Forgive my newbie question but I am curious why Disney doesn’t offer DVC resale purchasers an opportunity to pay a nominal per point fee to convert their membership to a blue card? Does anyone know if they have made this type of offer in the past?
If they ever offered it, it would likely be the difference between the price you paid and the direct price.
I could see DVC offering a kind of "Blue Card" upgrade if the economy of their customers continues to tank. I'm no expert, but I assume that between no potential customers roaming the parks and the tightening of pocketbooks across the world that DVC sales are down. It would be a quick way and relatively painless way for them to infuse cash into the system.
It does depend on the size of your family, how often you visit, and how long you intend to keep the contract. It made sense for us, because we'll break even on the direct costs after 4 years on the Gold AP vs Regular Platinum AP alone.With the currently requirements of 100 points direct IMO it does not make sense to buy that many points just to get the annual pass discount.
After reading multiple threads I know that some people really try to justify buying direct to get the perks.
There's no way DVC would offer an upgrade path to non-qualified contracts. How exactly would that work? How many points would you need to qualify? Does this hypothetical also include booking at RIV and newer? You can bet that if they did offer an "upgrade," 99% of those taking advantage would just do the minimum needed, not a point more.
Also, if would raise further awareness of resale as an option.
This.If it were ever offered, the fee would not be "nominal."
I wouldn't be surprised if they did but it wouldn't be a nominal fee. It's probably be roughly the difference between usual resale price's and a discounted retail price. But IF they offered the option, I could see them having specials from time to time that were modestly less. More likely would be the option to upgrade points if one purchased retail for say 50 or 75 points instead of 100 based on current minimums.Forgive my newbie question but I am curious why Disney doesn’t offer DVC resale purchasers an opportunity to pay a nominal per point fee to convert their membership to a blue card? Does anyone know if they have made this type of offer in the past?