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RCI Glitch - Points values inflated 25% - appears to be for ALL resorts

Is anyone else seeing this same behavior?


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jtmcgarry

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I have been looking at resorts in Jamaica the past 3 or 4 days, building a spreadsheet with points required to book and all inclusive fees for comparison. Tonight, all of the points values across the board for all 14 resorts I looked at are inflated 25%. However, when I do a search, the results show the points range that I have been seeing all week for the dates I am interested in. But when I click on 'Available Units' the points shown are increased 25%. For example, if I search Breathless Montego Bay for Aug 11 - 18, it shows Price Range: 22,400 - 23,600, but when I click on 'Available Units' they show 28,000 - 29,500 (25% higher). I did this for another random resort in North Carolina and I saw the same behavior.

I called RCI and they told me there was a glitch this week and now it seems to be affecting more resorts. RCI will gladly let you book for 25% extra points but I'm waiting until they fix this glitch.
 

Egret1986

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I called RCI and they told me there was a glitch this week and now it seems to be affecting more resorts. RCI will gladly let you book for 25% extra points but I'm waiting until they fix this glitch.

Without this heads-up, think how many folks wouldn't realize there's a glitch and would be using 25% more points. Like you said, RCI is more than happy to book you for the additional points. Way to go, RCI!

Thank you for sharing.
 

jtmcgarry

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They fixed the ‘glitch’ today in the front page now matches what you see when you click on available units. For Jamaica, all 14 resorts that I was looking at have increased by 25%. RCI had no good explanation for the 25% increase. For all I know, it was system wide but I can’t know!


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This is weird, because a few weeks ago, I noticed that a resort in Provence that I track had been at 59k points and suddenly went up to 61.5k. Today, it's 62k. Same exact weeks.
 
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