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New Rci OFF OGS Match-confirm-boo!

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New policy as of 9/5. Auto confirm for all matches. And your search is cancelled even if you cancel that match! My Rci rep contacted supervisor and backdated my search. But beware! And you only get 24 hours to decline!
 

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Holy moly. That is so unfair and crazy. I am going to check my matches and make sure nothing has matched automatically that I do not want. That is upsetting.
 

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I had a match on 9/28 that didn’t automatically confirm. I had to go online and cancel.
 

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I automatched today and have until the 18th of Oct. to confirm. I think there are only a few select very popular resorts that auto confirm and then if confirmed you only have until close of business the next day. I believe it tells you that before you start the search. To the OP what resort and for what check in day and when did you match?
 

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Eww, if this is correct, sounds like the hideous (IMO) way that II does things (auto-confirms a match and you have only 24 hours to cancel).
 

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I've had a number of matches in the last two weeks or so and none of them auto-confirmed, and I was able to release the match and continue my search. This was through the Wyndham portal.
 

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I wouldn't trust anything an RCI phone rep says. They often don't seem to be very well versed in their own system.
 

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I matched on 10/11 and email said until 10/14. Then on 10/12 I got email that because match met my parameters that it was auto confirmed. Rci rep said new policy as of 9/5. So I wonder if anyone let a match wit more than 24 hours? Or if I was just unlucky.
 

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I matched on 10/11 and email said until 10/14. Then on 10/12 I got email that because match met my parameters that it was auto confirmed. Rci rep said new policy as of 9/5. So I wonder if anyone let a match wit more than 24 hours? Or if I was just unlucky.
I got one too. Ironically, I did want the week after all. It was a ski week and only 18 points. So I will take it.

RCI Points still don't automatically confirm. Thank heavens.
 

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Mine was Rci points.
 

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So I wonder if anyone let a match wit more than 24 hours? Or if I was just unlucky.

I let them go until the last day of the 3-day hold without it auto-confirming. And I typically don’t have Wyndham points sitting in my RCI account but right now I do, so a lack of deposit wouldn’t be preventing it from doing it automatically.
 

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I matched on 10/11 and email said until 10/14. Then on 10/12 I got email that because match met my parameters that it was auto confirmed. Rci rep said new policy as of 9/5. So I wonder if anyone let a match wit more than 24 hours? Or if I was just unlucky.
Elaine, what specifically was the match -which resort and when was the date the exchange vacation was to start?

I have a match right now for National Harbor in May with RCI points. I received 2 emails yesterday telling me the match was made. I received one email today warning me that if I didn't confirm I would lose it (even though the original email says it will be held until 10/18). The one today doesn't mention when the hold will expire.
 

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It's probably about searches entered since that date in September. There is probably a clause that says, "If we find an exact match, we will confirm automatically." I didn't see that with my recent ongoing search, but I would bet it's there.
 

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Search was from several years ago. Fantastic match to galleon in key west for feb 1, 2020. But already have other plans in February. I pretty much always have an ogs going. Was more distressed about losing my well aged search. They backdated for 1 year.
 
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