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Yes. TPU you get for the week has little to do with what the week cost someone else in TPU. I get 18 TPU for one of my weeks that RCI has right now for 5 TPU.
We are in a period of time with a bad economy and fewer travelers (thus fewer $179's for RCI) and offering 18 TPU for a week they sell for 5 TPU is RCI's way of holding a torch under the whole "world of timeshare travel" to heat it up so they get more $179's. Pretty smart actually.
That's all it is - it is also the subject of a waaaayyyy overblown thread featuring Tombo and Carolinian going at it hammer and tong.
Yes. TPU you get for the week has little to do with what the week cost someone else in TPU. I get 18 TPU for one of my weeks that RCI has right now for 5 TPU.
Right, I get that the 'in' doesn't necessarily equal the 'out'. But I thought the 'out' (TPU's granted for deposit) was a fixed value (outside a certain 'time to use" period). Apparently that's not even true.
Wyndham Founder; Disney OKW & SSR; Marriott's Willow Ridge, Shadow Ridge and Grand Chateau; Val Chatelle, Pines at Meadow Ridge and Twin Rivers in CO; Hono Koa OF (3); SBR(LOTS), SDO a few); WKORV-OFC-4 and Westin Desert Willow.
We are in a period of time with a bad economy and fewer travelers (thus fewer $179's for RCI) and offering 18 TPU for a week they sell for 5 TPU is RCI's way of holding a torch under the whole "world of timeshare travel" to heat it up so they get more $179's. Pretty smart actually.That's all it is - it is also the subject of a waaaayyyy overblown thread featuring Tombo and Carolinian going at it hammer and tong.
There are apparently those that do get less for a deposit than what that exact same week/unit costs to exchange into. So don't deposit it - duh. But seriously, I think it's mostly from people that were used to depositing and exchanging into a similar week/unit (similar as in they could do it in the past) and now find that RCI values their deposit less than then what they had thought given past exchanges.
Never say never and always avoid saying always is my motto!
Wyndham Founder; Disney OKW & SSR; Marriott's Willow Ridge, Shadow Ridge and Grand Chateau; Val Chatelle, Pines at Meadow Ridge and Twin Rivers in CO; Hono Koa OF (3); SBR(LOTS), SDO a few); WKORV-OFC-4 and Westin Desert Willow.
Right, I get that the 'in' doesn't necessarily equal the 'out'. But I thought the 'out' (TPU's granted for deposit) was a fixed value (outside a certain 'time to use" period). Apparently that's not even true.
The trading power assigned to deposits is relatively stable. RCI says that they are adjusted about once a year, and that's pretty much what we've observed. Many haven't changed at all, some have changed once and a very few have changed more than once.
The trading power assigned to deposits is relatively stable. RCI says that they are adjusted about once a year, and that's pretty much what we've observed. Many haven't changed at all, some have changed once and a very few have changed more than once.
Thanks for the explanation. So is it true that the TPU value isn't published -- that one only knows the value upon deposit? If so, is someone compiling a log of TPU's somewhere?
Nope, not true. There is a deposit calculator on the RCI Weeks web site where you can look up the trading power you would receive for any unit for any week at any RCI-associated resort. The numbers can change in the future, but it'll show what you would get if you deposited right now.
Nope, not true. There is a deposit calculator on the RCI Weeks web site where you can look up the trading power you would receive for any unit for any week at any RCI-associated resort. The numbers can change in the future, but it'll show what you would get if you deposited right now.
Can someone with a weeks account please tell me the TPU value of the 2 weeks I listed earlier -- 2BR @ Eagle Crest Resort for July 4th week, and 2BR @ Boambee Bay for 2nd or 3rd week in July. Use year 2012 would be fine. Both of these weeks are worth about 60K RCI Points. Thanks!
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