Comp Exchange RCI

[weidjx]

I found a "Comp exchange" listed in our RCI account today. First time I ever have seen this:

The following weeks cannot currently be exchanged online. Please call 1-800-338-7777 to search against these.

Comp Exchange
Relation# Travel From Travel To Description
00013 07/01/2008 12/31/2009 DBW BKLY/BLGR 0-45DAY(LON US#3618)

Any explanations would be helpful.

Thanks.

 

[Conan]

I got one recently, apparently as a thank you for depositing a summer Cape Cod week.

You wouldn't expect it to have much trading power, but I phoned and learned I could trade it for a week at Grand Mayan Cabos (a March week too, but unfortunately not the week I needed).

So when you see a bulk deposit on Tug, make the call!

 

[Mel]

To break down the code - this is the 13th unit in your account (though you may or may not be able to account for all the previous 12).

00013 07/01/2008 12/31/2009 DBW BKLY/BLGR 0-45DAY(LON US#3618)

It was deposited in the month of July, and is good through the end of 2009.

DBW suggestst Developer Bonus Week - were you told when you purchased that your week was entitled to bonus weeks (it's a ploy used to claim RCI values your week more - it just means they're giving you a credit for one of the excess inventory the developer deposited during sales).

Did you deposit a Berkely Group or Bluegreen week? I know both groups have been known to use developer bonus weeks, and BKLY/BLGR suggests one of those two.

0-45 suggests to me that it might be something that can only be reserved within 45 days

These are just one of several types of weeks that end listed online - One plus One weeks show up there. If you book and then cancel a last call week, you will see something there then too.

 

[weidjx]

Thanks for the input. My wife bought at Massanutten several years before we were even married. Have been actively exchanging weeks for 5 years now. I assumed that it was something that could only be booked 0-45 days out as well. Also thought maybe just a ploy yo get us to call RCI since our member ship is set to expire soon!

 

[cali girl]

Mel, thanks for the break-down.