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Trading Places Changes

Carlsbadguy

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People, including me, have been complaining about Trading Places and non-availability and they just made big changes. There is a lot more availability but exchange prices have gone way up, including availability at resorts within the next week or 2. They don't seem to have any last minute discounts. 2 days ago I saw a week in Park City for March I could have booked for a bonus week that cost me $229, or a $169 exchange fee and no guest fee if needed. Today that same week would cost me over $500 in exchange and Tier Upgrade fees plus a cost for a guest certificate if needed. So the weeks i have banked will cost me over $1,500 to use a week including the maintaince fees and exchange/upgrade fees. Could even be more if I want to upgrade the size of a unit. If I knew the costs were this high I never would have deposited my weeks. Looks like Capital Vacations is trying to get money wether they keep the week for rent or put it in the exchange pool.

 

gravityrules

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Bonus weeks previously awarded for a deposit are assigned a Tier 2 value (scale is 1-6 with 6 being the highest value) and can only be exchanged up to Tier 4. Bonus week exchange fee is still $229 and Tier upgrade fee is $179. If you were upgrading unit size it is another $99.

Now the bonus week can see everything up to Tier 4 so a lot more inventory but it will cost more. A bonus week exchanged for same size unit as the original deposit with a tier upgrade ends up as $408. Not far from II bonus week cost but Interval wouldn't be hitting you for yet another fee based on size.

Changes effective Jan 23, no prior notice.

Announcement also said no bonus weeks for deposits going forward.
 

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It's not clear to me if the required Trading Places Prime membership (there is no longer a Classic membership) is a one time $99 fee or is that per year?

If that is $99/year they are destroying part of their value proposition compared to the 'Big 2' right at launch.
 
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