Advice on spacebanking a Floating week

[xnavyss Member Find all posts View Profile Close xnavyss]

Hello.

May I please request information and advice on RCI spacebanking an EOY Sunterra Bent Creek, Gatlinburg week for maximum trade power - if possible.

I have only owned fixed weeks before and this concerns a Platinum Floating week I recently purchased on ebay. The week is not in any Sunterra club.

My first and only RCI deposit at this resort, was me calling the resort of my desire to use one side of the Lock Off on a particular week and telling them the other week my intention was to space bank with RCI.

The resort assigned me the week desired and banked with RCI a mid October week.

Thinking strictly of Trade Power, if I was most likely always going to deposit one side of the lock off with RCI is there a way to maximize trade power.

I am thinking a July or even an August week would be assigned more RCI trade power than a mid October week.

Can I ask that a particular week be assigned for that RCI deposit? Can this be done?

Should I pay the Maintenance Fee’s as early as possible, ask that both A and B units of the lock off be assigned a particular high demand week, and then later call the resort and say, I have changed my mind about using both sides and want to deposit one of them?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Joe

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

Sunterra Floating Week

I'd be interested in the answer to this one, too. You have definately captured all the considerations.

At my Marriott resort, I can request the best week of the year and bank it in II. This is great for trade power but terrible if you are someone else wanting to use the resort that week (assuming there are many that have my same idea.)

How the Sunterra weeks program handles the situation is another question. Spence should be along to answer this one, soon.

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

This is a question specific to the resort Bent Creek and you may just want to place an anonymous call to owner services at the resort to find out what they normally do. Several other Sunterra resorts that I have experience with let you bank whatever week you reserve. In that case, a mid-summer week when kids are out of school would be strongest although a leaf peeping October week should do OK.

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

Most RCI affiliated resorts do bulk space banking with RCI so you do NOT get to choose the week you wish to deposit. The weeks they deposit are not prime trading weeks. This is one of many reasons that I canceled my RCI membership many years ago. I have used SFX exclusively for the past 10+ years. This is not an issue as I get to deposit whatever week I reserve which is always a prime summer week. Often I am able to reserve a July 4th week and deposit it. This week is the top trader