Maximizing trade into II - Avoid wasting a larger unit

[larue]

I have done quite a bit of trading into Interval Exchange, always with the hotel efficiency side of my 2 bedroom lockout at Ko Olina.

Something that I have noticed lately is that the units that come up available using my hotel efficiency unit are exactly the same as the units that come up available when I put in my 1 bedroom, every time.

Basically, it seems like Interval will take the best unit you have to give but will not give you much if anything better in exchange for giving up a larger unit. What are your experiences in trading? Do you see any appreciable difference in availability based on the size of unit traded?

 

[gores95]

I have done quite a bit of trading into Interval Exchange, always with the hotel efficiency side of my 2 bedroom lockout at Ko Olina.

Something that I have noticed lately is that the units that come up available using my hotel efficiency unit are exactly the same as the units that come up available when I put in my 1 bedroom, every time.

Basically, it seems like Interval will take the best unit you have to give but will not give you much if anything better in exchange for giving up a larger unit. What are your experiences in trading? Do you see any appreciable difference in availability based on the size of unit traded?

The stronger trading power of a 1BR over a Studio is well documented although I have not done my own experiments. You could probably call II and ask them directly if the larger units actually pull better exchanges. I suspect they do.

The real advantage for us has always been getting an AC for a 1BR deposit vs. no AC for the studio side. In my couple of years of ownership I have locked off and deposited the 1BR for the AC each year.

 

[thinze3]

The units you see on II's website are NOT high demand weeks and are essentially left over weeks that no one had a trade request for. The higher demanded 2BR weeks will NOT be had with your studio.

 

[gores95]

The units you see on II's website are NOT high demand weeks and are essentially left over weeks that no one had a trade request for. The higher demanded 2BR weeks will NOT be had with your studio.

Correct me if I am wrong but during Flexchange won't a Studio pull the same trade as a 1BR or 2BR?

 

[LAX Mom]

I currently own 2 weeks at Summit Watch and always lock-off then deposit with II. I can see more with the 1 bedroom units than with the studio. In fact just last night I noticed that my studio wasn't seeing many Marriotts past the Flexchange period. My 1 bedroom unit saw weeks in Hawaii, Newport Coast and others well into spring, past the Flexchange period.

 

[thinze3]

Correct me if I am wrong but during Flexchange won't a Studio pull the same trade as a 1BR or 2BR?

Typically, YES.