I acquired a resale contract for an RCI-affiliated contract last year and enrolled it in Wyndham's PIC Plus program to get to the silver VIP level. As with most things Wyndham, the information available tends to be on the vague side. Additionally, little the salespeople have to say is to be trusted, so I'm hoping some experienced Wyndham owners on TUG can enlighten me.
I know I have to book a stay at my PIC Plus resort (after paying that year's maintenance fees), deposit it into RCI, then transfer the deposit into Wyndham by exchange and pay the exchange fee to be able to utilize the points within Wyndham.
My understanding is that I don't have to exchange the RCI deposit into Wyndham, that I can choose to leave the deposit in RCI and book resorts directly within RCI with that deposit. Is this correct?
IF I was wanting to book a resort within RCI, would it be smarter to do that with the week I deposit into RCI rather than to exchange it into Wyndham, then use Wyndham points to book an RCI stay?
A Wyndham salesperson told me that I must do the exchange of the RCI deposit at least every 3 years in order to keep the PIC Plus active with Wyndham. Is this correct?
I have almost no experience with RCI as I've always used my Wyndham points to stay at Wyndham properties (or Worldmark through Plus Partners). My PIC Plus resort reservation has a trading power of 31, which seems to be good, based on the trading powers I have seen for other resorts available in RCI. But I don't fully understand how to utilize my 31 trading power to book other resorts and am not finding the information on the RCI web site or their directory very helpful.
I have researched some on TUG, but haven't been very successful on finding information regarding the PIC Plus program here either.
Any advice or direction would be GREATLY appreciated!
I know I have to book a stay at my PIC Plus resort (after paying that year's maintenance fees), deposit it into RCI, then transfer the deposit into Wyndham by exchange and pay the exchange fee to be able to utilize the points within Wyndham.
My understanding is that I don't have to exchange the RCI deposit into Wyndham, that I can choose to leave the deposit in RCI and book resorts directly within RCI with that deposit. Is this correct?
IF I was wanting to book a resort within RCI, would it be smarter to do that with the week I deposit into RCI rather than to exchange it into Wyndham, then use Wyndham points to book an RCI stay?
A Wyndham salesperson told me that I must do the exchange of the RCI deposit at least every 3 years in order to keep the PIC Plus active with Wyndham. Is this correct?
I have almost no experience with RCI as I've always used my Wyndham points to stay at Wyndham properties (or Worldmark through Plus Partners). My PIC Plus resort reservation has a trading power of 31, which seems to be good, based on the trading powers I have seen for other resorts available in RCI. But I don't fully understand how to utilize my 31 trading power to book other resorts and am not finding the information on the RCI web site or their directory very helpful.
I have researched some on TUG, but haven't been very successful on finding information regarding the PIC Plus program here either.
Any advice or direction would be GREATLY appreciated!