Thanks for the quick reply.
The unit I purchased expires in 2018 (seller confirmed it is Ambassador). I want to travel to the New York properties (Affinia Dumont and Affinia Manhattan), however, their one bedroom units are Presidential. Will I be able to get a one bedroom unit using my Ambassador unit as a trade (Spence said on one of his posts that all I have to do is pay the increased Maint fee of the Presidential unit)?
Have you done this sucessfully?
Yes, these prime properties do require making reservations around a year in advance. There are only 2 types of units at the Affina's , a studio or a Presidential, so your ambassador gets the Presidential unit. They don't charge any extra maintenance fee, since it isn't an upgrade.
I just got off the phone with someone at Royal Holiday (1 888 657 6925). The rep told me that the Ambassador units have different trading power. The one I purchased is floating, weeks 1 - 50 (with no holidays). Do I reserve a week internally and then trade it internally, or do I just call Royal Holiday and tell them I want to reserve a week in Manhattan in a one bedroom?
You aren't trading if your are reserving an RHC property, you just call RHC ( once it is transferred into your name of course) and make your reservations.
I thought the unit I bought was a normal weeks unit and there was no "trading power" involved?
Are all Ambassador weeks the same in regards to trading power?
Here again, are you talking about using a 3rd party trade company like RCI or making reservations with your week. If you are talking about using a trade company, RHC bulk deposits weeks with RCI, it is a crap shoot, sometime you get a great trader, some times( most of the time) you get something members didn't want and the trade power reflects this lack of value.
Maybe a better question would be, if I want to trade into a one bedroom in Manhattan or Paris every year in the summer time, what should I purchase from Royal Holiday (Ambassador week, Presidential Week or just points).
You can get to these places using your RHC week to reserve a unit, you have almost no chance of
trading into these areas using a trade company unless you happen to catch a bulk deposit of the Manhattan Club with RCI.