II goes Points

[timeos2 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close timeos2]

So who has any information on what exactly II is doing with Points? Is it a change over to expose trade values similar to RCI Points lite or a full RCI Points type conversion? I hear it has already been shown or even activated at a couple large II resorts - anyone heard what it's about & how they are implementing? I knew they had to make the switch but it has taken longer than I thought.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

That's news to me. I haven't heard anything about II going to points?

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

I hadn't heard of it either

[ttt Member Find all posts View Profile Close ttt]

I hope they do not.

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

I hope they do.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

I do not.

[rikkis_playpen Diamond Club Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close rikkis_playpen]

I'll see if I can learn anything today at the convention.

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

So who has any information on what exactly II is doing with Points? Is it a change over to expose trade values similar to RCI Points lite or a full RCI Points type conversion? I hear it has already been shown or even activated at a couple large II resorts - anyone heard what it's about & how they are implementing? I knew they had to make the switch but it has taken longer than I thought.

I had to check to make sure this wasn't April Fools day.

So far, I've heard nothing other than your post. While on the one hand it would surprise me, on the other hand it makes sense for Interval to move towards a points based exchange system. Many of the large timeshare groups already have some sort of points system that has to be converted to weeks for exchanges through Interval. By going to points, all that would be necessary would be something akin to currancy conversion.

For me it's not big deal anymore. The major developers we own with already have their own internal exchange systems. The two timeshares we own that do not have internal systems are two that we can easily go to every year. In fact, I wasn't planning on renewing our private I.I. membership once it expires. It's just to costly to maintain that membership at $89/year plus pay exchange fee's of $139/$149 for domestic exchanges plus pay the MF's on that one resort we own that trades through Interval but isn't in some sort of developer internal trade program.

For us, it would be to little to late. We're pretty pleased with the internal exchanges we're getting through our present ownerships.

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

I hope they do not.

Agreed. Exact number systems stink because there is no way to get exact numbers exactly right, and when they hide the method of setting numbers, there is too much danger of playing favorites as is all to obvious in both of RCI's points systems.

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

Actually, the developers with their own points systems often do not like an overlay of someone else's points system. That is at least part of the reason that several points based developers left RCI shortly after they rolled out GPN (predecessor of RCI Points) and moved to II. Cendent had to buy the companies to bring two of them back under RCI.

If I were a developer, non-points II would be a heck of a lot more appealing as a platform for driving sales.

I had to check to make sure this wasn't April Fools day.

So far, I've heard nothing other than your post. While on the one hand it would surprise me, on the other hand it makes sense for Interval to move towards a points based exchange system. Many of the large timeshare groups already have some sort of points system that has to be converted to weeks for exchanges through Interval. By going to points, all that would be necessary would be something akin to currancy conversion.

For me it's not big deal anymore. The major developers we own with already have their own internal exchange systems. The two timeshares we own that do not have internal systems are two that we can easily go to every year. In fact, I wasn't planning on renewing our private I.I. membership once it expires. It's just to costly to maintain that membership at $89/year plus pay exchange fee's of $139/$149 for domestic exchanges plus pay the MF's on that one resort we own that trades through Interval but isn't in some sort of developer internal trade program.

For us, it would be to little to late. We're pretty pleased with the internal exchanges we're getting through our present ownerships.

[gandalf252002 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close gandalf252002]

Just my two cents worth, but personally I like the points systems although they can be a little challenging to understand at first.

The freedom to travel to multiple destinations is to me what sets them apart from the traditional type time share.

As I can hear it already, if you want other destinations that's what the exchanges are/were for. However exchanges have been doing for years what the points system is doing now. Allowing people to trade 2 weeks at a lower class resort or off peak season for one good resort week or vice versa.

The difference is that you now you have on 3rd party company determining trade value and point value of all the other developers evaluations of what is a good/bad resort or peak/non peak season and as we all know this often competes or is not in line with what WE think is fair, valuable or correct (and the developers).

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

Exact number systems stink because there is no way to get exact numbers exactly right,

It saddens me to hear that the whole "currency" experiment is a failure...you know, where goods and services are given exact-number prices in say, dollars, pounds, or euros.

I guess we can always go back to trading beads and livestock.

[cmb Member Find all posts View Profile Close cmb]

I hope they do NOT also - RCI points has just about convinced me to quit using RCI (though I was almost there anyway) - but II is my favorite and I really don't want to see it ruined with a points scheme.

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

The only reason I'd hate to see I.I. go to a points based system is I've seen how badly RCI is screwed up. We dropped our personal account with RCI several years ago. It would be a shame to see Interval travel that same road. IMHO, it's proven bad for owners but profitable for RCI.

[logan115 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close logan115]

The only reason I'd hate to see I.I. go to a points based system is I've seen how badly RCI is screwed up. We dropped our personal account with RCI several years ago. It would be a shame to see Interval travel that same road. IMHO, it's proven bad for owners but profitable for RCI.

All the more reason to think that II will follow suit..........

Chris