I think I messed up, questions about Eplus retrading and strategy

[sun starved Gayle]

I am reluctantly canceling a 2 BR Ko Olina reservation with a check in of May 30. I just don't think things will be opened up that soon. I thought could extend/retrade the reservation using EPlus, out till 5/30/21 like it says on the original Eplus reservation, but I think I waited too long and now Interval says:

"This retrade must be used for Flexchange® - exchanges made 59 days to 24 hours before check-in". So basically, I waited too long to retrade.

I still have all three retrades left. I would like to push this deposit back as far as I can to the original last retrade date of 5/30/21 that was on the reservation. I don't know if this is possible. I know the chance of getting this same Hawaii trade are slim to none. I mostly am wanting to extend this deposit so I do not loose it. At this point I am resigned to a mediocre trade in a less desirable location. So I am thinking my strategy should be:

1. Make my first retrade out as close as I can to a check in on 7/28/20.

2. Make my second trade by May 30, or before 60 days out, for as far out as I can to extend the deposit.

3. Take my time and look for a trade I really want for 2021.

The original reservation was made with the one BR side of desert Marriott Thanksgiving week, a pretty good trading week. I am wondering if my trade power will go down depending on what I have retraded into.

Any comments or advice welcomed !

 

[mauitraveler]

I am reluctantly canceling a 2 BR Ko Olina reservation with a check in of May 30. I just don't think things will be opened up that soon. I thought could extend/retrade the reservation using EPlus, out till 5/30/21 like it says on the original Eplus reservation, but I think I waited too long and now Interval says:

"This retrade must be used for Flexchange® - exchanges made 59 days to 24 hours before check-in". So basically, I waited too long to retrade.

I still have all three retrades left. I would like to push this deposit back as far as I can to the original last retrade date of 5/30/21 that was on the reservation. I don't know if this is possible. I know the chance of getting this same Hawaii trade are slim to none. I mostly am wanting to extend this deposit so I do not loose it. At this point I am resigned to a mediocre trade in a less desirable location. So I am thinking my strategy should be:

1. Make my first retrade out as close as I can to a check in on 7/28/20.

2. Make my second trade by May 30, or before 60 days out, for as far out as I can to extend the deposit.

3. Take my time and look for a trade I really want for 2021.

The original reservation was made with the one BR side of desert Marriott Thanksgiving week, a pretty good trading week. I am wondering if my trade power will go down depending on what I have retraded into.

Any comments or advice welcomed !

I think that with the new relaxed rules, you need to call I.I., so that they can search beyond the 60 day limitation for you. Since you have Eplus, they will be able to search out to 5/30/21, for you. I canceled a reservation within a week of the check-in date and the rep was able to reschedule an exchange for the end of next March. Even though she said that I would need to keep calling, if I wanted to use another Eplus trade, I've been able to see availability beyond the 60 day limitation. I hope this helps... CJ

 

[sue1947]

With eplus, you can trade up to 1 year from the date of your first trade UNLESS, and here is where you are, you are within 60 days. So you need to call II to override the 60 day rule.
The best strategy, especially with eplus, is to have a week you want as far out as possible. If this was your first trade for this unit, then look for the best trade next May. It doesn't have to be something you will actually use, though that is a plus, but rather a place to park it while you wait for better options. Call II and ask them to make that trade for you with the over ride. Then you can take your time to find something better. However, remember that there are a lot of people like you (and me) who couldn't travel this spring/summer and will be looking for options next spring so I think there may be quite a bit of competition for those weeks (unless nobody can afford to travel).
As far as trade power; it is supposed to be based on your original week, but I'd try to trade into the highest trade power you can find just in case.

sue

 

[sun starved Gayle]

Thanks to both of you for the good advice. I will call Interval in the morning.

 

[ml855]

I had the same issue, I canceled my reservation for mid-May at Ko Olina and Maui Ocean Club. I did call and they extended my eplus pass the 60 day window. I did Marriott to Marriott exchanges so I can do eplus as many times as I need to since I'm enrolled in the DC program. I had II move both reservations to December and now I'm looking for exchanges that we are interested in for 2021.

 

[tschwa2]

I had the same issue, I canceled my reservation for mid-May at Ko Olina and Maui Ocean Club. I did call and they extended my eplus pass the 60 day window. I did Marriott to Marriott exchanges so I can do eplus as many times as I need to since I'm enrolled in the DC program. I had II move both reservations to December and now I'm looking for exchanges that we are interested in for 2021.

I thought, if you are doing Marriott to Marriott it isn't eplus (just retrades) but you are limited by the original exchange expiration. If you are doing eplus you would still be limited to 3 exchanges.

 

[hjtug]

We had a reservation for late March with one retrade remaining. II offered some replacement weeks for next fall. We accepted one and might use it in September. The new reservation came with full retrade capability!

 

[1st Class]

I thought, if you are doing Marriott to Marriott it isn't eplus (just retrades) but you are limited by the original exchange expiration. If you are doing eplus you would still be limited to 3 exchanges.

That's what I thought too. When I checked my II account and saw that they added the Eplus option to my retrade in my Marriott corporate account, I'd wondered if Eplus is automatically offered to all retrades.

 

[davidvel]

I thought, if you are doing Marriott to Marriott it isn't eplus (just retrades) but you are limited by the original exchange expiration. If you are doing eplus you would still be limited to 3 exchanges.

That's what I thought too. When I checked my II account and saw that they added the Eplus option to my retrade in my Marriott corporate account, I'd wondered if Eplus is automatically offered to all retrades.

If your week is in the corporate account, and you only plan to trade to Marriott, you don't need eplus and shouldn't buy it. You have unlimited FREE MtoM trades. (I once traded a week over 10x at no cost when it was locked in flex. )

 

[ml855]

I thought, if you are doing Marriott to Marriott it isn't eplus (just retrades) but you are limited by the original exchange expiration. If you are doing eplus you would still be limited to 3 exchanges.

My mistake it is retrades!! II did help me get pass the 60 day window which was my point.

 

[pedro47]

Where can you read and learn more AND how to best use EPlus Retrading?

 

[1st Class]

If your week is in the corporate account, and you only plan to trade to Marriott, you don't need eplus and shouldn't buy it. You have unlimited FREE MtoM trades. (I once traded a week over 10x at no cost when it was locked in flex. )

Thank you, that's very helpful info as I'm also within flex. Since I always do Marriott to Marriott exchanges, it never even occurred to me that Eplus is needed for non-Marriotts.

 

[1st Class]

My mistake it is retrades!! II did help me get pass the 60 day window which was my point.

How did II help? My week slipped under the radar and I missed by one day, ugh! Might I be able to get this week out of flex?

 

[1st Class]

Where can you read and learn more AND how to best use EPlus Retrading?

Pedro47, here's a screenshot of the II E-Plus FAQs. Log into your account to see the full list of FAQs under Membership Benefits:

 

[ml855]

How did II help? My week slipped under the radar and I missed by one day, ugh! Might I be able to get this week out of flex?

I had to cancel since my exchanges were for mid-May (2 weeks in Hawaii and Hawaii is under a14-day quarantine ). So I called Interval International and spoke with a rep at the Marriott desk and he moved my exchanges out of the flex period and into December so I can search myself for a retrade that will work for us.