How do I get out of my RCI Points

[CaliDave]

I don't own points - but maybe they meant you have to keep your points account open to use your points confirmations. Could that be it? (I'm assuming you meant they sent you a form to pull out of points, not weeks.)

How would they know (or care) whether you changed the underlying week itself into weeks, or kept it in points - especially if you sell it?

Since you get a free weeks acct w/your points acct, you'd have nothing to lose.

This would make sense, same way as you have to keep your RCI weeks membership active to keep your weeks confirmations.

Yes, I meant points account.

The reason RCI points is different. Is because they automatically take my week and turn them into points. In my week account. I have to call or go online to determine "if" I am going to give them my week for the year.

 

[timeos2]

Points are simple. Just think it through.

Yes, I meant points account.

The reason RCI points is different. Is because they automatically take my week and turn them into points. In my week account. I have to call or go online to determine "if" I am going to give them my week for the year.

Part of the process of converting to RCI Points is a commitment for 3 years. So if your first year in points was 2009 you must complete your contract for points which would mean 2010 & 2011 also go to points. With 2012 you can decide to drop points OR renew the account.

As for being the ONLY member to switch to points that shouldn't make one bit of difference for your priority use. If you own the fixed week then you simply tell the resort 13 months ahead of the use date that you are going to use your assigned poits for your assigned week and thats the end of it. You get your regular week as before and you've used up your annual allotment of points for that week. Very clean, very simple. The resort has no right to give you any other week if you decide to use the priority. If it was always float time then the regular rules for assignment would still apply but you could still get a week with priority - again at the cost of your annual points allotment. You can't use your week AND get the points for use elsewhere as I'm sure you realize.

 

[Egret1986]

Yes, at 13 months prior to your check-in for 2011, you reserve your week through RCI

Thanks for the help and advice.

Last year, I had listed my week, with the resort to sell.. they called me and said. Your week is in RCI points.. you need to get it out of RCI points.. as we cannot get as much for the week, as most buyers are buying this week want to use this week and do not want to mess with RCI or the points system. How did my resort even know it was in RCI points? I'm guessing the previous owner had converted?

So if I can just sell the week, in the meantime. How do I keep RCI from automatically taking the points for 2011? At this point.. I'm not going to be able to sell a week with 2011 usage. I guess I'll have to wait until next summer.. and by then, wil RCI have taken my week again and turned it into points?

I agree points can work great for some people.. however the other weeks I own in my "weeks" account. Get priority internal trading and they really work better for me.

So anyway, do I just call RCI points and tell them not to take my 2011 points? I bought both weeks in 2008, My first years points were 2009 for both weeks.

I want to sell through the resort for one of the weeks, as I will get much more.. even with the commision they charge. So I just want that week completely free of RCI points.

I would say, for me, this is the one negative of Points that if you decide you're going to use your week for a particular year that you need to reserve it 12-13 months in advance. Otherwise, after that it is released into the exchange pool.

I will PM you regarding some other considerations if you're looking to sell sooner because I agree it will be extremely hard to sell the week if useage isn't until 2011.

 

[timeos2]

do it now or do it later its all the same

I would say, for me, this is the one negative of Points that if you decide you're going to use your week for a particular year that you need to reserve it 12-13 months in advance. Otherwise, after that it is released into the exchange pool.

What is so tough about that? It's no different than owning it & deciding to use it. At some point you need to make that decision. Whats the difference if it's at 13, 12 or 10 months? Much noise about nothing. Plus it is a waste to have RCI Points and simply use what you would have had without them. Makes little sense and sure isn't an efficient use of points.

 

[Egret1986]

Gosh, I love RCI Points! I was just stating a possible negative for someone.

What is so tough about that? It's no different than owning it & deciding to use it. At some point you need to make that decision. Whats the difference if it's at 13, 12 or 10 months? Much noise about nothing. Plus it is a waste to have RCI Points and simply use what you would have had without them. Makes little sense and sure isn't an efficient use of points.

My experience with this stated negative is a recent Points purchase of a week 30, and it's past the timeframe to reserve the week, which I would like to use in 2010. It is a specific unit that I would personally like to use and probably won't have the opportunity to secure through an exchange during the 2010 summer.

I've been semi-attacked twice on this thread for trying to share my PERSONAL experience with RCI Points (whether positives or a potential negative) with the OP and another poster. I felt the need to PM CaliDave instead of publicly posting because I can't seem to contribute to this thread without having my thoughts and opinions critiqued or corrected.

I will bow out to the more knowledgeable posters who can better contribute to the OP's question.

 

[toby9116]

Getting out of points

Your points contract is with RCI. If want to opt out of points program it must be done with correspondence with RCI. You can seek help from resort but ultimately you must contact RCI. RCI points agreement is for 3 year period and is automatically renewed. DO NOT WAIT TO LONG.
If you are not going to use points it makes no sense to have points agreement in place. If you are going to use the week every year why pay the RCI fees? Some resorts allow float reservations but by belonging to points you may be losing that ability through resort and must rely on RCI. Some resorts view all RCI reservations the same, even if underlying week is from the resort, in effect giving up any priority you should enjoy as an owner at the resort. I just purchased 2 weeks at a resort we love and we are in the process of terminating points agreement. We plan on using home resort and fees to points was a bad ratio. Price was great for underlying weeks because ratio was so bad.