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Re: Marriott Going to Point Syst (by Mark S.):

Not sure I agree that the II inventory for M to M trades has dried up. Marriott properties that have not fully sold-out have released their unsold unit weeks to the Destinations program. However, the only way sold-out or nearly-sold-out weeks get into the Destinations program is through deeded owners joining and then converting their week(s) to points. My impression from monitoring this forum is that the response rate for the Destinations program is not great and therefore the II inventory from sold-out to nearly-sold-out properties can not be significantly effecting II inventory.

One additional comment is that any new development in the future will strictly be in the Destinations program. Since the economy for developing and selling timeshares is so weak this is not a concern in the near term. At some point however the only way to trade into the future development will be through the Destinations program. That stinks that deeded weeks will not have any real access to any new properties unless they join.