E-Plus....Retrade up to three time.....

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

I can't quite follow this but will go with 'yes, you are correct.'
It is likely that I will use the confirmed week, so I am ok with the eplus option.

I just checked my account. It says that my EPlus expires on August 1, 2015. That is one year from the checkin for the exchange I confirmed. Not what I'd hoped for. I wonder if it will get extended if I book my next trade out farther. Anyway, it doesn't seem to have gotten me more than a cancelation - it's like I am saving some of an exchange fee but giving up the flexibility of the ongoing search I'd have had if I canceled.

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

I just checked my account. It says that my EPlus expires on August 1, 2015. That is one year from the checkin for the exchange I confirmed. Not what I'd hoped for. I wonder if it will get extended if I book my next trade out farther. Anyway, it doesn't seem to have gotten me more than a cancelation - it's like I am saving some of an exchange fee but giving up the flexibility of the ongoing search I'd have had if I canceled.

I just read some new information but from the T & C the EPlus retrade is good until 12 months after the FIRST. Exchange date....

Anyway...for those interested........


7. (a) For Members who wish to change their Host Accommodations
subsequent to receiving a Confirmation, but without canceling their
Confirmation, E-Plus is available to allow Individual Members to
“retrade” their original Confirmation, up to a total of three times for
different Host Accommodations and/or alternative vacation periods,
upon the payment of an additional fee. The use of E-Plus may be
purchased at any time commencing at the time an exchange request
is initially placed and continuing up to five (5) days following the
issuance of a Confirmation, so long as the purchase is prior to the
first date of occupancy of the Host Accommodations and the Host
Resort is in good standing with II. E-Plus may be used to secure up
to three (3) retrades of the Member’s Host Accommodations and/or
vacation periods, at any time up to 12 months after the first date of
occupancy of the Host Accommodations of the original Confirmation
(the “E-Plus Usage Window”). Once established, the E-Plus Usage
Window does not change upon any subsequent retrade.
(b) When transacting an E-Plus retrade, the member may view available
Host Accommodations and a Confirmation will be instantly issued if
the desired accommodations are available at the time the retrade is
initiated. Retrade requests may be made by online or by telephone.
6(c) (i) When the Member transacts an E-Plus retrade 60 days or more
from the first date of occupancy of the Confirmation or, if applicable,
previously issued retrade, he or she will be entitled to select
available accommodations with travel dates any time up to the
expiration of the E-Plus Usage Window.
(ii) When the Member requests an E-Plus retrade 59 days to 24 hours
prior to the first date of occupancy of the Confirmation or, if applicable,
initial retrade, the Member may only select from accommodations
that have occupancy dates commencing up to 60 days after the first
date of occupancy of the Confirmation or previously issued retrade.
Any subsequent retrade request may only be for Host Accommodations
with occupancy dates 60 days or less prior to the first date of
occupancy of the current retrade.

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

And here is some more REALLY good information ..... Even within 59 days, you can still retrade 6 months out from the first exchange date....

But if you are trying to do any retrade within 59 days of checkin, your retrade is limited to the 59 day window based on the day you are trying to confirm the exchnage.

It is also my understanding that the 59 days is based on when you are trying to confirm the exchange. Not from the checkin date of your confirmed exchange. So if I have an exchange for April 5th and I call today to do a retrade, I can only retrade for exchanges through April 24th as that is 59 days from today. I can't try to confirm an exchange through June 3rd (which is 59 days from April 5th)

This is to prevent a confirmation made within flex can't somehow come out of flex limitations. If I could retrade today for a June 3rd week, I could then immediately cancel the trade take a cancellation replacement and it will now magically not have any 59 day restriction.

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The next posters clarifies that the above information is NOT correct.....EPlus does not have the same restrictions as a "regular" flex change/cancelation replacement.

Plus is different then regular flex change. If you have flex change going in it won't change it but if you have a regular deposit with plus and you cancel within the 60 days the restriction is 60 days from checking in and will follow to the next eplus retraded as 60 days from that check in. So at that point even though you might have an exchange for 95 days out you are still restricted to 60 days later or any time earlier than the current check in date.

This is my real life example from my history.
On Aug 23 I made an exchange for January 17 (eplus was new. I added it)
On Dec 10, 2013 I knew I wanted to retrade for an available week May 24, 2014. This is how I did it.
On Dec 10, I eplus re-traded for March 16 (58 days after the original check in and 96 days from Dec 10)
On Dec 10, I eplus re-traded for May 10 (55 days after then current check in and 151 days from Dec 10)
On Dec 10, I eplus re-traded for May 24 (14 days after then current check in and 165 days from Dec 10 and 127 days from the original check in date.

Thank you for posting this...great information.

As long as the original exchange is with a "normal deposit" you can make this work as you did....even under 59 days.
As long as your new date is within 180ish (170 would be better because of resort checkin days) days of the original check in date, you will be able to make this work.

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

It isn't showing up in the Shell portal. If it ever comes to Shell or marriott, I will gladly pay to have that option. I really do end up changing plans more than I ever keep original plans.

I just read OY that this is available for Shell owners. Not sure if this is recently new or something you are aware of.

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

Yes, you are correct.
I have a cancellation week that will expire in October.
I put in a search for an exchange in September that I already have confirmed with another week.

If my current search matches with the expiring in October week, I will then retrade the confirmed week to something in March 2015 when the week is set to expire......

Hope this strategy works as I just can not use this cancellation week before it expires in October.

I just got confirmed for the Sept week I was searching for using the replacement week that expires in October..

So I took the already confirmed week that is good until March 2015 and retraded it for an Aruba New Year's Eve week a friend was looking for ....... For this retrade I did have to pay an exchange fee because it was not Marriott to Marriott but if I had e-plus this retrade would have been free.


I am so happy my replacement week did not go to waste and my friend got the week she needed in Aruba....I was just going to take any Marriott to. Marriott (destination club enrolled week=no ex. fee) exchange for next March so I would have time to decide what to do with the week but the stars were aligned.

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

Good for you Pat! Glad it worked out so well for your friend, too!

I retraded, online, a summer week 2014, that I had grabbed at MFV, for a Feb week 2015, at Marriott's Imperial Palms. It retraded immediately. I no sooner typed in the request, and the week was offered to me......Loving this retrade stuff. BTW, no fee since it was a (Marriott Destination Club enrolled week = no ex. fee for Mar to Mar exchanges) DC week.