the Bluegreen Vacation Weeks Calendar important?
The Vacation Week Calendar, also referred to as the Bluegreen Season Calendar or Bluegreen Points Chart, is necessary to help plan your vacation. You will need to reference it to determine how many Bluegreen Vacation Points (“Points”) your desired reservation will require or when you want to bank Points with an exchange company.
How do I use it?
To plan a vacation at a Bluegreen resort, first decide your anticipated or preferred dates of travel. Next, look at the Vacation Week Calendar to determine the week number for your travel dates. For example, a vacation from July 25-July 29 usually falls during Week 30 of the year*. Next, decide where you want to go and look at the Points Chart for that resort. Week numbers are appointed a season, and Point values are assigned by season, day of the week and size of accommodations. *Please note that Bluegreen’s Vacation Week Calendars are the same as RCI, but different from Interval International.
Let's say you want to go to Bluegreen Wilderness Club at Big Cedar during week 30, and you want to stay in a 2 bedroom cabin.
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How to Sell Bluegreen Points, or Make Your Offer More Attractable to Potential Buyers
Information that Every Listing Needs to Attract More Potential Buyers:
- Number of Points Annual or Every Other Year (EOY)
- Anniversary date of points (aka Earn date)
- Deeded location (Home Resort) Deeded week, unit and days
- Trust Fund & Sales Type (or maintenance fee due date)
- Maintenance Fee Amount
- Are any Mortgage or Maintenance fees still owed or paid off?
- Number of points remaining for the current year
- Who pays transfer fees (currently $450)
For example: Resort 'x' 10 K points Annual, Trust Fund E Sales Type Y, Unit 807, Week 36
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REASONS PEOPLE SELL THEIR BLUEGREEN TIMESHARE:
- Medical reasons/loss of spouse or travel partner
- Cannot afford the maintenance fees due to a career change or loss of a job (or the increased amount of the fees)
- Purchased more points than they have vacation time to use
- Perceived decline in service and/or benefits
- No longer suits their chosen travel style
- Expectations based upon what a salesperson told them they could do with it versus reality.
PURPOSE:
It is possible to sell some Bluegreen points (deeds). Sales happen all the time.
There may be only a few or even just one person that wants it, but under certain conditions you can sell a Bluegreen timeshare. Getting the best possible price requires some basic knowledge, encouraging a perception of value (where is does exist), and including all of the above information in your listing.
Some Bluegreen timeshares cannot be sold, but all too often people just blankly post that deeds have to be given away. Sometimes it is a seller’s approach that makes it harder. If you are going to transfer your Bluegreen ownership, are you willing to put in the work to at least try to sell it?
Even if you are willing to give away your Bluegreen ownership, and pay all transfer fees yourself, people will want the above information. (Below I will explain why.)
People looking to buy Bluegreen points will find it helpful to understand the other side of the sales transaction. This also covers some details about Bluegreen, and might give you some things to consider in your investigations.
WHAT IS TRUST FUND / SALES TYPE?
- Trust Fund = HOW maintenance fees (MF) are calculated
- Sales Type = WHEN maintenance fees (MF) are due
All buyers REQUIRE this information. If a buyer does not match their existing Trust Fund they risk paying much more in maintenance fees. (Some trust funds have a base fee plus a charge per point; others have no base fee and charge more per point.)
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Booking your vacation through the Bluegreen Vacation Club is simple.
- You can reserve the use of your deeded accommodations (Priority Use Period) between 11 months and 1 day and 13 months prior to the check-in date.
- Doing so uses up the points associated with the use period for that contract.
- You can make a Points reservation in ANY season up to 11 months in advance of your desired check-in date.
- The booking window opens at midnight Eastern Time (online).
- A minimum 2-night stay is required.
- Saved Points may be used for reservations in Red, White or Blue seasons.
The resorts in the table below all require a full week's stay. They are sorted by the day you can check in.
Pono Kai Resort
Saturday and Wednesday are easier check-in days to get.
