• The TUGBBS forums are completely free and open to the public and exist as the absolute best place for owners to get help and advice about their timeshares for more than 30 years!

    Join Tens of Thousands of other Owners just like you here to get any and all Timeshare questions answered 24 hours a day!
  • TUG started 30 years ago in October 1993 as a group of regular Timeshare owners just like you!

    Read about our 30th anniversary: Happy 30th Birthday TUG!
  • TUG has a YouTube Channel to produce weekly short informative videos on popular Timeshare topics!

    Free memberships for every 50 subscribers!

    Visit TUG on Youtube!
  • TUG has now saved timeshare owners more than $21,000,000 dollars just by finding us in time to rescind a new Timeshare purchase! A truly incredible milestone!

    Read more here: TUG saves owners more than $21 Million dollars
  • Sign up to get the TUG Newsletter for free!

    60,000+ subscribing owners! A weekly recap of the best Timeshare resort reviews and the most popular topics discussed by owners!
  • Our official "end my sales presentation early" T-shirts are available again! Also come with the option for a free membership extension with purchase to offset the cost!

    All T-shirt options here!
  • A few of the most common links here on the forums for newbies and guests!

RCI website points chart

dms_cruisers

TUG Member
Joined
Sep 23, 2008
Messages
37
Reaction score
0
Points
6
Location
oHIo
Hi all, new TS owner with a couple questions.

We just bought our first TS deed (Wyndham Grand Desert :cheer: ) and I know when we trade into/with RCI we will trade with points, but we noticed, while researching our options, that some of the resort pages have an RCI points chart linked with them (off to the left where the week breakdown is posted). Are those the number of points it would actually "cost" once the week is reserved or are those just for RCI point account holders?

TIA
 

AwayWeGo

TUG Review Crew: Expert
TUG Member
Joined
Jun 6, 2005
Messages
15,687
Reaction score
1,630
Points
699
Location
McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.
Resorts Owned
Grandview At Las Vegas

[triennial - points]
Points Are Points -- But Points Are Not All Created Equal.

Are those the number of points it would actually "cost" once the week is reserved or are those just for RCI point account holders?
The timeshare companies & timeshare exchange organizations could have started using exchange-point values that are all equivalent with one another, but that would have been Too Simple.

Instead, timeshare point values vary all over the place & only a handful of truly dedicated TUG-types know all the equivalency conversion factors by heart.

Bottom line is that Wyndham FairShare Plus timeshare points are not necessarily 1-for-1 equal to RCI Points & vice versa -- never mind that Wyndham Timeshares & RCI Points are both links in the same corporate chain.

Go figure.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

dms_cruisers

TUG Member
Joined
Sep 23, 2008
Messages
37
Reaction score
0
Points
6
Location
oHIo
Instead, timeshare point values vary all over the place
-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

We sure are learning that. :eek:

If we're talking just WYN/FSP to RCI, are the points needed just based on unit size across the board or will they vary from resort to resort, assuming the reservation is already confirmed?/
 

jercal10

newbie
Joined
Feb 22, 2008
Messages
228
Reaction score
5
Points
178
when using RCI nitely stays with your Wyndham points, the # of points is in the Wyndham book, and does not vary by resort .
 

dms_cruisers

TUG Member
Joined
Sep 23, 2008
Messages
37
Reaction score
0
Points
6
Location
oHIo
when using RCI nitely stays with your Wyndham points, the # of points is in the Wyndham book, and does not vary by resort .
Thanks jercal, we saw that too when we were looking at the Wyndham book online. Seems like a good way to try out new vacation spots.
 
Top