Marriott Exchanging Questions

[heathpack]

I own an enrolled Mountainside gold week, EOY even. I bought it to use but now want to exchange it.

I reserved a July 2026 week, locked it off, deposited both sides to II today, and set up exchange requests for 2027.

Questions:
1. I tried to request some Pulse properties, and they were rejected. I assume one cannot request Pulse properties through II?
1b. If I can't request Pulse properties, can I exchange into them in open inventory?
2. My deposits are good until July 2028 and I am interested in exchanging for check in dates Jan 2027 through July 2028. However I can only make exchange requests today through July 2027. If I change the requests to add new dates, does this change the date of my request? Meaning I deposited early and am requesting early but say I add to my exchange request in Jan 2027- does that change the date of my request to Jan 2027 instead of July 2026, meaning I would have lower priority for my request?
3. I requested some of the same weeks and resorts with my studio deposit and my 1BR deposit. Is this a mistake? Will they both potentially fill for the same week if I do this? I would be ok with 2 consecutive weeks at the same resort but don't want 2 concurrent units at the same resort, nor do I want 2 weeks close together in time at resorts that are not close together in space. Maybe I should use the studio to target a Jan- March vacation and the 1BR to target a May-July vacation? Or perhaps make no request with the 1BR for now and instead use that for the 2028 requests?

Thanks if you can help. Hopefully none of these are stupid questions.

 

[dioxide45]

I own an enrolled Mountainside gold week, EOY even. I bought it to use but now want to exchange it.

I reserved a July 2026 week, locked it off, deposited both sides to II today, and set up exchange requests for 2027.

Questions:
1. I tried to request some Pulse properties, and they were rejected. I assume one cannot request Pulse properties through II?
1b. If I can't request Pulse properties, can I exchange into them in open inventory?

I'm not sure what this could be. I am not aware of any restrictions on requesting City Collection properties.

2. My deposits are good until July 2028 and I am interested in exchanging for check in dates Jan 2027 through July 2028. However I can only make exchange requests today through July 2027. If I change the requests to add new dates, does this change the date of my request? Meaning I deposited early and am requesting early but say I add to my exchange request in Jan 2027- does that change the date of my request to Jan 2027 instead of July 2026, meaning I would have lower priority for my request?

I think you are asking if changing your request later somehow puts you further back "in line". With II there isn't really a line for requests. It isn't first come first serve to match. II is all about trade power. So modifying a request has little impact on if your request will match before or after someone else's.

3. I requested some of the same weeks and resorts with my studio deposit and my 1BR deposit. Is this a mistake? Will they both potentially fill for the same week if I do this? I would be ok with 2 consecutive weeks at the same resort but don't want 2 concurrent units at the same resort, nor do I want 2 weeks close together in time at resorts that are not close together in space. Maybe I should use the studio to target a Jan- March vacation and the 1BR to target a May-July vacation? Or perhaps make no request with the 1BR for now and instead use that for the 2028 requests?

Thanks if you can help. Hopefully none of these are stupid questions.

You can certainly have both requests match. You can also have them overlap by a day or two depending on what matches. We usually try to use the smallest deposit possible to make an exchange. If something doesn't come through in a reasonable period of time, then we would make adjustments as necessary. So your plan may be a good way to start.

 

[heathpack]

I think you are asking if changing your request later somehow puts you further back "in line". With II there isn't really a line for requests. It isn't first come first serve to match. II is all about trade power. So modifying a request has little impact on if your request will match before or after someone else's.

So what is the basis for the advice to deposit early then?

 

[dioxide45]

So what is the basis for the advice to deposit early then?

Depositing early is to get you better trade power. Trade power on your deposit will be diminished if you deposit later. Or so II says. It is also recommended to put a request in early so your request will be out there when many other people haven't even thought of it yet. If your request is out there more than 13 months in advance, you are ready to go when people start depositing 13 months out that you can match to.

 

[heathpack]

Depositing early is to get you better trade power. Trade power on your deposit will be diminished if you deposit later. Or so II says. It is also recommended to put a request in early so your request will be out there when many other people haven't even thought of it yet. If your request is out there more than 13 months in advance, you are ready to go when people start depositing 13 months out that you can match to.

Got it, thanks

 

[tschwa2]

So what is the basis for the advice to deposit early then?

Two things. You get less trading power if you deposit late, and if within 30 days it would be restricted. Honestly though I don't think there is much difference in trading power 12 months out vs 8 months out. But yes 12 months out is going to have more trading power than 1-3 months out.
You also get more time to use the exchange. You have all of this year and 2 years after the check in date.
Plus you never know when someone is going to deposit. If you wait until 6 months (or less) before check in, you may have missed deposits that you would have been matched.

