Presidential Villas at Grand Palms weeks 33, 34 and 23 just got a big bump in RCI Point values after RCI determined they are very popular seasons

[rickandcindy23]

So my week 33 (odd years) is now worth 104,500 points instead of 88,500 points. That is good news. My other weeks are 27, 28 and 30. Woohoo! Some good news from RCI and Wyndham for a change. I am still around 1 cent per point with MF's being $1,020 per week for 2022. No news for increases in 2023.

I doubt the weeks not converted to RCI points will receive more value on the other side of things, but maybe week 33 and 34 will get the maximum TPU's.

Just a little information from the recent newsletter. Lots of construction and updates going on currently. I keep wondering if this will be the next easy path for Wyndham VIP. As soon as point charts appear on Wyndham's site, I will be watching for current owners to post what they are being told about conversions. It should be interesting.

Of course they sent four copies of the same newsletter because we own two annual and two EOY, one odd and one even. So four newsletters arrived in my inbox.

 

[rickandcindy23]

I just checked the weeks side for fun. The weeks 23-34 are getting the same number of TPU's. Before this change, max TPU's only went to 24-32 owners. Of course these float, so you can book whatever week you want to deposit.

Weeks did suffer a huge downgrade in TPU's years ago, from 101 total TPU's for the lockoff separated into two units when RCI started giving weeks a point value. These have been descending steadily over the years, which I noticed right away. Now these only getting about 55 for the lockoff, when separated into two units. That was creepy of RCI. Not many areas are more popular than Myrtle Beach in summer.

Yet Sheraton Broadway Plantation still does a huge bulk banking of weeks into RCI well over a year out, and those deposits probably don't get many TPU's for the owners, but they are high TPU's to book in summer.

There is no understanding RCI.

 

[tschwa2]

There is no understanding RCI.

It's odd that they changed the rci points values for some weeks. TPU's are based on popularity and change all the time. rci points generally only change as something negotiated by a developer when in active sales. Points are auto deposited so once one is enrolled no need to entice them to deposit. Since they are no longer selling rci points there is no reason to make the change unless they are doing it somehow to make the seasons either more in line with the other phases at the same resort or something like that.