Newest Change for RCI Points effective Jan 10

[djyamyam Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close djyamyam]

Dear xxxxxxxx,

Your RCI Subscribing Membership gives you the freedom to choose from thousands of resorts in more than 100 countries.* And as an RCI Points member, you have another kind of freedom. You’re automatically hooked up with Points Partner companies – household-name travel and leisure companies that can help you get virtually anywhere you want to go, and do it your way.

New for 2008

We’re going farther to help you get even more out of the Points Partner Program. Based on your feedback, we’ve made enhancements to the program to give you more control over how many RCI Points you use for each transaction, with fewer limitations and more options than ever before.

Under the new structure effective January 10th, your RCI Points are converted to discounts – which you can apply toward the cost of airfare, hotel stays, rental cars, theme park admission tickets and much more. Use this conversion grid for most RCI Points Program transaction types and save.

Exchange this Many RCI Points... for this much in cash discounts.....
35,000 / $300
45,000 / $400
55,000 / $500
70,000 / $600
90,000 / $800
115,000 / $1000
145,000 / $1250
170,000 / $1500
200,000 / $1750


For example, say you want to purchase a round-trip airline ticket from NYC to Aruba, valued at $695. You can choose to exchange 12,500 RCI Points for $100 off the ticket price, 70,000 RCI Points for $600 off the ticket price, or any value in-between.

How you use your RCI Points and what you choose to do with them is completely up to you!

Check your mailbox for details included in the new 2008 RCI Points Value Summary, arriving in early February.
Or, call an RCI Guide for details at
1-877-968-7476

[Jya-Ning Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Jya-Ning]

Look to me this almost like kill the other program.

1st they kind of say your point is max at $.9 per 100 points
2nd their other program usually does not have discount like some of the travel site. So the effect maybe you have to have the MF less than .6 per 100 points.

Will be very interesting to see how many owners will continue use their program all the time.

Jya-Ning

[opkansas Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close opkansas]

1st they kind of say your point is max at $.9 per 100 points

2nd their other program usually does not have discount like some of the travel site. So the effect maybe you have to have the MF less than .6 per 100 points.

Will be very interesting to see how many owners will continue use their program all the time.

Jya-Ning

THE OTHER PROGRAM????? Any flight - car rental - hotels - etc. are available from Sunterra Travel. Your value of approximately $ .85/100 points will reflect an equal value - which is a fair price. The $49.00 charge is competitive with a travel agency - and there are definite advantages dealing with a travel agency over priceline, travelocity etc. etc.

If you buy points at .009/point or less, you will have equal value PLUS the values of points in the 9000 or less program. I believe this new program is very fair.