Different result with E-plus

[npey]

I bought e-plus for an exchange on July 11-18, 2016. This is a specific example of what I saw some while ago. I started my e-plus retrade and found in Sedona just one resort: a studio on PMX at Bell Rock from August 20-27. The resort I exchanged was a 2 bedroom. Then, just to compare, I used another week (studio) that expires on February 2017 to exchange to Sedona on similar dates. The result was 2 bedrooms at Sedona Vacation Club at Los Abrigados June 25-July 2; a studio on PMX at Bell Rock August 20-27, and a studio on The Ridge on Sedona Golf Aug 21-28. Both resorts have the same power trade, one is not better than the other. Anybody has an idea why I got those results? Thank you.

 

[mdurette]

You mention both resorts you were using have the same trade power....but what about the individual weeks you deposited.

Is the one with E-trade a shoulder or off season week? Is the studio more of a high demand week?

 

[npey]

Yes, one has a usage in a more desirable month, but I have been using a 3rd membership (also studio) which usage is in the same month as the eplus one, and its results are the same as the week I am getting more and better results. I called Interval yesterday, spoke with 2 different people, made them compare what it is going on and they couldn't give me an explanation. They just repeat as robots "weeks have different trade power" without any evidence. Of course it is not intentional, they just don't have an explanation because they don't know so they keep saying they same thing. I've found that most of the time tuggers and myself know better how the system works, but in this case I can't find an explanation.

 

[hellolani]

I had the exact same issue last week. Contact Mark Delcampo - the dedicated resource at II for Tug members. His email is in one of the stickies at the top of the exchanging forum, or search his name.

 

[bizaro86]

I assume interval would prefer you to use a new deposit and pay a new exchange fee, especially if they aren't likely to find someone to use what you're giving up by doing a retrade.

 

[npey]

I had the exact same issue last week. Contact Mark Delcampo - the dedicated resource at II for Tug members. His email is in one of the stickies at the top of the exchanging forum, or search his name.

What did Mark say or do? Did he help you? If yes, can you please tell me how?

 

[tschwa2]

I bought e-plus for an exchange on July 11-18, 2016. This is a specific example of what I saw some while ago. I started my e-plus retrade and found in Sedona just one resort: a studio on PMX at Bell Rock from August 20-27. The resort I exchanged was a 2 bedroom. Then, just to compare, I used another week (studio) that expires on February 2017 to exchange to Sedona on similar dates. The result was 2 bedrooms at Sedona Vacation Club at Los Abrigados June 25-July 2; a studio on PMX at Bell Rock August 20-27, and a studio on The Ridge on Sedona Golf Aug 21-28. Both resorts have the same power trade, one is not better than the other. Anybody has an idea why I got those results? Thank you.

Was your original week you deposited located in Sedona and if so who is the manager of your resort?

 

[npey]

None of them are located in Sedona or the US unfortunately . What do you mean "manager"?

 

[tschwa2]

I was asking because Sedona has a regional block and for example if you owned one managed by DRI, you would be blocked from booking one from another company. Whereas if you owned one managed by DRI, you would not be blocked from other DRI managed resorts.

That doesn't seem to be the case.

 

[npey]

I assume interval would prefer you to use a new deposit and pay a new exchange fee, especially if they aren't likely to find someone to use what you're giving up by doing a retrade.

I know eplus works for many people, but I am suspecting that, in my case, eplus is a ripoff. This is not the first time I get different results, and Sedona is not the only city I can't see when I eplus. I have the same experience last year, but this year I took pictures of it. I wonder if Interval would give me back what I paid for it.

 

[VacationForever]

I know eplus works for many people, but I am suspecting that, in my case, eplus is a ripoff. This is not the first time I get different results, and Sedona is not the only city I can't see when I eplus. I have the same experience last year, but this year I took pictures of it. I wonder if Interval would give me back what I paid for it.

The only difference that I see with ePlus vs. regular trade is not in instant exchanges but in OGS. Since ePlus cannot have an OGS, a regular week can use OGS and OGS appears to have a small bump in trade power. Basically OGS "sees" more and may result in a match that a real-time search inventory will not match.

 

[davidvel]

I know eplus works for many people, but I am suspecting that, in my case, eplus is a ripoff. This is not the first time I get different results, and Sedona is not the only city I can't see when I eplus. I have the same experience last year, but this year I took pictures of it. I wonder if Interval would give me back what I paid for it.

This is certainly starting to become more than anecdotal. I have also seen strange match behavior with eplus. I'll have to keep an eye with my other comparable unit as I have an open eplus trade.

 

[npey]

The only difference that I see with ePlus vs. regular trade is not in instant exchanges but in OGS. Since ePlus cannot have an OGS, a regular week can use OGS and OGS appears to have a small bump in trade power. Basically OGS "sees" more and may result in a match that a real-time search inventory will not match.

OGS = Office of General Services?

 

[VacationForever]

OGS = Office of General Services?

On-Going Search. (= Request) LOL

 

[npey]

I will contact Mark and will share his insight.

 

[donnaval]

I'm suddenly seeing unpleasant results with my etrade weeks. I have a studio unit week 52 in a ski area, and it has always been a tiger trader. With the new changes I have lost a lot of value so that unit isn't going to get deposited anymore... but I digress. I currently have e-plus on the unit I deposited a couple of years ago, and e-plus on another larger unit. I am trying to line up a two-week trip within flexchange. I am seeing at least twice as many units available on the larger unit than I am shown with the studio. The larger unit was a late deposit, while the studio unit was deposited well ahead of time since it has always been so valuable as a trader. I thought during flexchange all restrictions fell away - what the heck is going on?

 

[Saintsfanfl]

I thought during flexchange all restrictions fell away - what the heck is going on?

This is a very common misconception. Flexchange is just a marketing term. The only time "flex" means anything directly is when you have a "flex" restricted deposit.