misternick
TUG Member
I presently own 14K HGVC points. I'm thinking of expanding my portfolio to include an RCI Points Account. My thinking is that I get a reasonable RCI season / location for the minimum amount of cost / mf. Also, acquire the minimum amount of points to just establish an RCI Points Account.
I realize that I already have a means to trade with RCI through HGVC, but I also believe that this method does not provide me access to all the available RCI resorts (is that true?).
So my question to you experts at there that have been doing this for a while: Is there an advantage to owning both HGVC Weeks AND RCI Points properties? And if this is a good strategy (Weeks and Points accounts), can someone make a recommendation for a good value property for getting into RCI Points? Would I need to purchase a property or would just joining RCI provide the same outcome?
I also been reading about RCI Points Leasing as a possible option in lieu of purchasing but I need to find more information on this first (if there is any other than what I've read in recent December 2008 posts on this site).
Also - in a recent t/s sales pitch I was told that owning a (RCI Points) property with them would provide me with priority bookings with RCI. I was also told that with my RCI Points Account I could transfer my HGVC points to my personal RCI account gaining access and I could go through a 3rd party and 'sell' my points to cover my m/f. Any of this true?
Last - I noticed that HGVC Sea World is assigned an RCI Points value in the RCI catalog but the HGVC Flamingo does not have an RCI Points value. Does anyone know why or what that means? Just curious to know if maybe Hilton is looking at going from Weeks to Points.....
Thanks
I realize that I already have a means to trade with RCI through HGVC, but I also believe that this method does not provide me access to all the available RCI resorts (is that true?).
So my question to you experts at there that have been doing this for a while: Is there an advantage to owning both HGVC Weeks AND RCI Points properties? And if this is a good strategy (Weeks and Points accounts), can someone make a recommendation for a good value property for getting into RCI Points? Would I need to purchase a property or would just joining RCI provide the same outcome?
I also been reading about RCI Points Leasing as a possible option in lieu of purchasing but I need to find more information on this first (if there is any other than what I've read in recent December 2008 posts on this site).
Also - in a recent t/s sales pitch I was told that owning a (RCI Points) property with them would provide me with priority bookings with RCI. I was also told that with my RCI Points Account I could transfer my HGVC points to my personal RCI account gaining access and I could go through a 3rd party and 'sell' my points to cover my m/f. Any of this true?
Last - I noticed that HGVC Sea World is assigned an RCI Points value in the RCI catalog but the HGVC Flamingo does not have an RCI Points value. Does anyone know why or what that means? Just curious to know if maybe Hilton is looking at going from Weeks to Points.....
Thanks