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Interval "Retrade" vs. Cancel and Rebook?

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I just confirmed a unit with a view that I did not want. There are other units the day before and the day after that I wanted to try. I called and had them cancel the confirmed unit and moved to the other unit. I am just wondering if I could have "retraded" the unit without calling? Actually, I know that I could retrade the unit and it is a Marriott to Marriott so there would be no fee. BUT, I am wondering if by using the retrade option if that would eliminate my option of cancelling the unit within 24 hours of getting the confirmation? I hope that makes sense. It would be nice to be able to try the retrade without having to call. But, I wouldn't do that if that meant I were locked in without the ability to use the 24 hour cancellation option. Thanks for any thoughts/experiences.
 
I can't see a difference between retrading online and calling to cancel if you are only manually searching. If you didn't like the retrade you'd just retrade it again as you have unlimited no fee retrades using an Abound enrolled II account.
If you have an OGS in, then cancelling in the 24hr period allows you to keep the OGS, whereas retrade doesn't.
 
As I understand, as long as your first initial exchange was within 24 hours, even if you have used retrades, you can cancel the whole thing. That was reported by one user here a year or so ago. Realize that YMMV.
 
You always cancel an exchange on II.
If it’s within 24 hrs it’s free/no penalty.
More than 24 you lose your exchange fee and have to pay another to exchange again.
But if that exchange fee is $0 then it really doesn’t matter- you lose $0 and need to pay $0 again.

The difference between retrade and cancel on II is when you retrade it is using the parameters of your original week deposited- whatever that expiration date is.
If you cancel, you receive a replacement week (said to be the same trading power as your original deposit) that is good for 1 year from the date you cancel.
So the expiration date of your deposit and when you want to travel matters.
I’ll add that I don’t know if/how this all works with enrolled weeks- if it’s different or exactly like this.
 
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The other issue to consider on canceling within 24 hours is if one is doing a request first, it may not be possible to recoup the deposit even if canceling the exchange.
 
As I understand, as long as your first initial exchange was within 24 hours, even if you have used retrades, you can cancel the whole thing. That was reported by one user here a year or so ago. Realize that YMMV.
That is what I was hoping. I will note that I just noticed that when I called to change the date that the transaction was labeled “retrade”. I am going to give it a try as I have another week to reserve with multiple dates available. Thanks.
 
That is what I was hoping. I will note that I just noticed that when I called to change the date that the transaction was labeled “retrade”. I am going to give it a try as I have another week to reserve with multiple dates available. Thanks.
The stated cancelation window is 24 hours but it appears that doing so by the end of business the following day may be enough to make it a "free" cancellation. Sometimes they will refuse to restart a request that includes to same area you matched to but there are ways around this when they put up that roadblock. And in this case it won't matter since you're changing to another available exchange. I'd do this as a retrade rather than cancel and rebooking though. I've done this a number of times for view related reasons and even retraded back to the original exchange if the retrade wasn't what I'd hoped for.
 
Do you know that the place you are exchanging into generally honors the view code listed?
Views are not guaranteed with exchanges.
 
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Do you know that the place you are exchanging into generally honors the view code listed?
Views are not guaranteed with exchanges.
Most Marriotts do. Certainly you'll never do "better" than your assigned code, so you are never worse off with a better view type assigned.
 
Do you know that the place you are exchanging into generally honors the view code listed?
Views are not guaranteed with exchanges.
I think the Marriott Aruba Surf Club is notorious for not honoring the view codes.
 
I think the Marriott Aruba Surf Club is notorious for not honoring the view codes.
I've always had them honor the deposit view type including OF, Ocean Club as well.
 
Unfortunately I didn’t have the same experience. I wasn’t there. Not that it should make a difference. My brother and family went on that trip. Surf Club would not honor the OF view code.
 
@melissy123
The other confounding factor with view is the code doesn’t always fully correspond to what you actually see.
They may honor the the waterview code but put you on the first floor and you see shrubs.
 
Unfortunately I didn’t have the same experience. I wasn’t there. Not that it should make a difference. My brother and family went on that trip. Surf Club would not honor the OF view code.
Did you verify the unit with a published room code map? As noted, many people unfamiliar with ownership don't realize that some rooms (usually given to exchangers) technically qualify as the view code but don't appear so do to obstructions or a stretch in the original designation.
 
The other confounding factor with view is the code doesn’t always fully correspond to what you actually see.
They may honor the the waterview code but put you on the first floor and you see shrubs.
IMO this is part of understanding timeshares in general. Stated view may not equate to actual view of the unit. For example, MGO first floor OF units may have little or no view due to vegetation. Same thing happens at Disney probably even more so.
 
IMO this is part of understanding timeshares in general. Stated view may not equate to actual view of the unit. For example, MGO first floor OF units may have little or no view due to vegetation. Same thing happens at Disney probably even more so.
Yes and my point is if the resort doesn’t specifically tell you what view your assigned unit is you may think you did not get the view designated by the exchange but perhaps actually did.
 
I think the Marriott Aruba Surf Club is notorious for not honoring the view codes.
Very true. Goes both ways. Sometimes we get better view, sometimes worse. We just got back from there few days ago. We had garden view but ended up having ocean view. Our ocean view room in the past has been garden view and few times trash can view, lol. So you never know.
 
Very true. Goes both ways. Sometimes we get better view, sometimes worse. We just got back from there few days ago. We had garden view but ended up having ocean view. Our ocean view room in the past has been garden view and few times trash can view, lol. So you never know.
Some of the garden view units in Spyglass actually have good ocean views. What building were you in?
 
We were in Compass building which is an ocean view building.
Aren't some of the first few floors considered garden view?
 
Unfortunately I didn’t have the same experience. I wasn’t there. Not that it should make a difference. My brother and family went on that trip. Surf Club would not honor the OF view code.
You are correct, Aruba Surf Club does not honor the view code. They have a complicated 8 category room assignment for owners, exchangers and renters. Aruba Ocean Club only has two views and they honor them.

all other Marriott’s I have gone to have put me in the view I exchanged into.
 
If you make a trade within 7 days of check in, the cancellation(and no penalty) within 24 hours of trade does not apply. Within 7 days there is a no cancellation policy.
 
Aren't some of the first few floors considered garden view?
We were on the 8th floor, definitely an ocean view ...this was our view
 

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