RCI is back up

[BevL]

Just got in.

 

[GrayFal]

Just got in.

and??????
What's new!

 

[BevL]

I couldn't see anything that jumped out.

 

[GPLACERS]

Points side looks like Weeks side now. Only thing is it is not working to select units and I already noticed that RCI not showing as many of the 30 day or less 7500-9000 point reservations.

Points values seems to of went up on some resorts. Now come on Wyndham Hawaii resorts like Ka'eo Kai doubled in points? I get 55,500 points a year for one of my resorts and they charge 64,000 points for same unit size? This is BS.

 

[HudsHut]

The icons for Gold Crown and Silver Crown have been updated. The RCI Hospitality symbol is completely different. It's a hand holding a platter with 3 stars above it.

Different User Iinterface. The following tabs are shown:
Available units. Resort Details, Room Details, Area info, Reviews

I see floor plans for Wyndham National Harbor C194.

However, when I click on "available units" in Exchanges, we used to see the list of weeks by date and unit size. It was our choice how to sort the list.
Now, a 3 month calendar pops up. I don't know what unit size I'm clicking on when I select a date.
If I only want 2 br units, I have to "filter" that result by selecting unit size on the left hand frame.

It looks like it's going to be harder to post Sightings.

edit: I still see the old "list" in Extra Vacations.

 

[kjsgrammy]

Deposit Calculator not working on weeks side

I've been trying to get the deposit calculator to work for the last 20 minutes and can't get it to show up on my monitor. It will show parts of it, but not all, and can't get a TPU to show up at all for a specific resort/week/year. Appears that not everything is working correctly yet. Will try again in the morning.

 

[Rascalsmom]

Recommendations link

Under Ongoing Search there is a "recommendations" link that suggests resorts along the bottom of the page.

 

[Conan]

My ongoing searches were OK (I search for specific resort #s, not regions), until I added a new resort to an existing search. In the process of saving the new search all the existing resort numbers now appear in duplicate.

I"ll have to phone tomorrow and ask them to clean it up manually. Hopefully I won't lose my place in line.

 

[Brian201]

I am on the site now. Both weeks and points have new icons for the resort ratings and they offer suggestions for resorts you may like on the right side of the search results. There seems to be a snag on the points side. I can search for resorts and it will show me the range of available check in dates but when I click on show available units, it will not show them so I can't pick one and reserve it. I tried the same on the weeks side and it works fine so they will have to work that out.

 

[Conan]

The main change is on the Points side. Searching is much improved, and you don't have to search once for Points properties and once again in Weeks. This also means that for the first time you can see how many resorts a Points member can pull (both sides combined).

Tonight as a Platinum Points member I'm seeing 2,845 Resorts (of which 1,165 are USA).

On the Weeks side searching all available vacations (not limited by the trading power of my deposits), the comparable number is 2,628 (of which 1,134 are USA).

What say you, Mr. C.?

 

[abbekit]

Typical of RCI, If it ain't broke, break it.

Can't get past the search for vacation (weeks side) before the site crashes on me. Tried four times and gave up.

 

[ampaholic]

I cant even get to "available inventory"

The web site is not ready for prime time - I see a lot of calls to VC's in the future

I'll bet the wait will be over an hour all day monday

 

[Conan]

Also, just when I learned how to find the Directory without logging off (it was on the 'Member Perqs" tab), they've moved it, actually to a better place (on the right, near 'favorite searches').

Now if I could only figure out where the Priority Access (Platinum) weeks are displayed....

 

[MichaelColey]

It looks like a pretty buggy initial release. (Certainly no surprise based on past experience.)

The new search on the Points side is awesome. I wish they would have added ongoing searches, though.

I'll have to dig deeper sometime this week. No time right now. Besides, it's a bit too buggy. I'm sure they'll have many of the more obvious ones fixed over the next day or two.

 

[BevL]

It looked different appearance-wise but I didn't see anything really "new." As well, the RCI info pages and in particular the "weeks enhancement" page didn't show anything new.

So all our speculation about points plus cash and stuff seems to be that - speculation.

 

[rhonda]

and??????
What's new!

The 'Manage my deposits' page now shows Worldmark as an available deposit! It never recognized my Worldmark ownership before!

 

[Passepartout]

Can't say I'm all that impressed. Points side seemed less buggy than weeks, but still a PITA. Why should that change?

Jim

 

[JudyS]

I was seeing some very nice inventory, especially on RCI Points. I posted a few things on the Sightings board -- hope some Tuggers grab them! I'm sure there are other good things, but I am too tired to search any more.

I just booked a week at a very desirable resort (one of the ones I listed on Sightings) using RCI Points.

I had a Points Platinum membership that expired in August, and and RCI showed my account as "owing" the $55 for another year of Points Platinum. I was required to pay $55 for another year of Points Platinum in order to book the week I wanted. I was planning to renew Points Platinum anyway--but I don't like that RCI didn't give me the option not to renew. (I imagine I could call during business hours and ask to cancel, but then the week I wanted might be gone.)

 

[Carolinian]

If it makes you go date by date instead of showing you the whole picture that is indeed a huge aggravation and a ''disenhancement''.

The icons for Gold Crown and Silver Crown have been updated. The RCI Hospitality symbol is completely different. It's a hand holding a platter with 3 stars above it.

Different User Iinterface. The following tabs are shown:
Available units. Resort Details, Room Details, Area info, Reviews

I see floor plans for Wyndham National Harbor C194.

However, when I click on "available units" in Exchanges, we used to see the list of weeks by date and unit size. It was our choice how to sort the list.
Now, a 3 month calendar pops up. I don't know what unit size I'm clicking on when I select a date.
If I only want 2 br units, I have to "filter" that result by selecting unit size on the left hand frame.

It looks like it's going to be harder to post Sightings.

edit: I still see the old "list" in Extra Vacations.

 

[GPLACERS]

Yeah I noticed there is no way to get a weekly availability/unit listing by resort only. I had a resort with 365+ units and had a big RCI Point range from like 11,000 to 80,000. There is no way to get the listing of all available units at one resort to see which week is the 11,000 point week which I would love to take. Would take me an hour to try all 365 starting dates individually...

 

[Corinne]

Search by date function broken

The "Search by Date" function seems to be broken now (searching in weeks side). The little calendars don't appear/pop up next to the date input fields anymore, and when I manually type in the dates I get an error. Same on the Advanced Search page.

Since we have to work around school vacation schedules, I used this search feature all the time. Very painful to have it broken.

-Corinne

 

[cpnuser]

Search

Knowing about RCI's enchancements, I should have went ahead & booked a resort before they messed up the "search" area.No telling how long it will take them to straighten it out. I can't believe RCI actually pays people to make a site worst. Granted some parts may be better, but why can't the whole site be better. Can't recall that ever being the case.

 

[Mjpierce]

Search not working in Chrome, no goodies

Well,
Plus side: I like the new maps that clearly delineate the search areas- such as in Florida, where you can clearly see the various search regions.

Minus side:

• No glitch goodies/inventory (darn).
• Search by date feature that sort of worked in Chrome no longer works at all (I used to have to put the dates in twice for it to work).

Michael

 

[Jwerking]

Bummer

Can't get in at all to see any availability - nothing happens when I click on any of the locations. Anyone else having problems?

 

[rickandcindy23]

Can't get in at all to see any availability - nothing happens when I click on any of the locations. Anyone else having problems?

Yes, I am having problems, but I am at Disney's Boardwalk Villas with a very weak signal. I assumed it was on my end, but maybe not.