 

[RookWDW]

If you get an exchange through II, you have a short window of time where you can call and have it cancelled and restart your search. I think it's only 24 or 48 hours. So if you end up landing an exchange on both weeks, you could call and cancel one - likely the one bedroom and keep the exchange using the lock off room.

 

[Dean]

So what is the basis for the advice to deposit early then?

In addition to higher trade power if you deposit early, you are also sitting there with the request pending in case units come in. My info suggests that if you deposit somewhere around 10 months ahead of your week or longer gives you maximum trade power for your unit. Realize that trade power can be a moving target but once you deposit it should be set for a given year. I always want to have my requests in at least 13 months out for things I think may be difficult. Remember though that the request isn't a first come first served but rather based on the trade power even how II defines the parameters. So every time someone enters the request for a given property and week, the request list is resorted according to trade power, I do get the sense that resort quality factors in to the equation but we aren't really sure how. Years ago they stratified resorts and wouldn't let you exchange too high or too low compared to the deposited resort but it's been a long time since I had any information on this subject so I am not aware how/if this has changed.

 

[Hindsite]

For 3, what should happen is the highest trading power will match first, so your 1 bed should match and leave the studio unmatched. If they happen to release lots of inventory and don't have other requests in you might get the studio match too depending on the variability in trading power requirements of the weeks you are requesting.

 

[heathpack]

I just tried chatting with a MVCI rep to learn if they knew why I can't request Pulse/City Collection properties in my Interval exchange request. She told me to contact Interval, and that she didn't know what Pulse or City Collection is.

 

[tschwa2]

I just tried chatting with a MVCI rep to learn if they knew why I can't request Pulse/City Collection properties in my Interval exchange request. She told me to contact Interval, and that she didn't know what Pulse or City Collection is.

Which specific resorts won't it let you request? There may be some that don't get deposits. Custom House is the only one with deeded owners, I believe. Although DC, NY and a few others get deposits but rarely. I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few that get none.

 

[heathpack]

Which specific resorts won't it let you request? There may be some that don't get deposits. Custom House is the only one with deeded owners, I believe. Although DC, NY and a few others get deposits but rarely. I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few that get none.

NY, DC, and South Beach

 

[Retired2025 aka AlmostRetired]

Honestly though I don't think there is much difference in trading power 12 months out vs 8 months out. But yes 12 months out is going to have more trading power than 1-3 months out.

A few years ago I did an experiment and posted it on TUG. I will look it up later but for now will go by memory. I acquired a 3 bedroom EOY GC to go along with my annual 3 bedroom GC. I reserved the 2 bedroom and 1 bedroom for June that had a good TDI. The annual I deposited into II as a 2 bedroom and 1 bedroom and put in for a trade 12 months out for both the 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom for the GO. The EOY I deposited 9 months out for the same June timeframe having the same TDI. The EOY weeks into II and put in the same trade requests into II for the same GO weeks span. My experience of having traders is the 12 month out trade should grab it first since the TDI was the same, the resort was the same and the unit size was the same. That did not happen, the 9 month out deposit grabbed it. I called II and after getting the runaround with no explanation, I finally got to a specialist who said there is a small group within II that does a manual search that overrides the computerized trading application. My only real conclusion is I will never understand the trading algorithm but depositing it as early as possible, resort quality and unit size does make a difference. Your comment that the trading power difference at 12 month and 8 month is likely accurate.

 

[Pamplemousse]

I just tried chatting with a MVCI rep to learn if they knew why I can't request Pulse/City Collection properties in my Interval exchange request. She told me to contact Interval, and that she didn't know what Pulse or City Collection is.

When requesting did you have the number of guests at 1 or 2?
What size unit were you requesting?
NYC is listed as hotel room max 2 on II so if you were requesting larger it likely would block you requesting it.
South Beach used to be listed as limited exchange availability too (maybe still is) so you might not be able to request those- unsure.

In any case your chances of exchanging to these city locations via II is not great since there are no weeks owners to deposit into II.
MVC does sometimes deposit excess units so they show up occasionally.
These are basically hotel rooms anyway so you might want to book hotels in these locations and do an exchange to an actual timeshare resort.

 

[heathpack]

When requesting did you have the number of guests at 1 or 2?
What size unit were you requesting?
NYC is listed as hotel room max 2 on II so if you were requesting larger it likely would block you requesting it.
South Beach used to be listed as limited exchange availability too (maybe still is) so you might not be able to request those- unsure.

In any case your chances of exchanging to these city locations via II is not great since there are no weeks owners to deposit into II.
MVC does sometimes deposit excess units so they show up occasionally.