Tips and Tricks
- Book as close to 11 months out as possible. This will ensure the highest availabilty of units. The longer you wait, the less availability there will be.
- If your desired timeframe isn't avaialble, check back often. Cancellations happen.
- For owners who have fewer points, booking Sunday through Thursday night stays will make your points go farther. If you have charter benefits try booking the weekend nights on either side of your stay with Bonus Time
- If you are a premier member you can try to wait list the stay that you want, though after the changes a year or so ago, the wait list requests no longer get filled prior to the booking window.
- Avoid peak season travel (if possible). This reduces the demand for the available units, and can make your points go farther.
- If your desired timeframe is not available through the Bluegreen Reservations site, check with RCI or Prizzma (Direct Exchange for Traveler Plus Members) to see if the resort (or one nearby) is available through them. Yes, there is a fee for the reservation, but it could get you into the location/time you wanted.
- Gold or Platinum Premier Owners get free week(s) from Bluegreen each year. You can call the premier owner customer service number and instead of staying in the Bluegreen unit during the offseason, have the customer service rep book the unit with the best trading power and deposit it into RCI. This will give you trading power that you can book through the RCI Weeks website and make reservations through it. RCI will also let you combine, or extend deposits (for a fee) so that you can get higher demand units/locations.
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One of the most popular benefits of Bluegreen Vacations ownership is the opportunity to access Bonus Time for greatly discounted resort stays. Bonus Time gives owners access to Bluegreen Vacations resorts for last-minute travel without having to use their Points. A discount of $10 per night is given when Bonus Time reservations are booked online. See rates below based on villa size and property. Full payment for the reservation is required at the time of booking.
Bluegreen owners who purchased retail through Bluegreen or resale throughBluegreen’s Authorized reseller - Pinnacle Vacations (with “Charter Benefits” included), or Bluegreen owners who bought from a relative by blood or marriage, can use Bonus Time at any Bluegreen Resort, subject to availability.
Bluegreen owners who purchased resale through another party can use Bonus Time only at the resort indicated in their Certificate of Beneficial Use.
Current Nightly Bonus Time Rates
Nightly Bonus Time Rates | Online Reservation | Phone Reservation |
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Villa | Check Online | Phone-In |
Hotel/Studio | $59 | $69 |
One (1) Bedroom | $69 | $79 |
Two (2) Bedroom | $79 | $89 |
Three (3) Bedroom | $89 | $99 |
Presidential/Concierge Villa** | $199 to $399 | $199 to $399 |
Manhattan Club Metro & Exec Suite | $189 | $199 |
Manhattan Club 1 Bedroom & Penthouse | $289 | $299 |
When can I book Bonus Time Reservations?
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Trade in the hustle and bustle of city life for a peaceful retreat at a membership RV Resort. With your Coast Deluxe membership, you have access to the finest RV camping experiences at 200 Coast-affiliated RV resorts and 207 Coast Good Neighbor Parks. At an RV Resort, you can enjoy all the things you love about camping with the added bonus of resort-style amenities, recreation and activities. Many RV Resorts even offer additional accommodation options, such as cabins (Bluegreen Vacation Points cannot be used for cabins or additional accomodations options).
Convert Your Bluegreen Vacation Points to Coast Tripsetter Points
The currency used for all Coast to Coast reservations is Coast Tripsetter points. Reservations can be made by converting your annual, borrowed or rented Bluegreen Vacation Points to Coast Tripsetter points, or by purchasing Coast Tripsetter points. If you elect to convert your Points, the standard rate is 600 Points per night, regardless of the RV Resort, size or season reserved. Once converted, your Points cannot be converted back. Any unused Coast Tripsetter points will remain on your Coast account. You can use either Bluegreen Points or Coast Tripsetter points, but not a combination of both.
Save Your Vacation Points and Purchase Coast Tripsetter Points
Want to save your Points for Bluegreen resort vacations? No problem; you can purchase Coast Tripsetter points when making your reservations. Packages start at $25 for 2,500 points. Most reservations only require 1,000 ($10) or 1,500 ($15) Coast Tripsetter points per night.
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