Any Difference

[tomgou Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close tomgou]

Hi
I was wondering if there is any difference with owning UDI points vs points from a converted week. Also, besides learning from other question that have been answered where can you go to get more information on the fairfield points system. Thanks very much

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

Hi
I was wondering if there is any difference with owning UDI points vs points from a converted week. Also, besides learning from other question that have been answered where can you go to get more information on the fairfield points system. Thanks very much

Hi tomgou and welcome to TS4MS.

There are 2 difference between points from UDI deeds and converted fixed week deeds. The primary difference is that during the 10 to 13 month advance reservation priority (ARP) period, the fixed week can only reserve the exact week and unit that the underlying deed describes. With an UDI deed, during the ARP you can reserve any unit and week up to the amount of the points you have at the resort where the UDI deed is based. If you have a converted float week deed, it will be similar to the UDI deed privileges during the ARP.

The second difference is in the calculation of maintenance fees. UDI deeds are charged a $ rate per 1,000 points. Converted week deeds are charged a flat fee for the unit. Depending on the unit size and season, a converted week deed may have a substantially lower $ rate per 1,000 points than an UDI deed. You have to investigate for each resort you are interested in.

For learning about FF/Wyn, you should join the Yahoo group. It has a lot of documents and information on its website for newbies like you. It has a lot of experienced FF/Wyn owners who can help you. The veterans there appreciate it if you read first and then ask questions. Here's a link.

You will find loads of information on the Fairfield timeshare Yahoo! Group home page at Fairfield_timeshare : Fairfield points and fixed week owners

[tomgou Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close tomgou]

Thanks Mike
Could you tell me which category this would be in?
84,000 Annual Deeded Fairfield Points (Deeded unit 229/Week 17)

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

Thanks Mike
Could you tell me which category this would be in?
84,000 Annual Deeded Fairfield Points (Deeded unit 229/Week 17)

What resort and section of the resort if you know?

It smells like a converted fixed week, but need more information. The seller should be able to tell you what type of deed it is.

[tomgou Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close tomgou]

84,000 Annual Deeded Fairfield Points (Deeded unit 229/Week 17; Does not expire) at a fraction of the developer price! This Fairfield Point package consists of 84,000 Annual Deeded Points at Royal Vacation Suites (home resort), a RCI affiliated resort located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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

What this is, is either a converted fixed or float week from Royal Vacation Suites. The problem with this deed is that this resort is not part of the Wyndham Vacation Resorts that are booked through Wyndham. At least it is not a resort listed by them.

Therefore, your reservation rights before the Standard and Express Reservation periods (10 months to checkin) may have to be booked directly with Royal Vacation Suites. You need to call Royal Vacation Suites and ask them. You could also call WVR and ask them how reservations are done during the ARP period. During the 10 month to checkin dates, your 84,000 points could be used anywhere within WVR subject to availability.

Personally, I would not buy this. It is too nebulous to me to use in a straight forward manner with WVR.

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

84,000 Annual Deeded Fairfield Points (Deeded unit 229/Week 17; Does not expire) at a fraction of the developer price! This Fairfield Point package consists of 84,000 Annual Deeded Points at Royal Vacation Suites (home resort), a RCI affiliated resort located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In the completed list http://www.timeshareforums.com/forum...e-price-2.html, check 4/07's list. There is one the same size on the same resort.

I have note it is RTU. You may want to check it.

The MF listed is around to 500. It is at the high side. The problem with eBay is that most of the info is just pure imagenation put by seller. Few sellers are really good and put good info most of the time, but the rest just simple put down what they believe the owner paid.

Make sure you think it through.

Jya-Ning

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What is your opinions on this deal and what would be a good price? Would probably never go here.
154,000 Biennial Deeded (UDI, Does not expire) Fairfield Points at a fraction of the developer price! This Fairfield Point package consists of 154,000 Biennial Deeded Points at Fairfield Wisconsin Dells @ Tamarack $36/month

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Not very good if the information posted is correct. This is because the MF (& FSP fee) are $5.61/1000 points. You can find better MF rates throughout the FF/Wyn system. MF + FSP fee that are $4.00/1000 points or less are very good. This MF is too high for me to buy.

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

Royal Vacation Suites

I'd never heard of this resort until I stumbled on it looking at eBay. I understood that FF started selling at Royal Vacation Suites as the Las Vegas Grand Desert was being built. So some Royal Vacation Suites units may have been converted into FF points at that time.

Although some of those Royals may have ARP into the Las Vegas Grand Desert, the MFs are higher than Myrtle Beach, Daytona Beach or Ft Lauderdale resorts (beach front resorts with greater demand if you ever needed to sell). Don't go near this one - you'll have no control over how high the MFs on that fixed week will go.