RCI search window question

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

Deposited "weeks" can search 2 years "out". Points can search 10-13 months "out". No uncertainty about either limitation.

However........a "week" owner who also has a RCI "Points" ownership can choose (and, of course, pay RCI still another fee...) to convert that "week" into RCI "points for deposit" in any given year.

My question is, if/when a "week" owner has RCI convert that week to "points for deposit" in any given year, when a search is then initiated utilizing this former week (which originally had a 2 year search window), but has now been converted to RCI "points for deposit", which search time limitation then applies --- is it the two years formerly allowed by the original week, or is it the 10-13 months limit of a "points" search?

I won't even bother asking a RCI VC, since I've learned over the years that they are historically reluctant to ever admit "I don't know" --- and mere speculation or "just a guess" is not really what I'm looking for here.

Anyone here have direct, first hand knowledge or experience in this situation?

Thanks in advance.

[philsfan Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close philsfan]

The answer is both

If you use the points to search the weeks side, it is 2 years from today, if you search the points side (standard reservation), it's 10 months because I'm sure there is no home resort/group extra time associated with a PFD deposit.

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

Clouds may be clearing....

If you use the points to search the weeks side, it is 2 years from today, if you search the points side (standard reservation), it's 10 months because I'm sure there is no home resort/group extra time associated with a PFD deposit.

Thanks. Apparently I had failed to grasp that the search time window is actually determined by what you're looking for (weeks resort vs. points resort), rather than where the searching points may have originated in the first place. My search request was for a specific week in a specific geographic area, but without any identification of any particular resort(s), so the time window subject never came up. It's tough being dense sometimes.....

Thanks again.