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I have done enough poking around on the valuation calculator of RCI's new Points Lite to identify the valuation grid pattern for the OBX, where various groupings of weeks are all given the same value (They are: 1-10; 11-21; 22-24; 25-32; 33-35; 36-41; 42-45; 46-47; 48-51; 52-53).
Further, although I still need to poke around a bit more to confirm this, it appears that there is an overlay that further groups resorts by award status. That is a really mindless thing to use to differieniate resorts. Oceanfront and non-oceanfront is what really counts in terms of demand, not award status.
One very useful set of data we could put together on this site is to figure out RCI's valuation grids for as many resort areas as possible, not just how they break down and organize the weeks, but the actual numbers for each point on the values grid.
Grids in point systems change only very rarely, so we can expect these numbers to be locked in place for a while. What RCI Weeks members have lost is the flexibility of a dynamic valuation system for deposits based on much more specific supply / demand history. Grids are too homogenized. Among other things, gone are the days of the idiot resorts which bulkbanked and thus temporarily drove the supply into the stratosphere and cut trading power both in and out. With grids, such supply factors will no longer be adjusted dynamically.
Compiling the grids will be a useful tool for our members, and it is obviously something RCI does not want us to have, or they would have made it availible rather than the calculator.
Further, although I still need to poke around a bit more to confirm this, it appears that there is an overlay that further groups resorts by award status. That is a really mindless thing to use to differieniate resorts. Oceanfront and non-oceanfront is what really counts in terms of demand, not award status.
One very useful set of data we could put together on this site is to figure out RCI's valuation grids for as many resort areas as possible, not just how they break down and organize the weeks, but the actual numbers for each point on the values grid.
Grids in point systems change only very rarely, so we can expect these numbers to be locked in place for a while. What RCI Weeks members have lost is the flexibility of a dynamic valuation system for deposits based on much more specific supply / demand history. Grids are too homogenized. Among other things, gone are the days of the idiot resorts which bulkbanked and thus temporarily drove the supply into the stratosphere and cut trading power both in and out. With grids, such supply factors will no longer be adjusted dynamically.
Compiling the grids will be a useful tool for our members, and it is obviously something RCI does not want us to have, or they would have made it availible rather than the calculator.