The number of points an rci points resort gets is a negotiated value between the resort and rci. Resorts in active sales may pay a back end fee to rci (in the millions as has been alleged by massanutten and other Vacation Village resorts) that gives them more points than other similar resorts. So it is harder to say what 55,000 will get you. It's unlikely that 55,000 will be enough to get you a newer 2 BR resort still in active sales but at an older points resort it could get you 2BR in prime and maybe even some points left over. I have both points and weeks in rci and always compare to see which is a better deal for me. 50% of the time the value is about the same in either system. 25% is skewed to points and the other 25% it is skewed to weeks. In places with a lot of availability like Orlando, or Massanutten or non summer Williamsburg weeks often has a better value in terms of using to trade in.
Do points fluctuate? When a resort is no longer in active sales, will the points value decrease? Or does RCI just increase amount of points needed at higher rated resorts? The DVC resorts according to the last point chart anyone has shows a high of 68K points for a one bedroom SSR, yet some one bedrooms have been offered for 85K with priority. Is that increase based off of priority access? I’ve seen offerings for both 85K for priority and 68K non priority.
Points don't fluctuate, either in terms of what you get or what it takes to reserve- other than during rci sales for booking. The exception would be if a resort loses its status so if it goes from a gold resort to a silver resort based on reviews or the closing of amenities. This is really rare.
Ah ok. Thanks for clarifying
Both of your links are very helpful, thank you
So I that someone wanting to get into RCI points should really shop around for a unit that gives them maximum pts for minimum annual fees since they are all over the place as far as value, thank you
I don't see what the exchange fee is for using RCI points, I may have missed it in the brochure.
The RCI fee schedule is here; https://www.rci.com/pre-rci-en_US/help/forms-and-fees/pow-member-fees-us.page
So the membership subscription fee is just the annual fee you pay for RCI? If I’m understanding correctly, you can have an RCI points enrolled ownership and it’s 499 for a five year RCI membership, if you want platinum it’s an additional 322? Say I purchase a 5 year, and then sell in two. What happens with the remaining three years? Do they transfer on the sale? Does the new owner have to pay another yearly fee on top of the subscription fee? Is the subscription fee just to keep the points active and then you also have to pay a yearly membership fee of 125? I’m confused
membership fee=subscription fee.
If you don't have a current points membership and the current owner isn't transferring any of the time left on their membership, I think they only let you do the single year plus setup/transfer fee that is around$222. You would then have the option of purchasing more years based on the chart. Platinum is separate. They do prorate platinum so you may want to use your membership for 4-6 months and then add the platinum membership to see if it is worth it for you.
Excellent thank you. Yes I’ll be new to RCI and paid 222 for the set up. I know points aren’t transferring just 2020. I assume I have one year and then renew at however many years after. Thank you for explaining. I’ll probably wait until Jan to add platinum if I feel it’s worth it. I’ll have to do more research on what’s included to see if it’s worth it. If it helps achieve OGS easier or see inventory not yet released to weeks or points owners without platinum then I’d possibly do it
Thank you again for your help, I'm thinking about getting out of my Bluegreen points and into RCI pts.
