How to find and book gifted to me RCI week?

[joycapecod Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close joycapecod]

So I got 4th of July week in a Silver Crown resort in Minnesota.
What can it get in exchange, for example? Can I ever exchange to Club Bali Hai Moorea (#0782) for example?

Chances are slim to know in my opinion. I have several "tiger" traders and this is what I see available from today until 2 years from today at this resort:

Units that meet your criteria Total Units Available: 19
Unit Type Max Occup
(Privacy) Kitchen Check-In Date Check-Out Date Price
Studio 2 (2) Partial 19-Dec-2009 26-Dec-2009 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 26-Dec-2009 02-Jan-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 30-Jan-2010 06-Feb-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 01-May-2010 08-May-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 15-May-2010 22-May-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 22-May-2010 29-May-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 12-Jun-2010 19-Jun-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 19-Jun-2010 26-Jun-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 26-Jun-2010 03-Jul-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 18-Sep-2010 25-Sep-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 25-Sep-2010 02-Oct-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 23-Oct-2010 30-Oct-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 30-Oct-2010 06-Nov-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 06-Nov-2010 13-Nov-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 20-Nov-2010 27-Nov-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 27-Nov-2010 04-Dec-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 11-Dec-2010 18-Dec-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 18-Dec-2010 25-Dec-2010 Exchange Fee Only
Studio 2 (2) Partial 25-Dec-2010 01-Jan-2011 Exchange Fee Only

Pickings are slim considering this is all that is available for thr next two years.



Joy

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

I agree with Joy, you would probably need a tiger trader...I have nothing to search with at this time, but I'm pretty sure, I wouldn't see any of the Bali weeks with the resorts I own and I own silver and a few gold weeks.

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

I see 2 units with a moderate 'silver' trader deposited 12.5 months before check-in

Displaying 1-6 of 6 resorts Page 1
Bali Shangrila Beach Club (#6961) 14 available units
Bali
, 80582
Indonesia

map resort Available Unit Size
Hotel (2 max)
Studio (2 max)

Check-In Date Range
26-Dec-2009 -
18-Dec-2010





Club Bali Hai Moorea (#0782) 2 available units
Moorea
, 98728
Tahiti,
French Polynesia


map resort Available Unit Size
Studio (2 max)


Check-In Date Range
19-Dec-2009 -
26-Dec-2009




Nirwana Bali (#3851) 9 available units
Bali Indonesia


map resort Available Unit Size
Studio (2 max)


Check-In Date Range
10-Sep-2010 -
17-Dec-2010





Risata Bali Resort & Spa (#3691) 4 available units
Bali
, 80361
Indonesia


map resort Available Unit Size
Studio (2 max)


Check-In Date Range
20-Nov-2010 -
03-Dec-2011





Royal Bali Beach Club at Candidasa (#3968) 23 available units
Bali
, 80871
Indonesia


map resort Available Unit Size
Studio (2 max)


Check-In Date Range
10-Apr-2010 -
03-Dec-2011

[jerrry94087 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jerrry94087]

Does it matter for trading power that you deposited your week so many months ago?

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Does it matter for trading power that you deposited your week so many months ago?

Yes. Depositing a week a year ahead of checkin seems to increase trading power. A late deposit gets knocked down pretty hard in RCI.

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

Also note Jerry that what I was able to see - those two dates - are in 'flex change' - within 45 days before check-in when trade power is greatly reduced to see nice resorts. With a moderate trader, I did not see anything outside of the 45 day window.

[jerrry94087 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jerrry94087]

Also note Jerry that what I was able to see - those two dates - are in 'flex change' - within 45 days before check-in when trade power is greatly reduced to see nice resorts. With a moderate trader, I did not see anything outside of the 45 day window.

Somehow with my Silver Crown MN weeks I was able to easily book gold crown resort in Midwest in May, and Tahiti resort in November.

I felt that the "trading power" is more of the myth that the reality. RCI website itself barely works and keeps asking to call their 800 number most of the time. They display this annoying message "Please wait while we retrieve your results..." for 5 secs before every single screen, even before showing the generic world map. I really don't believe that it can keep track of the trading power as well. It's good if you can book anything at all entirely on the site without calling. Which we couldn't. My friend had to spend 2 hours with them on the phone, after which they gave up and just booked it on the phone waving $25 fees.