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May 2016 [Exchanging for DVC]
- Thread starter BC Bum
- Start date
I should have been more clear. I'm referring to RCI
JimMIA
TUG Member
If you're trading in RCI Weeks, I would start an Ongoing Search now if you can.
If you have a particular resort where you'd like to stay -- like BWV or BCV because of the Flower & Garden Festival at Epcot -- I would only list those resorts. If you get closer to arrival and you're afraid you won't get anything, you can broaden your search without losing your early search priority. But if you start out with a broad search, you're going to get SSR.
You can check the TUG Sightings board for more accurate info, but my sense is that DVC is doing their bulk deposits around 5-7 months from arrival. For the last year or more, they have been depositing almost exclusively one bedrooms.
If you're trading a fixed-grid system like Wyndham or Hilton, a DVC exchange is pretty doable. If you're trading based on TPU, you'll have to research that and be sure you have enough trading power.
May is a great time of the year for WDW! Have a great trip.
If you have a particular resort where you'd like to stay -- like BWV or BCV because of the Flower & Garden Festival at Epcot -- I would only list those resorts. If you get closer to arrival and you're afraid you won't get anything, you can broaden your search without losing your early search priority. But if you start out with a broad search, you're going to get SSR.
You can check the TUG Sightings board for more accurate info, but my sense is that DVC is doing their bulk deposits around 5-7 months from arrival. For the last year or more, they have been depositing almost exclusively one bedrooms.
If you're trading a fixed-grid system like Wyndham or Hilton, a DVC exchange is pretty doable. If you're trading based on TPU, you'll have to research that and be sure you have enough trading power.
May is a great time of the year for WDW! Have a great trip.
You need to set up an OGS as soon as possible with your RCI points account. SSR will likely be the only resort to match at this point, unless the DVC deposit pattern changes for next year.
Keep in mind that an OGS search on the points side would require that your RCI Points membership be paid through the use year of your travel dates. So if your current use year ends before may of 2016 you will need to extend your membership and pay the exchange fee when you set up the OGS. If you're platinum you can call in to start the OGS without the exchange fee upfront.
JimMIA
TUG Member
There are two RCI systems: Weeks and Points. Some resorts trade in both, some offer availability in both.
The question is not what you are depositing into RCI -- a fixed week or points from some points-based system. The critical thing is where in RCI you are seeking inventory -- RCI Weeks inventory or RCI Points inventory. They are two separate banks of inventory.
I don't believe there is any such thing as an OGS in the RCI Points inventory, but there is one in Weeks.
As far as I know, the only way to search in RCI Points would be to watch the Sightings board and then manually check in Points several times daily once DVC starts making deposits.
The question is not what you are depositing into RCI -- a fixed week or points from some points-based system. The critical thing is where in RCI you are seeking inventory -- RCI Weeks inventory or RCI Points inventory. They are two separate banks of inventory.
I don't believe there is any such thing as an OGS in the RCI Points inventory, but there is one in Weeks.
As far as I know, the only way to search in RCI Points would be to watch the Sightings board and then manually check in Points several times daily once DVC starts making deposits.
You can set up OGS within RCI Points the same as you can on the weeks side. The Points search will only pull inventory from the units deposited into the Weeks side.
JimMIA
TUG Member
I think we're saying the same thing.
With an OGS, you would not get Points inventory -- only Weeks. For Points inventory, you would have to do manual searches...right?
I agree. We are saying the same thing. However, my observation since the deposit patterns have changed is that the Points inventory isn't much different than weeks inventory.