Did II just increase exchange fee to 239?

[escanoe]

Whenever I look for a resort in RCI to use my weeks points, there always seems to be some extra money involved even though I have plenty of points to cover the request. Does II do that as well?

This sounds like “exchange plus.” You can search that on TUG — there is a lengthy thread somewhere.

While the RCI exchange fee is higher than II, at least RCI does not hit you with an “upgrade charge” base purely on the number of bedrooms.

 

[gwenkl]

I remember when it was $ 89 and they sent a full resort catalog every year

me too!

 

[heathpack]

Exactly. While eplus was fun, it was a lot more fun at $59 than at $89, so I stopped adding it. If I need to change, there is always the full price retrade option.

I am also trading SDO, so those trades within the Marriott family are still under $200 ($169?$189?) Still a bargain compared to RCI.

So funny. I too was an avid Eplusser but the cumulative cost is now such that I wait and see if I actually need an Eplus before buying it.