Here's a couple or three points about the Guest Pass, Extra Vacations and Last Calls.
Someone on this forum wanted to sign up for the 5-Year Guest Pass and yesterday was the day to do it. I tried to do it by phone, and had to give up after at least 1/2 hour. Then I did it on Chat, and except for the normal wait going back and forth, it went right through. So, that's Point 1, do what you can with RCI by Chat, rather than phone, and, at the end, you can copy and save the entire transaction conversation.
Next, this new Guest Pass holder asked me to check for two weeks for her. I did, and they were, let me go look,
$294. I emailed her, and she told me she wanted them, so I said she could call and get them on her own now. She emailed back and said she got them, but the Guide said they were now
$332. So, I checked on that, hoping to be able to get her some money back, but now they were
$431.99.
So, Point 2, EVs and LCs have dynamic pricing. In the time it took us to exchange emails and make a phone call, less than an hour, those went from
$294 to
$431.99.
The point . . . if you see something you know you want, and it's under $300, take it. Others are looking at it, too. $239 happens sometimes, and $199 in a blue moon. $269 for Last Calls is fairly normal.
Point 3 . . . I received the Confirmation emails in my name, but did not receive the Guest Confirmations, so RCI had screwed up. I straightened that out, again by Chat, had the Guest Confirmations emailed to me, which I like so I know they got done, and I forwarded them to the Guest Pass holder. So, this point is that if you are reserving something for a guest, or you are the guest doing the reserving, make sure RCI does it in the guest's name. This is not the first time that has happened (it's the second
).
