Whoa! RCI Guide Said Lowveld Lodge Is Points Resort

[AwayWeGo]

Imagine my surprise yesterday when I phoned RCI Points to do points for deposit with my banked 2006 Lowveld Lodge week only to be told by the RCI guide that Lowveld Lodge is a points resort.

Was news to me.

Funny thing was, neither version of the RCI Resort Directory -- not the on-line Internet version & not the 2006-07 printed version (RCI Points), received in the mail the same day I called -- makes any mention of that.

So I checked with the resort via E-Mail -- lowveld@magnaresorts.co.za -- but am not sure they completely understood the question, inasmuch as all their reply says is that they are affiliated with RCI. (I already knew that much.)

That evening, I phoned RCI Points again, got a different guide, told her I wanted to do points for deposit with my banked 2006 Lowveld Lodge week, & waited while she checked to see if I could do that. She checked, told me OK, & charged $26 to my credit card (now that points for deposit is no longer a freebie). She says those transactions are done manually, so it will be a week or 2 (she said) before my on-line points account shows those additional points & before my on-line weeks account no longer shows Lowveld Lodge 2006 as available for exchange.

So how come the afternoon guide told me Lowveld Lodge is a points resort? Do you suppose he knows something that the evening guide doesn't?

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

 

[Emily]

So how come the afternoon guide told me Lowveld Lodge is a points resort? Do you suppose he knows something that the evening guide doesn't?

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

Only time will tell - it would seem that there is no continuity of information from one locale to another or from one vc to another. But if this turns "back into" a points resort - please let us know.

 

[cali girl]

What are the 2006 levies for Loveld?

 

[AwayWeGo]

Estimated 2007 Levy...

...was 620.81 ZAR (Rand) -- about $265.

That's for a 2BR week with mid-August check-in.

Not as big a bargain as when we 1st got it, but still not bad.

I don't remember the 2006 amount & am too distracted to look it up right now. Whatever it was, it got us 39,500 RCI Points via Points For Deposit.

By contrast, our home USA points resort gets us 15,000 annual points for $330 in annual fees.

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

 

[JeffV]

According to www.xe.com 620 ZAR converts to $102. Did I miss something?

...was 620.81 ZAR (Rand) -- about $265.

That's for a 2BR week with mid-August check-in.

Not as big a bargain as when we 1st got it, but still not bad.

I don't remember the 2006 amount & am too distracted to look it up right now. Whatever it was, it got us 39,500 RCI Points via Points For Deposit.

By contrast, our home USA points resort gets us 15,000 annual points for $330 in annual fees.

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

 

[philemer]

Alan,
This has been reported before on TUG. Maybe on Ask RCI. I think some VGs get confused between the SA Points System, which is only for internal trading amongst SA resorts, and the RCI Points sys. Maybe a little more training would be nice. GRRRRRRR!

Phil

 

[Liz Wolf-Spada]

OK, I'm totally confused. I have a Lowveld Lodge week, 2005, sitting in my RCI account and haven't really tried to use it do to other time constraints, but it shows as a week. I don't have any points resorts at all, so am clueless her as to whether or not something has changed? hasn't change? I should inquire about using my 2006 week as points? Please help.
Liz

 

[ira g]

According to www.xe.com 620 ZAR converts to $102. Did I miss something?

My guess is that it is R1620 which converts to about $265. Still not bad for a 2 bedroom with 39000 points.