New To The RCI Weeks Game Help [Palace Resorts]

[DeniseM]

They did say 18 was the minimum I would likely get.:annoyed:

maximum? Will they let you deposit a holiday week?

So, if you can only get weeks worth 17-18 TPU, you will want to deposit 2 weeks, and combine the points, to give you the best shot at Hawaii or Aruba.

 

[PalaceEliteNutt4654]

Most TPU's ....

Ha Ha Got it!!!

 

[PalaceEliteNutt4654]

maximum? Will they let you deposit a holiday week?

I asked them and they have no clue what I'm talking about they said RCI handles that.


Can somebody give me an idea what kind of what kind of place in Hawaii I can get for 25 points for a week!!!

 

[DeniseM]

I asked them and they have no clue what I'm talking about they said RCI handles that.


Can somebody give me an idea what kind of what kind of place in Hawaii I can get for 25 points for a week!!!

If your RCI Acct. is set up, you can do a search for Hawaii and see if there is anything in inventory, but I'm not sure where you are getting "25" TPU - 18+18 is 36, and you definitely want to search with 36 TPU.

 

[DeniseM]

If your RCI Acct. is set up, you can do a search for Hawaii and see if there is anything in inventory, but I'm not sure where you are getting "25" TPU - 18 +18 is 36, and you definitely want to search with 36 TPU.

*I'm going to send you a PM.

 

[PalaceEliteNutt4654]

*I'm going to send you a PM.

OK........

 

[tschwa2]

Denise,
From what I have read on past posts Palace doesn't really deposit a real week. They are more like Starwood and they bulk bank thousands of weeks in RCI and have some latitude in the points they get to deposit into members accounts and get somewhat of a blended value for multiple weeks. They really don't want their members too unhappy. I wouldn't be surprised if members can occasionally get a 25-30 tpu deposit.

 

[PalaceEliteNutt4654]

Denise,
From what I have read on past posts Palace doesn't really deposit a real week. They are more like Starwood and they bulk bank thousands of weeks in RCI and have some latitude in the points they get to deposit into members accounts and get somewhat of a blended value for multiple weeks. They really don't want their members too unhappy. I wouldn't be surprised if members can occasionally get a 25-30 tpu deposit.

After looking at things last night this is correct....

 

[csxjohn]

Ok so from this I can take there are other companies that I can use my exchange with. Can somebody recommend some to me?

Am I able to buy trip insurance to get my weeks back if something were to happen medically or the weather goes to poo? (hurricane, Typhoon etc.)

And I have the ability to reject a filled search if I don't like what they fill it with is that correct?

If you can reserve a specific week for yourself you might look into dealing with Dial an Exchange.

http://www.daelive.com/

It is free to join, you can see their entire inventory at any time, there is no season upgrade (there is a size upgrade fee of $50 for each room size you go up) and you can deposit first or claim a week and then deposit.

They also offer trip cancellation for a very reasonable rate.

Call them to be sure they accept your resort in trade and make sure your resort will work with them.

They also have bonus weeks that have a check-in within 8 weeks for as low as $99 with no exchange required.

The draw back is that they are much smaller than II or RCI and do not have as much inventory as those two do. I always deposit first early in the year when I decide I won't be using my unit because I know I'll find something I can use. They often run specials that allow me to get 2 credits for each deposit I make.

 

[DeniseM]

But - Does DAE have much inventory in Hawaii and Aruba? (which is where the OP wants to go.)