Hi, Cynic. Thanks for being here. I have three questions:
1) I own in both weeks and points. Why is it that the same unit, same date, same resort can have a huge difference in price in one system or the other? One in Provence was $370 more to book it in points. One in Germany is $45 cheaper in points.
2) How and why does RCI keep reducing TPUs on well-rated resorts in popular areas? Mine is in the Myrtle Beach area and is a lock-off. Depositing separately, it used to get a whopping 95 points when a friend told me about it. When I began shopping for one, it dropped to 89. By the time I bought one (resale, of course), I got only 63 TPU. My next deposit should be worth 65 TPU based on the calculator. I asked the resort, and they said RCI claims it's because of all the new resorts going up in that area, because of the competition. There aren't any new resorts in that area in RCI, and summer weeks like mine are gone months in advance every year. There is WAY more demand than supply. I also own at that resort in points and its retained its incredibly high trading power in points, which RCI says is due to a contract the resort has with points owners. How is it that RCI determines the trading power in weeks but the resort decides it in points?
3) And who the hell is managing the redesigns of the Web site? It's worse EVERY time they mess with it. I used to design e-commerce sites and I give it a D at best. Now we can only scroll through 10 resorts at a time, and if we want to search on trading power needed, we can only choose the smallest amounts, like 1-10,000 points. I've got a lot of points I need to use and wanted to search or sort on points so I could find a single trip that would use 50k+ points. Live it up a bit. Can't do that.
Thanks!
1) I own in both weeks and points. Why is it that the same unit, same date, same resort can have a huge difference in price in one system or the other? One in Provence was $370 more to book it in points. One in Germany is $45 cheaper in points.
2) How and why does RCI keep reducing TPUs on well-rated resorts in popular areas? Mine is in the Myrtle Beach area and is a lock-off. Depositing separately, it used to get a whopping 95 points when a friend told me about it. When I began shopping for one, it dropped to 89. By the time I bought one (resale, of course), I got only 63 TPU. My next deposit should be worth 65 TPU based on the calculator. I asked the resort, and they said RCI claims it's because of all the new resorts going up in that area, because of the competition. There aren't any new resorts in that area in RCI, and summer weeks like mine are gone months in advance every year. There is WAY more demand than supply. I also own at that resort in points and its retained its incredibly high trading power in points, which RCI says is due to a contract the resort has with points owners. How is it that RCI determines the trading power in weeks but the resort decides it in points?
3) And who the hell is managing the redesigns of the Web site? It's worse EVERY time they mess with it. I used to design e-commerce sites and I give it a D at best. Now we can only scroll through 10 resorts at a time, and if we want to search on trading power needed, we can only choose the smallest amounts, like 1-10,000 points. I've got a lot of points I need to use and wanted to search or sort on points so I could find a single trip that would use 50k+ points. Live it up a bit. Can't do that.
Thanks!