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RCI just increased my deposited TPUs

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I am going to share this information to see if anyone else witnessed any similar TPU changes today.

I have five different deposits right now on RCI and let me list the TPU's for each as they were yesterday and then what changed today.

Yesterday Today Type
48 TPUs 50 TPUs deposit not used
48 TPUs 50 TPUs deposit not used
50 TPUs 51 TPUs deposit not used
7 TPUs 7 TPUs was 47 TPU - 10 exchange, 6 exchange & 24 exchange
2 TPUs 2 TPUs was 21 TPU - 19 exchange

I am not sure why the increase in TPUs. As I understand it, RCI can increase TPU's but they can not decrease TPUs, correct? Also, did anyone else notice any increases or maybe a decrease if that is possible?
 

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I also see increase in TPUs for HGVC. For a two bedroom in Orlando in November, it was 9 points in 2011 and will be like 12 (?, don't remember now).
 

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Mine are all the same as yesterday.
 

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Interesting - my deposit went from 39 to 40. Every little bit helps!
 

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Increase On Unused Deposits Only

It appears that the TPUs are only increasing on deposits made to the RCI deposit pool that have not been used to make an exchange. Thus, if you have used any portion of your deposited weeks TPUs which may have left a balance, RCI will not increase your unused TPUs on that partially deposit.
 

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No changes in any of my TPU's :doh:
 

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It appears that the TPUs are only increasing on deposits made to the RCI deposit pool that have not been used to make an exchange. Thus, if you have used any portion of your deposited weeks TPUs which may have left a balance, RCI will not increase your unused TPUs on that partially deposit.

I have 5 deposits.. 3 of which I have not used for any exchanges. They are still the same.
 

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I have 10 (one combined) and none of them have changed since a Sept. screenshot.
 

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The TPUs on my deposited weeks have stayed the same. I actually have more TPUs than I need at the moment, so I guess the increases might as well go to other people!

It appears that the TPUs are only increasing on deposits made to the RCI deposit pool that have not been used to make an exchange. Thus, if you have used any portion of your deposited weeks TPUs which may have left a balance, RCI will not increase your unused TPUs on that partially deposit.
I wonder if RCI is increasing TPUs in order to encourage people to make exchanges?
 

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It appears that the TPUs are only increasing on deposits made to the RCI deposit pool that have not been used to make an exchange. Thus, if you have used any portion of your deposited weeks TPUs which may have left a balance, RCI will not increase your unused TPUs on that partially deposit.
Mine did not change this week, but they have in the past---including partial credits and combined weeks. So, the above is not necessarily true.
 

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I had this happen once. My South Africa week was 13, and all of a sudden it jumped to 26! I used it to book the Houses of Summer Bay for next month. It hasn't happened again for subsequent deposits. :bawl:

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My uncombined Tree Tops weeks went up two TPU each, but apparently not the ones that had been combined. They were for different weeks, so maybe that's the reason.

Has anyone had an increase in a combined total? Oops, I see that this has been reported above.

That makes me even sadder that I missed the deadline to reserve that same week next year at Tree Tops because of my confusion on the date I needed to call.

Sheila
 
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Wonder how much the DVC weeks will go up THIS time? :crash:

Sheila
 

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Mine did not change. It went down from 20 to 19 in 2011 down to 17 for 2012. I will not give it to RCI this year.

Suzanne
 
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