Right now there are South Beach, NYC, San Diego, San Francisco and Australia Gold Coast weeks available in II.

However, I might have had only 1BR or larger units in my search. That could explain it. I will have to check.

 

[Pamplemousse]

If you get an exchange through II, you have a short window of time where you can call and have it cancelled and restart your search. I think it's only 24 or 48 hours. So if you end up landing an exchange on both weeks, you could call and cancel one - likely the one bedroom and keep the exchange using the lock off room.

24 hrs.
But if your exchange come through when they are closed you can call Monday morning or email.

 

[Pamplemousse]

Right now there are South Beach, NYC, San Diego, San Francisco and Australia Gold Coast weeks available in II.

However, I might have had only 1BR or larger units in my search. That could explain it. I will have to check.

Yes, I’ve seen them show up- just saying MVC puts them there not weeks owners so there are less than the other resorts that were sold as weeks.

 

[heathpack]

@Pamplemousse that was it! I had 4 people listed in the request and did not select studios as an acceptable unit size.

 

[heathpack]

I have the exchange requests in for my studio deposit. The gold weeks at Mountainside are all below average TDI for Park City, except for a few weeks. The week I deposited is one box above average TDI. In short what I’m saying is that this is probably a mediocre week for trading.

I’m looking to use this deposit for travel in 2027 (possibly Dec 2026), and I’d be really happy to get a HHI unit at one of the ocean resorts. Even with this mediocre trader I can see some late Aug/Sept (2025) weeks available for instant exchange.

I have some aspirational trades on my exchange request for this studio unit but I am wondering if I should remove some of them (so I don’t double match with the 1BR requests when I make them) and set up exchange requests using the 1BR. We want to use both the Mountainside deposits in 2027 if possible.

My ideal perhaps would be Costa Rica in the Jan/Feb timeframe 2027 + HHI in summer (late Aug fine). We also own an EOY odd Barony gold week that we could use to book Memorial Day week. We will buy Disney World Annual Passes in Dec 2027, and will probably do 3-4 Disney trips in 2028. So no need for the Marriott weeks in 2028.

I wonder if a good strategy is to use the studio to request the city properties (we might get lucky), plus the summer HHI weeks, and if none of them hit keep a week free for a last minute exchange into HHI. Worst case scenario we use this one in 2028 somehow.

Then use the 1BR to request some of the harder trades- Costa Rica, St Thomas, Harborside, Oceana Palms.

Input is welcome.

 

[Dean]

I have the exchange requests in for my studio deposit. The gold weeks at Mountainside are all below average TDI for Park City, except for a few weeks. The week I deposited is one box above average TDI. In short what I’m saying is that this is probably a mediocre week for trading.

I’m looking to use this deposit for travel in 2027 (possibly Dec 2026), and I’d be really happy to get a HHI unit at one of the ocean resorts. Even with this mediocre trader I can see some late Aug/Sept (2025) weeks available for instant exchange.

I have some aspirational trades on my exchange request for this studio unit but I am wondering if I should remove some of them (so I don’t double match with the 1BR requests when I make them) and set up exchange requests using the 1BR. We want to use both the Mountainside deposits in 2027 if possible.

My ideal perhaps would be Costa Rica in the Jan/Feb timeframe 2027 + HHI in summer (late Aug fine). We also own an EOY odd Barony gold week that we could use to book Memorial Day week. We will buy Disney World Annual Passes in Dec 2027, and will probably do 3-4 Disney trips in 2028. So no need for the Marriott weeks in 2028.

I wonder if a good strategy is to use the studio to request the city properties (we might get lucky), plus the summer HHI weeks, and if none of them hit keep a week free for a last minute exchange into HHI. Worst case scenario we use this one in 2028 somehow.

Then use the 1BR to request some of the harder trades- Costa Rica, St Thomas, Harborside, Oceana Palms.

Input is welcome.

There's no real problem keeping the extremely unlikely options on your list. Even if you double match and only want one, you can always cancel the exchange with no risk if you do so within 24 hrs. All you'd lose would be the time out of the market for the exchange you cancel. I don't have any experience with a mediocre studio exchange deposit but I'd think that for the only likely match would be off season unless it's under 60 days out.

 

[Pamplemousse]

I have the exchange requests in for my studio deposit. The gold weeks at Mountainside are all below average TDI for Park City, except for a few weeks. The week I deposited is one box above average TDI. In short what I’m saying is that this is probably a mediocre week for trading.

I’m looking to use this deposit for travel in 2027 (possibly Dec 2026), and I’d be really happy to get a HHI unit at one of the ocean resorts. Even with this mediocre trader I can see some late Aug/Sept (2025) weeks available for instant exchange.

