Interval International question

[Beach57]

Is there a work around with Interval International regarding an expiring exchange week? My time is up in early November for one last exchange week. I would like to use it but can’t take any more time off in 2024.
Is there a way for me to push it into 2025 (i.e. by making a request II can’t fill)?
I’m a platinum member.
Thanks in advance for any answers!

 

[VacationForever]

You can book something in November, 2024 and then cancel 60 days before the exchanged week in Nov 2024 to get a replacement week that is good for 1 year from the date of cancel. You will need to pay another exchange fee for the replacement week when you are ready to make an exchange. You want to make the cancellation before 60 days to avoid being boxed into Flex Change replacement week where you could only then see and trade into inventory that is 59 days and in.

 

[Beach57]

Wow! That’s the answer I’m looking for. Thank you VacationForever!!

 

[dioxide45]

Eplus can also be used to potentially get an additional two years. I would go the Eplus tour before an exchange and cancel.

 

[HudsHut]

Is there a work around with Interval International regarding an expiring exchange week? My time is up in early November for one last exchange week. I would like to use it but can’t take any more time off in 2024.
Is there a way for me to push it into 2025 (i.e. by making a request II can’t fill)?
I’m a platinum member.
Thanks in advance for any answers!

The e-plus option would be:

Make an exchange to the latest possible date, any resort that is not all-inclusive, same unit size as your deposit. This MUST happen at least 60 days before the week expires. You probably have to do it this week.
Immediately buy the e-plus for $89. Immediately make the e-plus #1 retrade as far out as possible, s/b around Nov 2025.
You will have (up to) two additional retrades, and nearly one year in which to use them to exchange into your preferred destination.

Things to consider:

If you get the replacement week, you can set up an ongoing search request.

If you use the e-plus option, you must search online, manually.

 

[Beach57]

Thank you everyone! I just booked a week and purchased Eplus. Will have to cancel out in less than a week.

I appreciate the knowledge and quick responses of the veteran Tuggers!

 

[Hindsite]

Things to consider:

If you get the replacement week, you can set up an ongoing search request.

If you use the e-plus option, you must search online, manually.

I've not tried the cancel option, so am learning the impacts, I found this below in the terms and conditions. Does that mean the replacement week has a 60 day reservation window (flexchange)? It also seems to say on page 6 para 1(c) that you can make requests in flexchange, which I didn't know, so that's good news.

 

[VacationForever]

Eplus can also be used to potentially get an additional two years. I would go the Eplus tour before an exchange and cancel.

When I read that OP had one last exchange left, I interpret that to mean that OP has one last ePlus retrade option left. Now that I went back to read, OP might have simply meant having one week left to exchange. I agree that buying ePlus is a better option.

 

[dioxide45]

I've not tried the cancel option, so am learning the impacts, I found this below in the terms and conditions. Does that mean the replacement week has a 60 day reservation window (flexchange)? It also seems to say on page 6 para 1(c) that you can make requests in flexchange, which I didn't know, so that's good news.
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Those terms are for extending a deposit, not a cancellation replacement. When you pay to extend a deposit, it becomes Flexchange restricted. For cancellation replacement, as long as you cancel more than 59 days from checkin of the confirmed week, your cancellation replacement will not be restricted. If you cancel within 59 days of checkin, then it will be restricted to Flexchange.

As for the request you are referring to. This isn't the same as a Pending Request or ongoing search. It just means you must search for inventory that is available in Flexchange. You can't open an OGS inside Flexchange (though there are ways around it)

 

[sudiski]

I have an enrolled Marriott week deposited in II that expires June 24, 2025 that I will not be able to use by this date. What are my options to extend the date? Should I do an E-Plus even though this unit would normally trade into another Marriott for no fee? Thank you!

 

[Hindsite]

I have an enrolled Marriott week deposited in II that expires June 24, 2025 that I will not be able to use by this date. What are my options to extend the date? Should I do an E-Plus even though this unit would normally trade into another Marriott for no fee? Thank you!

Yes, using e-plus to extend the expiry of an MVC enrolled week is a good use of e-plus. You'll need to get it done in the next few days to be well ahead of the 60 day flexchange limitation.

 

[sudiski]

Yes, using e-plus to extend the expiry of an MVC enrolled week is a good use of e-plus. You'll need to get it done in the next few days to be well ahead of the 60 day flexchange limitation.

Thank you! I'm looking at doing that today, but was curious if there are any options. Thanks again.

 

[Hindsite]

@dioxide45 or @kozykritter , do you know what would happen if you booked an MVC with zero exchange fee and then cancelled it, would you get a week that had an expiry of a year and could also have zero exchange fee into another MVC?

 

[kozykritter]

The replacement week expires one year from the date that you did the cancellation. I do believe from people's comments here that they have gotten $0 exchange fees to trade that for MVC or Vistana if the replacement week was in the corporate provided II account for either. My question is since retrades are free if the initial exchange was free, why wouldn't you just retrade it instead of canceling it? That's what I do. I just park it somewhere in the next year assuming the expiration of the underlying deposit still has a good amount of time on it. If your deposit was expiring soon, then the cancellation is a way to add a year on.

 

[dioxide45]

The replacement week expires one year from the date that you did the cancellation. I do believe from people's comments here that they have gotten $0 exchange fees to trade that for MVC or Vistana if the replacement week was in the corporate provided II account for either.

That is my understanding also. I believe that if one has a non-enrolled Marriott week, they do lose the discounted Marriott to Marriott/Vistana exchange fee on a cancellation replacement deposit.

 

[sudiski]

The replacement week expires one year from the date that you did the cancellation. I do believe from people's comments here that they have gotten $0 exchange fees to trade that for MVC or Vistana if the replacement week was in the corporate provided II account for either. My question is since retrades are free if the initial exchange was free, why wouldn't you just retrade it instead of canceling it? That's what I do. I just park it somewhere in the next year assuming the expiration of the underlying deposit still has a good amount of time on it. If your deposit was expiring soon, then the cancellation is a way to add a year on.

So, if I traded my deposited week for a week prior to the 60 day window, I can call and cancel that trade (before the 60 day window to avoid flex) and get a replacement week at no charge. This seems to be a better option than E-Plus for $89 to extend. Unfortunately, that won't work for my current expiring week, but I can make sure it does in the future. Thank you so much!

 

[kozykritter]

So, if I traded my deposited week for a week prior to the 60 day window, I can call and cancel that trade (before the 60 day window to avoid flex) and get a replacement week at no charge. This seems to be a better option than E-Plus for $89 to extend. Unfortunately, that won't work for my current expiring week, but I can make sure it does in the future. Thank you so much!

You would need to pay a new exchange fee when using the replacement week aka a full fee trade. The full fee trade price to another MVC or Vistana is $0, otherwise $239 is the going price I believe.

 

[sudiski]

You would need to pay a new exchange fee when using the replacement week aka a full fee trade. The full fee trade price to another MVC or Vistana is $0, otherwise $239 is the going price I believe.

Thank you so much kozykritter!