The new RCI interface...

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

...is now live. It works more or less how you'd expect. The initial search window is limited in capability, but it dumps you into the "regular" weeks interface, where you can search as normal.

To a first order approximation: anything that would be considered "in season" for the region is Prime. Shoulder-but-still-nominally-red looks to be High. Everything that is in Weeks appears to be visible.

So, just as we expected: it will be good for high-value exchanges, but maybe not much else.

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

Sounds similar to BGs new interface - good for some things but a let down for savvy exchangers.

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

I'm getting an error when I try to use it. I called Wyndham and they're working on the problem. My error said my RCI account can't be located.

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

Did a simple glance look to me, all red 2 BD is 243K and 1 BD is 143k even in 45 days windows.

Jya-Ning

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

Did a simple glance look to me, all red 2 BD is 243K and 1 BD is 143k even in 45 days windows.

I posted a sighting in the DVC thread that has some High season studios in late August, but Orlando is "red year round".

But, yes---as with the other mini-system portals, there is no last-minute discount window.

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

See can you see the same inventory as RCI points?

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

See can you see the same inventory as RCI points?

If it is similar to Bluegreen, you are seeing the 'weeks' inventory.

Bluegreen is able to see weeks and if you are a "premeire" member (developer) you also have access to points.

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

It's straight Weeks as far as I can tell. No additions nor subtractions.

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

Here is the verbage

Home/ My Membership
RCI® Exchanges

Use your Worldwide Exchange benefit to search availability and book your RCI vacations instantly online or request an RCI deposit using your CLUB WYNDHAM® Plus points.

Search and Book on RCI
You may search and book instantly online with RCI if you deposited points on or after January 11, 2011. If you deposited points before January 11, 2011 and want to book with RCI, please call 1-800-572-0931 for assistance.



Request to Deposit My Points with RCI
Approaching the end of your Use Year and still have points in your account? Or looking to travel outside of the CLUB WYNDHAM Plus resort collection? Request to deposit your points with RCI.

And for II

Home/ My Membership
Interval International (II) Deposit Request
Follow these easy steps to request a deposit with II.

Refer to the chart below to determine the points required based upon the unit type and demand. Visit Worldwide External Exchange in Wyndham Wise, Your Online Learning Center for details on exchange deposit guidelines.

When making multiple deposits, please submit each request separately.

Step 1 of 4: Select Points to Deposit
Member Name: Pxxxxxx Gxxxxxx
Member Number 0099XXXXXXXX

1.Select the points you would like to deposit:

Demand Studio or 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom or More
Prime 143,000 224,000 308,000
High 121,000 184,000 258,000
Value 95,000 140,000 199,000
Quiet 74,000 109,000 161,000


2.Please select the Use Year End Date you would like to use for your deposit:

Please note: If you have zero points available with a given expiration date, it will not show below.

Use Year End Date Points Available
Sep 30, 2011 1,000


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I deposited under the "old II system" online Sunday and just called and put in my 'searches' so I can see the units in my account and exchange online - looks like I got in under the wire.
The points I deposited were from my Oct 1, 2011-Sept 30, 2012 use year.

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

So with this new system and FL being all "red", I guess there's no chance of exchanging my 28K nonvisible for an Orlando 2 bedroom somewhere is there or even an off season beach week in FL?

If so my 28K might be useless to me.

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

The 28K deposit should play under the old rules---low TPU, but possibly great for a last-minute or off-season Orlando trade.

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

Well, I got in.

I see some decent stuff in FL for the summer at decent Wyn points.

This might not be such a bad thing afterall.

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

Going forward, this is going to work more or less the way I expected. Wyndham might be useful for some high-value exchanges in RCI (Manhattan Club, maybe some DVC, etc.) But, average and low-value exchanges will be better obtained in some other way. That drastically changes the way Wyndham works in RCI, because it used to be great for *low-value* exchanges, but nothing else.

But, no one ownership is ever great for everything. So, again, a portfolio approach will be useful, because the new credit-based Weeks scheme makes it worth using high-value deposits to obtain low-value exchanges, thanks to "change back."

B posted this elsewhere but as usual, he hit the nail on the head.....

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

And here is an example of the "down-side"

The portal is running well, if you can stomach the new price list.

There's a week in RCI that I've had my eye on, a 1-BR shoulder season for 15 TP. It's listed at 95,000 Wyndham points.

I pay between $15 and $25 per TP in maintenance (depending on what I use for the deposit), so 15 TP costs me $225 to $375 (say $300) plus exchange fee.

I pay $5.60 per 1,000 Wyndham points, so using 95,000 Wyndham points costs me $530 plus the RCI exchange fee (and more if I also have to pay a transaction fee or housekeeping fee).

So in this example, using Wyndham points to book the week would mean overpaying by $230 plus transaction/housekeeping costs. With exchange fees, that's an upcharge of about 50% versus using an RCI Weeks deposit.

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

So, just as we expected: it will be good for high-value exchanges, but maybe not much else.

Are you sure?

Just did a search on New York. Nothing, zero.

So maybe there is a upbound on what TPU unit you can get?

I will be glad if you tell me I was wrong on this one.

Jya-Ning