I have some aspirational trades on my exchange request for this studio unit but I am wondering if I should remove some of them (so I don’t double match with the 1BR requests when I make them) and set up exchange requests using the 1BR. We want to use both the Mountainside deposits in 2027 if possible.

My ideal perhaps would be Costa Rica in the Jan/Feb timeframe 2027 + HHI in summer (late Aug fine). We also own an EOY odd Barony gold week that we could use to book Memorial Day week. We will buy Disney World Annual Passes in Dec 2027, and will probably do 3-4 Disney trips in 2028. So no need for the Marriott weeks in 2028.

I wonder if a good strategy is to use the studio to request the city properties (we might get lucky), plus the summer HHI weeks, and if none of them hit keep a week free for a last minute exchange into HHI. Worst case scenario we use this one in 2028 somehow.

Then use the 1BR to request some of the harder trades- Costa Rica, St Thomas, Harborside, Oceana Palms.

Input is welcome.

You have 24 hours to cancel an exchange if one comes through and you can ask to have your search restarted/modified.

I’m not sure if this is what you mean by double match- but if you request the exact say thing (resort, dates, unit size) with both your studio and 1br and a unit comes available the 1br has higher trading power so that will match instead of your studio. And yes your studio might also match if there were enough units deposited to make it down to you.

HHI is tough in summer, and all 2 BR units so that is a stretch so get your request in very early. Late summer as the kids go back to school and hurricane season starts is easier.
MVC Costa Rica resort has very few units and I’m not sure it was sold as weeks so that is tough too.

My own approach is to request what I really want at 13 months. If that doesn’t come through after the 12 month mark passes I reevaluate and modify depending on how stuck I am on a certain location, time, resort and wanting to absolutely use the week then.

Be sure to search manually while your request is pending- weeks can be available in inventory before the request filter runs.

 

[jellen613]

When requesting did you have the number of guests at 1 or 2?
What size unit were you requesting?
NYC is listed as hotel room max 2 on II so if you were requesting larger it likely would block you requesting it.
South Beach used to be listed as limited exchange availability too (maybe still is) so you might not be able to request those- unsure.

In any case your chances of exchanging to these city locations via II is not great since there are no weeks owners to deposit into II.
MVC does sometimes deposit excess units so they show up occasionally.
These are basically hotel rooms anyway so you might want to book hotels in these locations and do an exchange to an actual timeshare resort.

Having stayed at NYC and South Beach, NYC is basically a hotel room. South Beach was much better than a hotel room. It had a lovely functional kitchenette (no stovetop, but everything else), AND a full beach cart in every room with everything you could need for a trip to the beach. We like the NYC property, have stayed there a few times, however we were really impressed with the South Beach location. Both locations had great staff and concierge.

 

[heathpack]

Having stayed at NYC and South Beach, NYC is basically a hotel room. South Beach was much better than a hotel room. It had a lovely functional kitchenette (no stovetop, but everything else), AND a full beach cart in every room with everything you could need for a trip to the beach. We like the NYC property, have stayed there a few times, however we were really impressed with the South Beach location. Both locations had great staff and concierge.

We have actually stayed at South Beach on points and agree.

 

[heathpack]

You have 24 hours to cancel an exchange if one comes through and you can ask to have your search restarted/modified.

I’m not sure if this is what you mean by double match- but if you request the exact say thing (resort, dates, unit size) with both your studio and 1br and a unit comes available the 1br has higher trading power so that will match instead of your studio. And yes your studio might also match if there were enough units deposited to make it down to you.

HHI is tough in summer, and all 2 BR units so that is a stretch so get your request in very early. Late summer as the kids go back to school and hurricane season starts is easier.
MVC Costa Rica resort has very few units and I’m not sure it was sold as weeks so that is tough too.

My own approach is to request what I really want at 13 months. If that doesn’t come through after the 12 month mark passes I reevaluate and modify depending on how stuck I am on a certain location, time, resort and wanting to absolutely use the week then.

Be sure to search manually while your request is pending- weeks can be available in inventory before the request filter runs.

Right now I can see 2BR late Aug and Sept HHI weeks with the very studio deposit I'm talking about in this thread- so I think I can get HHI at least as a last minute exchange.

 

[ljmiii]

Having stayed at NYC and South Beach, NYC is basically a hotel room. South Beach was much better than a hotel room. It had a lovely functional kitchenette (no stovetop, but everything else), AND a full beach cart in every room with everything you could need for a trip to the beach...

Yup. We stayed at the MVC South Beach in a nice 2BR villa. No oven...but we're not baking in Miami Beach anyway (other than on a towel on the sand!).