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- Dec 12, 2002
I don't know. Vero Beach for 67-75$ per point and a contract had banked points would be a lot of bang - especially since I'll always travel during Spring Break........
Variations in MF are not as much of an issue to me as not being able to use the points right away.....
I view it as a total cost of ownership. Initial purchase price is one variable of value. The only way I know to compare different contracts is to calculate the cost per point over the remaining term of the contract. This considers the total number of remaining points (Banked, Borrowed, Current and Future) until the contract terminates. For example of purchases from Disney: SSR is at about $2.22 per point (using my method above), AKV is about $1.94 per point, and the other resorts are from $2.64 to $2.90 per point.
The other variable is annual cost to own. The range in dues is $4.1229 (SSR) to $5.6272 (VB). VB resale is about $7.66 (dues and initial purchase) and from Disney about $8.27. SSR is about $6.02 resale and $6.34 from Disney.
Other factors, such as location or theme or any muber of other attributes affect value, but those are arguably already, at least partially, facatored into the market price of the various resorts. Your desire to be able to use the points immediately is another factor that only you can place a value on.