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II Free unit size upgrade is back - 7 days

I just took advantage of it and exchanged a Grande Vista studio for a 2 bedroom at Harbour Point Shelter Cove August of 2026.
 
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Last offer was around January 21st

II Exchange Today and get free unit size upgrade. 5 Days left?

Seems to be running for 5 more days? Might be a good time to do a far out exchange to take advantage of no Upgrade fee I was able to go from a studio to 2BR a with no fee Using an unenrolled Marriott Studio.
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I'm trying to work out what II is trying to achieve with this incentive as its drawing in smaller unit sizes and consuming larger unit sizes and focussing on weeks and not points members. They did have revenue issues in 2024, so possibly they found that this brought in exchange and e-plus revenue that they were after so have done it again.
 
Hindsite said:
I'm trying to work out what II is trying to achieve with this incentive as its drawing in smaller unit sizes and consuming larger unit sizes and focussing on weeks and not points members. They did have revenue issues in 2024, so possibly they found that this brought in exchange and e-plus revenue that they were after so have done it again.
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But upgrade revenue is equal or greater than Eplus revenue. So I am not really sure what the purpose of this type of promotion is. Perhaps they see a lot of exchanges into placeholders that people later cancel even though they have Eplus? Not really sure.
 
It looks like this is only for exchanges through the end of the year?
 
It's not showing up for me
 
liacee said:
It's not showing up for me
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You don't see this tile when you are logged in on the getaway page?
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What about when you do a search? What size unit are you searching with? Is it a retrade?
 
I don't see it either. I have a 2 bedroom lock off from The Colonies.
 
No I don't have that ad, and when I go through and try to exchange it's charging me the upgrade fee, even before the end of the year. I have a studio I'm using. But I just signed up with Interval two weeks ago

Edit: I called their customer service line and they confirmed I don't have the promotion on my account. Why that is they could not tell me. I have a basic membership.
 
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dioxide45 said:
This is always a good deal. We'll be using it to upgrade all our new deposits so when we retrade later we won't have to pay any upgrade fees.
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So if I trade my 1 bedroom for a 2 bedroom, I can then retrade into another 2 bedroom, without an upgrade or new exchange fee? So I should trade for anything as late a date from now to preserve the free upgrade?

Never mind, I see now the free upgrade is not for exchanges in 2026. My deposit is good until end of 2027 and I’m waiting for an ongoing search for Sept 2026. Bummer I can’t use this
 
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luv_maui said:
So if I trade my 1 bedroom for a 2 bedroom, I can then retrade into another 2 bedroom, without an upgrade or new exchange fee? So I should trade for anything as late a date from now to preserve the free upgrade?

Never mind, I see now the free upgrade is not for exchanges in 2026. My deposit is good until end of 2027 and I’m waiting for an ongoing search for Sept 2026. Bummer I can’t use this
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I guess one could use this by purchasing E-Plus, trading for something before the end of the year, then retrading to what you want next year, but then you're burning one of your eplus retrades to avoid the upgrade fee. Seems of marginal value.
 
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I guess one could use this by purchasing E-Plus, trading for something before the end of the year, then retrading to what you want next year, but then you're burning one of your eplus retrades to avoid the upgrade fee. Seems of marginal value.
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Should be already worth it when upgrade from a studio -> 4-bed. Worth at least two upgrade fees if later retrades into a 2-bed. Now that FlexExchange is shortened to 30 days, the free upgrade within 30 days is harder to count on.
 
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