Ok, I have a question.
I have bought 231,000 re-sale points at Wyndham's Kona resort. I am currently waiting for closing and the transfer to complete, but I want to use my points to greatest advantage.
I want to use those points to trade into Wyndham's La Belle Maison in New Orleans. We need a 2-bedroom unit. Under Wyndham's points chart, the week we want is High season and would cost 203,000 of our 231,000 points, but only if it's not a lock off or a Presidential Unit. If we want either of those, the cost goes up to 266,000.
Wyndham's RCI portal lists a 2-bedroom exchange as costing 224,000 points for Prime season and 184,000 points for High (I do not know as of yet if the week we want rates as High or Prime with RCI).
Say I want the option of the lock off or the Presidential Unit. If I deposit the 224,000/184,000 points into RCI will those units be available to me (subject to availability, of course) because as far as RCI is concerned a 2-bedroom is a 2-bedroom or will I still be restricted to only non-lock off, non-Presidential Units?
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Theresa
My bet is the 2Bds available in RCI are just going to be Standard 2Bd units. The presidential units are definitely going to be reserved for Club Wyndham Points reservations.
I think the best value for you is to use Wyndham points for the reservation. The $200 RCI exchange fee will more than eat-up the (potential 19K points) saving that you can get through RCI. If you really want the presidential unit, either pool, rent points, or borrow from next year to get the extra points.