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How much is II trading power affected by timing of deposit?

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To get max trade power within II, deposits should be made 1 yr in advance.

Based on experience, is the trading power significantly affected by a deposit later. I made a deposit of a high demand Easter week at the Marriott Barony in Hilton Head at the 5 month window. Will my trading power be significantly diminished?
 

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Jwerking said:
Will my trading power be significantly diminished?

II says that trading power decreases continuously from a year in. That's why people who do "request first" searches will have increasing weaker TP. As with RCI, deposit as soon as possible.

Since you are depositing a strong week maybe you won't be affected very much. Only the "II Gods" know for sure. Good luck.

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philemer said:
That's why people who do "request first" searches will have increasing weaker TP.
Actually, that is not quite correct. Once a "request first" serach is placed, the trading power is locked in and will no longer diminish unless it is cancelled and placed again. I used to think the same thing until I was corrected. See this thread: http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6881
 

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I believe if you deposit too early it will hurt your trade power - I can't prove it but have observed a definite increase in trade power in the 10-12 month range and lower trade power 12+ and less than 10 months FWIW.
 

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If I were to get an exchange and then cancel wtihin a 24 hour period, does that affect my trading power?
 

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jo-jo said:
If I were to get an exchange and then cancel wtihin a 24 hour period, does that affect my trading power?


No it does not.

Also, I believe that Craig who was the Ask II representative here on TUG stated that for maximum trade power, you should deposit your week at least 10 months out. From a historical perspective, it is only in recent years that II has really even penalized significantly late deposits. There was a time when they would not even give out or inform it's members of the availability of AC's for their deposits until less than 1 year out which in the opinion of many, discouraged the early deposit of weeks.

After much discussion here on TUG on the Ask II board, that changed. Now, you can obtain an AC up to two yeras out if eligible which IMHO has greatly increased the early deposit of weeks within II.
 

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I deposited a week about 11 months out and another one six months out. They are the same exact week (October 7th), same size, and same location. They seem to have the exact same trading power. I wonder if I have to deposit 12 months out for there to be a difference.
 

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I have a floating week - so I can only deposit at 12 months or less.

This year my brother cancel last week so I am trying to rent it instead. It is less than 60 days and I think that is my big problem trying to exchange it.

but I will definitely exchange it before I let it go for less than my costs...

I am also considering changing my vacation time and going then...that say I don't really want to go to Panama City Beach, Fl during spring break.... :rolleyes:

on last year, I got a DVC and Marriott with it.
 

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that was silly...

anyway right now I can trade my 2-bedroom for studios.... so my trading zero is way down there...(because it is 60 days or less)
 

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Dani said:
No it does not.

Also, I believe that Craig who was the Ask II representative here on TUG stated that for maximum trade power, you should deposit your week at least 10 months out. From a historical perspective, it is only in recent years that II has really even penalized significantly late deposits. There was a time when they would not even give out or inform it's members of the availability of AC's for their deposits until less than 1 year out which in the opinion of many, discouraged the early deposit of weeks.

After much discussion here on TUG on the Ask II board, that changed. Now, you can obtain an AC up to two yeras out if eligible which IMHO has greatly increased the early deposit of weeks within II.

I just posted a thread on the Marriott board about how I tried to deposit my Presidents week and II told me that if I deposit, I would not receive an AC because those weeks have not been released yet. I am not traveling until May of 2007 so even though I thought I would have better trade power by depositing now, I will not receive a bonus week. She put me on with a manager and they said that I cannot call and have an ac for a previous deposit. So it is a trade off of getting an ac or possibly having lower trading power since the ac won't come out until early summer making my deposit 10-11 months out.
 

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buzzy said:
I just posted a thread on the Marriott board about how I tried to deposit my Presidents week and II told me that if I deposit, I would not receive an AC because those weeks have not been released yet. I am not traveling until May of 2007 so even though I thought I would have better trade power by depositing now, I will not receive a bonus week. She put me on with a manager and they said that I cannot call and have an ac for a previous deposit. So it is a trade off of getting an ac or possibly having lower trading power since the ac won't come out until early summer making my deposit 10-11 months out.
II will not give retroactive AC.

I seem to recall craig once saying that the trade power was the same until 10 months out, not a full year. Also, he implied that for top weeks & resort, even a much later deposit would not make much if any difference. But I'm sure for marginal weeks it does make a difference.
 

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Dave_H said:
Actually, that is not quite correct. Once a "request first" serach is placed, the trading power is locked in and will no longer diminish unless it is cancelled and placed again. I used to think the same thing until I was corrected. See this thread: http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6881

I was not talking about an official "request first" search. I was just referring to a person who plays around with their week doing daily searches. This scenario will lead to decreased trade power until you actually deposit the week or start an "ongoing request first" search. Does that make sense?

Phil
 

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philemer said:
I was not talking about an official "request first" search. I was just referring to a person who plays around with their week doing daily searches. This scenario will lead to decreased trade power until you actually deposit the week or start an "ongoing request first" search. Does that make sense?
In the scenerio you describe, I believe you are correct. Each day you go online and see what an undeposited week will pull, it should have less power than the day before.
 

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Dave_H said:
In the scenerio you describe, I believe you are correct. Each day you go online and see what an undeposited week will pull, it should have less power than the day before.

Is it the "testing" of the week that lowers the trade power or just the fact that it's closer to the use date (i.e. should you only search on an undeposited week infrequently)?

I deposited a platinum Marriott studio with II three months out and the same unit one year out. There are some differences but they seem to be pretty close in trade power. With RCI, even a great unit would lose most of it's power with a later deposit.
 

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glenn1000 said:
Is it ... the fact that it's closer to the use date...?
Yes.

Per our former II rep to TUG: How much lower the trading power will be as time passes depends a lot on the resort and the particular week.

Thus, a week that is in great demand a year out might well still be in great demand three months out and have only slightly less exchange power at that point.

A different week at a different resort or the same resort might have significant loss of exchange power for such a time difference.
 
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