Bluegreen to Choice Point Conversion
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- Written by: Dustin Rocksvold
Bluegreen's sales team would like Bluegreen Owners to believe that they can get more money out of their Bluegreen points by converting to Choice Privilege points and then exchanging the points for gift cards, etc.. A simple search of the various Bluegreen Facebook Groups will show quite a few hits where the poster mentions the salesperson or closer showing them (usually very rapidly) how they can get more money back doing the Choice Priveleges points conversion. Let us take a look at the process and see for ourselves
How does the Choice Priveleges points conversion actually work?
- Every Bluegreen owner enrolled in Choice Privileges can convert Bluegreen Vacation Club Points to Choice Privilege points.
- Choice Privileges points never expire as long as you have qualifying activity on your choice account within 18 months.
- Bluegreen can also change the exchange rate at any time.
- Premier owners can get an early conversion bonus if they convert points six months or more prior to their expiration date.
- The conversion bonus depends upon the Premier level of the user and is in addition to the standard conversion rate
- The conversion process must be completed over the phone
- There is a $60 fee per conversion
- The standard conversion rate of 2:1 typically appears within your Choice Privileges account the same day. The bonus conversion rate will be processed adding the additional points to your account within 5 business days.
| Conversion Rates | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | Diamond |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Conversion Rate | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Early Conversion Bonus for Choice Priveleges | x2 | x3 | x4 | x5 | x7.5 |
| Total Conversion Rate with Bonus | 4 to 1 | 6 to 1 | 8 to 1 | 10 to 1 | 15 to 1* |
Redeeming Choice Reward Points
- Reward nights worldwide are available from 6,000 to 35,000 points (excluding all-inclusive resorts stays, where points required are up to 100,000).
- Most Choice Hotels require 8,000 or more points for a free room.
- Members must make their free night reservation by phone or through their online account no more than 100 days prior to planned arrival for all locations worldwide.
- Members may redeem Choice Privileges points for airline miles or points/rewards in other participating eligible loyalty programs.
- Exchange ratios can be found on the Rewards Exchange online portal.
- Ratios can change from time to time and unless otherwise specified, Members must redeem a minimum of 5,000 Choice Privileges Points when exchanging for airline miles or points/rewards in other participating eligible loyalty program.
- Members can exchange 5,000 Choice Privileges points for 1,000 miles by phone or online with the following:
- Aeroplan®
- Alaska Airlines®Mileage Plan™
- Aeromexico Club Premier®(1,600 kilometers)
- Spirit Airlines FREE SPIRIT™United MileagePlus®
- Members can exchange 6,000 Choice Privileges points for 1,800 Southwest Rapid Rewards points by phone
- Members can exchange 2,000 Choice Privileges points for 800 Qantas Frequent Flyer points by phone
- Members can exchange 2,000 Choice Privileges points for 800 Velocity Frequent Flyer points by phone
- Members can exchange 8,000 Choice Priveleges points for $25 gift cards to various locations
- Limited to 1 gift card transaction every 48 hours
- Limited to 4 plastic gift cards of the same denomination, from the same vendor
- Limited to 2 digital gift cards of the same denomination, from the same vendor
- Cannot be shipped to a PO Box
So let's look at an example of a Bluegreen to Choice point conversion in order to redeem for a hotel room
Determining Your Bluegreen Priority Use Period
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- Written by: Dustin Rocksvold
The Bluegreen reservation window starts 11 months prior to the check-in date at midnight eastern time. As an owner, you can reserve the use of your deeded accommodations (specific week, for specific unit at a specific resort) as outlined in your Certificate of Beneficial Use (COBU) between 11 months and 1 day and 13 months prior to the check-in date. This is called your Priority Use Period.
If you do not own a full week, you can only book the specific days of the week you are deeded for, not the full week. For example we have two contracts deeded at the Club at Big Bear Village, one annual and one biennial-even. Our first (annual) contract is written as follows: 17AK/28F, 17BJ/10F, 17CI/37F, 17CI/38F. The second (biennial-even) is written as follows: 17DL/35E, 17DL/49E, 17DL/39E.
The breakdown on the first contract is as follows:
- Unit 17A Thursday (17AK) of week 28 every year (F).
- Unit 17B Wednesday (17BJ) of week 10 every year (F).
- Unit 17C Tuesday (17CI) of week 30 every year (F).
- Unit 17C Tuesday (17CI) of week 38 every year (F).
The breakdown on the second contract is as follows:
- Unit 17D Friday (17DL) of week 35 in even years (E).
- Unit 17D Friday (17DL) of week 49 in even years (E).
- Unit 17D Friday (17DL) of week 39 in even years (E).
So a word of warning, IF you are considering an upgrade where you are trading a deed back to Bluegreen, be very careful to check the new deed information. Make them explain it to you. We surrendered a full week deeded stay at The Fountains that we could have used for it's priority use period for deeds at Big Bear that are worthless for their priority use period! They are only good as points...
The codes for the days of the week are different based upon the resort. The table below outlines the Week Codes for Different Bluegreen Resorts.