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Dilemma between high TDI week or weak TDI but longer trade timeframe

pchung6

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With all the things going on related to Covid-19, my 2020 travel bookings are all canceled and we won't travel until 2021.

Now, I still have one more MWR 2020 week that I need to decide what to do. I hold the reservation for 07-31 check in date, an high TDI week. I need to deposit this to Interval now before the 61 days kicks in, but it will only give me the trade window to 7-31-2022. With the weeks I still have for 2021 and we commit to Ko Olina using my home week for summer 2022, I think I should rebook to week 52 so I can have more time. The problem is week 52 Willow Ridge has very weak TDI.

What will you choose between summer high TDI week and weak TDI week but more time? Or any other solution so I don't waste my week?
 

dioxide45

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The last few years we have been reserving our Grande Vista Gold weeks for the fall instead of the spring to deposit in to II. This give us an extra 5-6 months of use out of them. For most practical purposes, the week you deposit has little meaning. Perhaps for the odd ongoing search it will help you pull more, but if you are mainly doing online searches, any week is just about the same. There might be some slight differences in trade power of some weeks over another in the same season, but finding those differences wouldn't be easy. I am all for getting the longest potential use out of our deposits.

I suspect your 60-75 advance deposit of a high TDI week has about the same trading power as a lower TDI deposited much further out. You could do some simple trade tests using both dates to see what is available. Though this is an odd year and there will be odd issues with inventory in the few years ahead.
 

pchung6

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Thanks Jeremy. I just rebooked the week 52 and deposited to II :)

Now I have too many weeks until the end of 2022, a good problem to have. It means I will take many travels after the pandemic.
 

Steve Fatula

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Thanks Jeremy. I just rebooked the week 52 and deposited to II :)

Now I have too many weeks until the end of 2022, a good problem to have. It means I will take many travels after the pandemic.

Unless the pandemic lasts beyond 2022. Possible.
 

tshd

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And so does everyone else. There will be a lot more people trying to trade over the next couple of years. I can already see evidence that II is manipulating the system. Looking forward to 2023 and beyond.
 
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