Why wouldn’t the room upgrades work in a similar fashion to Marriott. I’m a Marriott titanium and when the hotel has a higher room category available for my dates I get an upgrade
take the gfv villas. I book a resort standard and at time of check in if a lake or theme park view is available I get pixie dusted and get my upgrade
hotels usually are not at 100% occupancy so upgrades are sometimes available
in terms of who gets an upgrade that usually gets computed in based on status and other factors such as check in time, money spent in the hotel and of course an exact match on dates and capacity
bottom line this is a loyalty program that you pay to get into.
if dvc introduces a loyalty program I’d assume it naturally be based on points purchased direct. Sorry no resale folks here, you will be second class citizens
if not points based and rather pay to play as rumored I’ll wager dvc will introduce tiers with higher tiers costing more per annum than the one below but with upgraded benefits as you move up. For upgrades like any hotel the higher the tier the higher the priority for upgrades
im taking the rumor with a pinch of salt but if it’s real no way it’s just a flat $100 and one tier.
my prediction $100 for bottom tier (assuming this price point is legit) and then it goes up in cost with at least 3 tiers of status
pluto - $100
donald - $250
mickey - $500
I do think if there is any validity to this loyalty program, resale people will be excluded and it’s sold as a perk of direct
pasted below is the DL loyalty program. Note the prices which does lead me to believe $100 isn’t starting price for Pluto. I would expect wdw specific benefits best suited for dvc members
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