RCI trading power question

[ThreeKMom]

My DFIL has an RCI week with a trading power of 19 that will expire in Nov. 2011, would there be any chance of getting a DVC reservation on such short notice?
Is a trading power of 19 enough to book anything? I dont quite understand how the weeks trading power number works, can anyone explain it to me?

TIA
Patty

 

[littlestar]

The trade power floor seems to be 25 for Walt Disney World resorts - unless you catch a cancellation at late notice. Disney's Hilton Head and Vero can be lower depending on what week you're looking at. Do they have anything they can combine and bring that 19 number up?

Depending on when you're going to Orlando, you might be able to grab a Hilton Grand Vacation Club resort (Hilton's Parc Soleil is gorgeous and new) or Wyndham Bonnet Creek (which sits next to Disney's Caribbean Beach).

Good luck.

 

[Disneybuckeye]

I agree with Littlestar. Trading power is based on what RCI thinks the value of your week is compared to other resorts. Weeks in Hawaii at a premier resort usually have a value of around 30. A week in Hilton Head in January may only be worth about 10. You will have to combine your 19 with points from another week that has a value of at least 6 (that costs I believe an extra $99 to do) or hope something opens up in the 45 days prior to the start. Point values for resorts start to drop closer to the start of the vacation when they are trying to get rid of them. You also have a mandatory $95 fee upon arrival at the resort. Good luck!

 

[chalee94]

Depending on when you're going to Orlando, you might be able to grab a Hilton Grand Vacation Club resort (Hilton's Parc Soleil is gorgeous and new) or Wyndham Bonnet Creek (which sits next to Disney's Caribbean Beach).

unless you are hardcore onsite-only, i would agree with this. these are some very nice resorts.

if onsite is the only way to go for you, then pay some extra fees to add another week's points to that 19 and see what you can find...

 

[ccgirl]

My DFIL has an RCI week with a trading power of 19 that will expire in Nov. 2011, would there be any chance of getting a DVC reservation on such short notice?
Is a trading power of 19 enough to book anything? I dont quite understand how the weeks trading power number works, can anyone explain it to me?

TIA
Patty

Getting a DVC reservation - no. And, it's not the short notice it's the trading power. He just doesn't have enough of it. DVC has a trade power of 25. There are plenty of places outside of WDW that you can trade into though. Not sure when you are looking but if you go in Sept I can see the following (just a sample there are many more) :

Resort Name Unit Size Trade power
Bryan's Spanish Cove 2 br 5-7
Barefoot'n in the Keys 1br 6
Celebraion World Resort 1-3 br 5-7
Cypress Pointe Grande Vilas 1-2br 6-7
Orange Lake 1-2 br 6-8
Sherator Vistana 1-2 BR 6-8
Wyndham Cypress Palms 1-2 BR 5-8

So, with a tp of 19 you could have 3 - 4 weeks at some of the off sites in Orlando.

Hope this helps.

 

[Dean]

My DFIL has an RCI week with a trading power of 19 that will expire in Nov. 2011, would there be any chance of getting a DVC reservation on such short notice?
Is a trading power of 19 enough to book anything? I dont quite understand how the weeks trading power number works, can anyone explain it to me?

TIA
Patty

As noted, for DVC, I think the chances are zero other than maybe short notice. Maybe they have another deposit they can combine with to get a higher trade power. If you combine deposits, you also extend the expiring deposit for 2 years from that date. There were weeks there yesterday that might have worked for that situation to use before Nov.

 

[ThreeKMom]

Thanks everyone!

He gave us his points to book our trip for this comming August - I get how the Points system works. I didn't understand how the Weeks System worked.

He owns two RCI timeshares, one with points and one with two weeks - he recently used his week at Hilton Head and the week I was referring to expires this November (I think he already rolled this over from last year).

 

[Dean]

Thanks everyone!

He gave us his points to book our trip for this comming August - I get how the Points system works. I didn't understand how the Weeks System worked.

He owns two RCI timeshares, one with points and one with two weeks - he recently used his week at Hilton Head and the week I was referring to expires this November (I think he already rolled this over from last year).

Again, if he has another week on deposit he can combine with for trading power purposes, it should give you enough trade power for DVC AND extend that expiring week to 2 years from the date of the extension.

 

[ccgirl]

Thanks everyone!

He gave us his points to book our trip for this comming August - I get how the Points system works. I didn't understand how the Weeks System worked.

He owns two RCI timeshares, one with points and one with two weeks - he recently used his week at Hilton Head and the week I was referring to expires this November (I think he already rolled this over from last year).

The weeks system is very similar to the points system now that they have introduced trading power. Basically, you can take as many vacations with that week(s) provided you did not exhaust all of the trading power and the week has not yet expired.

Given the example above, with a trade power of 19 ...

If you found places with a trade power of 6, you could actually stay there for 3 weeks and still have 1 trading power point leftover. DVC is requires strong trading power, or several weeks combined, as they are a 25 all year.

Hope that helps.