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RCI Weeks Enhancement and Wyndham Generic Deposits ??

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Hi All

Does anyone have any insights regarding the RCI weeks enhancement that started this AM - and Club Wyndham Generic Points Deposits?

Like how much trading power does a 28k, 70k, etc, points deposit have?

I don't have any deposits in my account, so I don't know if the are now visible; and I'm curious about the trading power numbers

Dave
 
I don't know about the trading power but I just checked and can tell you that the generic deposits are still generic.:confused:
 
ha, ha, ha, ha.
They show up under deposits. They are not combine-able. They have not trading power. You can not search with them.

They are now VISIABLE, just unsearchable online.:wall: :wall: :wall:

And I have 3 of them - can see the expiration dates, too.
 
Hi Dave,
My visible is only a 28k. It was assigned a value of 15. I don't know if that's good or bad. It seems that I see about the same amount of exchanges as before. I would like to hear how the change effected everyone else too. I have some left over points that I have to deposit before the end of the year and am trying to decide how to do it.
-Deb
 
WeLovetoTravel said:
Hi Dave,
My visible is only a 28k. It was assigned a value of 15. I don't know if that's good or bad...
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I think 15 Exchange Points for 28k Wyndham Points is a great deal! I'll bet the average (non-Wyndham) timeshare owner who receives 15 Exchange Points is spending over $500 in annual fees, and a 28k week is what, like $100 - $150 in fees? (I'm not a Wyndham owner, so I'm not sure.)
 
Your only getting 15 points as you have a visible deposit and that is what that deposit is worth. I am not sure that your will continue to get 15 for a 28K deposit.

That does not tell us what generics are going to be worth. However is generics are going to continue to be off line traders they have just increased the demand for visible deposits even more so than before.

I sure hope they get it worked out.
 
vacationhopeful said:
ha, ha, ha, ha.
They show up under deposits. They are not combine-able. They have not trading power. You can not search with them.

They are now VISIABLE, just unsearchable online.:wall: :wall: :wall:

And I have 3 of them - can see the expiration dates, too.
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I have a feeling this is just temporary. At least, I hope so.
 
I also have points (154k) to deposit by the end of the year and nothing on deposit. I was looking at the deposit calculator on RCI, but it is geared towards a fixed week deposit and does not have an option for a points deposit (Wyndham or otherwise). I am curious to know the values assigned to new and existing points amounts (especially in higher increments). Specifically, I wonder if there is a given amount of points in a new deposit that will equate to RCI's max "60".
 
No change, according to an RCI Wyndham Guide

I talked to a RCI Guide (from the Wyndham desk at RCI) a couple minutes ago. He told me that there is no change at this time for Wyndham Points. There is no translation between Wyndham Points and RCI Weeks Points. We will not be told how much trading power we have. He did say that there would be changes coming later, but that we still wouldn't get the full correspondance.

Has anyone else heard anything different from an RCI Guide?
 
I also just called per the VC - I go the same info

NO CHANGE to wyn GENERIC deposits, will trade using the "old system"
still NOT VISIBLE, hoping for 12/31
NOT COMBINABLE

Previous visibles are treated as "weeks" - the 15 value noted above was for a visible deposit - a good value for a 28k - I assume that you are a VIP and you got the upgrade so its really a a 66-70k week.
 
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sandkastle4966 said:
(i would like to see the verification for a 28k geeneric getting a trade power of 15 - I have a visible 70k, and it is 13......)
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I don't think anyone reported a 28k generic getting 15 points, and I certainly didn't mean to imply that they did! Tugger WeLovetoTravel reported that he/she had a visible 28k that got 15 exchange points.
 
Awesome. So now it will be even harder to find out what is actually available in RCI with the sightings board will be mostly a thing of the past since everyone else can see everything. Way to go Wyndham, way to completely screw over your own owners. Nice Job! :wall:

Jason
 
I just called an RCI VC. He stated Wyndham points will be updated in "a few weeks"\"Before the end of the year". He stated that any current weeks in the system or deposited into the system before "the Wyndham change" will work the way they always have. Once "the Wyndham change" happens Wyndham will go to a points based system.

I find it interesting from everyone on here who talked to RCI about Wyndham deposits, none of this was ever mentioned. I guess this now falls under the "Believe it when I see it" category.

Jason
 
Well, that's certainly disappointing. Though, it is not entirely surprising. How long have we been told "very soon, it will be fixed", only to have it never be fixed?

My advice: don't hold your breath on that end-of-the-year thing.
 
Had a problem with RCI, online only showed 1 deposit, which meant 1 had gone "missing". Spoke with a nice wyndham supervisor, who gladly put my deposit back into RCI. When I inquired about when we would be able to search online, he said they were being told before the end of the year, but that he was under the impression it would be around the first week in December, if not sooner. He said that wyndham really wants this to happen as soon as possible, as it would free up many resources for them and would make things a lot easier.
 
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

I will believe it when I see it actually implemented. Until then, I'm going to assume that it will never happen.
 
changes to RCI

I had higher (red week) visible deposits with RCI that did not get 15 points - one got 8 and the other got 16. This is going to be hard to figure out now!!
 
jjmanthei05 said:
... So now it will be even harder to find out what is actually available in RCI with the sightings board will be mostly a thing of the past since everyone else can see everything...
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It looks like many Tuggers already were seeing just about everything -- the truly good stuff never makes it online. So, I don't think things will change on the sightings board.
 
I just booked a unit with trading power of 11 with a generic blue 1br(28k upgraded) So my guess is that a 28K generic is worth a 10 or 11.
 
karentrimmer said:
I had higher (red week) visible deposits with RCI that did not get 15 points - one got 8 and the other got 16. This is going to be hard to figure out now!!
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Remember that Visibles are assigned to some particular week. The only requirement is that the specific week you get is at least as good as the deposit: color-for-color, size-for-size. But, there are *wide* variations in what a "red 1BR" is worth, depending on where it is from. So, *if* there are visibles going forward (which there might not be) there is no way to tell what they may be worth until you actually get one.
 
bnoble said:
Well, that's certainly disappointing. Though, it is not entirely surprising. How long have we been told "very soon, it will be fixed", only to have it never be fixed?

My advice: don't hold your breath on that end-of-the-year thing.
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Don't worry I don't plan on holding my breath. Luckily my head didn't explode this am either. :hysterical:
 
A red studio visible deposit at Patriot's Place is worth 16. Not terrible, but not great. I can combine two and get something pretty grand. The cost per RCI credit/ point would be $20. I am okay with it.
 
rickandcindy23 said:
A red studio visible deposit at Patriot's Place is worth 16. Not terrible, but not great. I can combine two and get something pretty grand. The cost per RCI credit/ point would be $20. I am okay with it.
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Did they give you the week\unit number? It would be interesting to see what the deposit calculator shows vs what RCI is actually giving you. Also to see how far out Wyndham is putting them in if they are giving you full value or only 80% or whatever.

Jason
 
My red 70k patrots place visible has a value of 10
 
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