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WEEKS owners - FACTS/QUESTIONS - new RCI Program

MichaelColey said:
They do seem to adjust properly for moving holidays (a similar issue to yours). I looked at one resort that got a great TP for weeks 51 and 52 for 2010. For 2011, week 51 is low because it doesn't include Christmas and weeks 52 and 53 get the high TP.
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I have a floating Florida week with a Sunday checkin. RCI gives an extra 2 points of trading power (compared to other July weeks) to week 26 in 2011 and to week 27 in 2012.

The strange thing is week 26 in 2011 runs 6/26-7/3 and week 27 in 2012 runs 7/7-7/14. So neither premium week actually includes the 4th of July!
 
Many people extend their holiday vacations to a second week, so the week before and after have slightly more demand than other non-holiday weeks.
 
combined weeks

has anyone combined weeks ? and if so do you see resorts that you wouldn't see normally with out combining them ? I started to but it wanted a $99. fee so I didn't do it.but am curious if you see anymore or higher class , or whatever.
 
has anyone combined weeks ? and if so do you see resorts that you wouldn't see normally with out combining them ?
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You can see things "beyond your reach" by changing your search parameters. Here is how:

Search for a Vacation, then on the dark blue bar, click on the "Click to Change" box. This brings up your individual units that you can search against, and also the option to "Show all available vacations". If you click that button, you see everything (minus, presumably, things that are VEP-filtered.)

Then, when you search for something that has some units beyond your reach, you are shown the list of things you can get without combining, and (separately) the list of things you can't. At the bottom of that list, you are provided a link that will allow you to go to the "manage deposits" screen to combine.
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kalua said:
has anyone combined weeks ? and if so do you see resorts that you wouldn't see normally with out combining them ? I started to but it wanted a $99. fee so I didn't do it.but am curious if you see anymore or higher class , or whatever.
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Yes, I combined three lower value weeks, and I can see (and exchange for) almost everything with it. As bnoble explained, you can see everything by changing your search options.
 
I don't have a membership with RCI, but called them up to find out if I DID signup with them, what points would be assigned to my units. I was told maximum 22 for my week 10 Wyndham Sea Gardens in Pompano Beach and 28 points for my week 11 unit at Vistana. I'm surprised the Orlando unit was rated higher.
 
mrrick said:
Is there any way to 'uncombine'?
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There's no reason to "uncombine." If you use some of the points, you get the remainder as a new credit balance, good for another 2 years. You can use that single deposit for however many exchanges you want up to the value of the total credits.
 
combined weeks

bnoble said:
You can see things "beyond your reach" by changing your search parameters. Here is how:
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bnoble; that is what i've been doing since i was able to get on the site but the highest point's I see is 18 , so I thought I must have been doing something wrong , is that the highest point's on all the resort's at this time ? or am I not able to see them ?
 
Mel said:
There's no reason to "uncombine." If you use some of the points, you get the remainder as a new credit balance, good for another 2 years. You can use that single deposit for however many exchanges you want up to the value of the total credits.
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Unless you wanted to start two ongoing searches. You can't do that with one deposit.

I'm sorry but I don't know the answer to the original question. My guess would be no, otherwise it would be untangling quite a mess if deposits had been combined two or three times and then a customer wanted to "uncombine" them.
 
On main exchange page, dark blue bar - hit click to change, then select Show all available RCI Vacations.

kalua said:
bnoble; that is what i've been doing since i was able to get on the site but the highest point's I see is 18 , so I thought I must have been doing something wrong , is that the highest point's on all the resort's at this time ? or am I not able to see them ?
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mrrick said:
Is there any way to 'uncombine'?
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I suspect that they might be able to. When you combine, the old deposits still show up in the Trading Power Statement (in "My Account"), with a trading power of 0 and the combined deposit show which deposits were used to combine. So I think it's technically possible.
Mel said:
If you use some of the points, you get the remainder as a new credit balance, good for another 2 years.
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Close, but not quite. The "change" back is supposed to have the same travel window as the original original deposit. If you combine today, it's good through November 2012. If you use part of that next December, the "change" would still only be usable through November 2012 (not December 2013). If you combine again, it'll extended it out again.
 
If you combine two or more units, can you extend them at the 2-year mark?

(I've tried to follow all of this thread, so apologies if this has already been answered and I missed it.)

On another note:
Tried out the view 'all' option on RCI and was gasping at the MC exchange power which was 37-51 tonight. Wonder if future bulk deposits will bring that down?
 
Aloha,
I have figured out how to screen scrape data from this new system into Excel. Here's an interesting tidbit I thought I'd share.
Right now, a Shearwater with Friday check in 25-Nov-2011 is 21 points. A two bedroom Kauai Beach Villas with same check in date is 23 points.
Anyone else find that surprising?
Jack
 
Mel said:
There's no reason to "uncombine." If you use some of the points, you get the remainder as a new credit balance, good for another 2 years. You can use that single deposit for however many exchanges you want up to the value of the total credits.
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The reason to 'uncombine' is to get your £66 ($99) back from RCI! Having combined you may discover that you would have gotten the same deals in the old system with no need for combining.

Can someone please explain how RCI can possibly justify such a high figure for combining, At the end of the day it is a simple electronic process not even worth a $25 'administration' fee.
 
I have been unable to do any real searching. The RCI calculator keeps getting stuck or will not let me click on enough items to get any results. Also page continually freezes. Can anyone offer any suggestions?

Susan
 
MichaelColey said:
They do seem to adjust properly for moving holidays (a similar issue to yours). I looked at one resort that got a great TP for weeks 51 and 52 for 2010. For 2011, week 51 is low because it doesn't include Christmas and weeks 52 and 53 get the high TP.
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That is a huge advantage for Points Lite over regular Points, which is so rigid as to, for example, always give the Thanksgiving bump to week 47, even when week 46 is actually Thanksgiving! Score one for Points Lite over regular Points!
 
Carolinian said:
That is a huge advantage for Points Lite over regular Points, which is so rigid as to, for example, always give the Thanksgiving bump to week 47, even when week 46 is actually Thanksgiving! Score one for Points Lite over regular Points!
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You always seem to miss the fact that while an inefficiency in the market is a negative for one side, it's a positive for those on the other side of the transaction. You can choose which side of the transaction you're going to be on.
 
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