This is what worries me - I'd me upset if I deposited a prime summer week and then couldn't get anything in exchange. If that is the case, we'll just use our week.
I'm trying to avoid RCI for a couple of reasons - cost being the primary one. How many TPU's would I need to pull a summer week in Coronado? Or is it that there just aren't any summer weeks available for exchange? Or do traders in other systems (HGVC/Diamond) have priority over weeks exchangers? Thanks for your helpful information. I just can't wrap my head around RCI.
From what I've ascertained, there are summer weeks available, but RCI gives priority to HGVC and Diamond, maybe even Wyndham. It doesn't make sense because it does not encourage prime deposits.
My aunt just booked her Indian Wells week-- early March. There is no better time to be in Indian Wells, and if you try to find a resort to stay at, there are premiums to pay, availability is low, and the RCI system is deplete. RCI offers higher exchange values for that time-- they know there's high demand. This is when the Indian Wells Masters Tennis Tournament-- The BNP Paribas happens. She used to be able to pull anything in the RCI system when she deposited this week.
She's older now, understands little about the trading system and how it's changed. She deposited an Indian Wells week last year (late Spring, not great) and she got 13 TPU. She deposited a prime early March week (during the tournament) and she got 23 TPU. This is the same week that used to pull about 150K week options with RCI-- not any more. Now, she's into it for two years worth of maintenance fees or about $1600 plus the amount she spent to combine deposits- $110. So, for $1700, she has 36 TPU. In the past, she's used her IW week to pull August GPR coastal weeks. It's not possible-- not even with her prime deposit. It's not possible because RCI has filters. And, if she deposited with GPX, there's none available.
RCI is going to lose that March deposit from her. Wait... they're not going to lose it because it's a floating resort, and the place is run by GPR... GPR will deposit the week and assign it to whomever. This sucks.