Thank you PattiF for your quick response. Just to clarify, we did not retain control of those points after returning and giving up our ownership of the timeshare. Wyndham asked us if we would like to donate those points (our total points that we had earned over 3 or 4 years) at the time the property was legally returned to Wyndham. The charity is called Vacations for Vets. Since we were not able to use the points ourselves, we thought that sounded like a good idea. We have a letter from Wyndham that thanks us for donating the points. Since we did not retain any rights to the property and could not in any way use the points once the property was returned to Wyndham, are we still unable to take a deduction?
Thank you for your further clarification.
