Chicagoland
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Hi Everyone! My name is Ryan and, as you may already have guessed, I am from Chicago. FYI - Many Chicagoans believe the term "The Windy City" came due to the windy politicians who blew a lot of hot air, rather than the weather. History and recent events tend to substantiate this. LOL
I am posting this in the Points discussion as I know there are some people here that have both RCI Points and Weeks accounts so they are familiar with how both systems work.
I recently acquired a triennial unit at The Grandview Las Vegas, which gives me 16,333 points a year. My maintenance fees/taxes will be about $114 a year. I acquired this for the purpose of booking (what RCI used to call?) Instant Exchanges (30 days out, 9000 points or less per week). I recently closed on this, just received my deed and will now be setting up my RCI Points account. So...I have not used this as of yet.
FYI - I say "acquired" instead of "bought" because the seller paid me to take the timeshare off of his hands. After all closing costs/title insurance/resort transfer fees, I cleared $800. This will help for RCI costs, future maintenance fees, etc so it worked out great. He also paid for the 2012 maintenance fees without requiring reimbursement.
I am considering getting a triennial Weeks unit also at The Grandview. The maintenance fees are around $114/year, but of course I can only trade it every 3 years. Cost, with all closing fees, will only be about $250 total.
I have also considered getting an annual Weeks unit at The Grandview where maintenance fees will be about $343 each year. Obviously, I can use this annually.
Whether if I have the annual or triennial, will I get additional benefits from having a Weeks unit and having a RCI Weeks account? If so, what are these additional benefits (other than I will be able to exchange yearly or every three years, depending on the unit)?
Does the Weeks unit give me additional benefits due to a TPU (I am still learning all of the terms, etc so forgive me if I am stating this incorrectly).
Will I be charged separately for both a Weeks account and a Points or do they somehow combine the fees?
Any insight would be appreciated. Again, I posted this in the Points discussion because I know there are a lot of people that own both Points and Weeks and know both systems.
Thank you for your help in advance!
I am posting this in the Points discussion as I know there are some people here that have both RCI Points and Weeks accounts so they are familiar with how both systems work.
I recently acquired a triennial unit at The Grandview Las Vegas, which gives me 16,333 points a year. My maintenance fees/taxes will be about $114 a year. I acquired this for the purpose of booking (what RCI used to call?) Instant Exchanges (30 days out, 9000 points or less per week). I recently closed on this, just received my deed and will now be setting up my RCI Points account. So...I have not used this as of yet.
FYI - I say "acquired" instead of "bought" because the seller paid me to take the timeshare off of his hands. After all closing costs/title insurance/resort transfer fees, I cleared $800. This will help for RCI costs, future maintenance fees, etc so it worked out great. He also paid for the 2012 maintenance fees without requiring reimbursement.
I am considering getting a triennial Weeks unit also at The Grandview. The maintenance fees are around $114/year, but of course I can only trade it every 3 years. Cost, with all closing fees, will only be about $250 total.
I have also considered getting an annual Weeks unit at The Grandview where maintenance fees will be about $343 each year. Obviously, I can use this annually.
Whether if I have the annual or triennial, will I get additional benefits from having a Weeks unit and having a RCI Weeks account? If so, what are these additional benefits (other than I will be able to exchange yearly or every three years, depending on the unit)?
Does the Weeks unit give me additional benefits due to a TPU (I am still learning all of the terms, etc so forgive me if I am stating this incorrectly).
Will I be charged separately for both a Weeks account and a Points or do they somehow combine the fees?
Any insight would be appreciated. Again, I posted this in the Points discussion because I know there are a lot of people that own both Points and Weeks and know both systems.
Thank you for your help in advance!
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