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Having searched SW FL every day since you could, Spring, 1997, and having recorded them for many years, here's some stuff that is not as represented:
The Exchange Planner on the Managing Your Deposits page shows the following for SW FL (Southern Gulf Coastal):
Average Trading Power Needed:
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Month-Year
Average Historical Exchange Trading Power
19 20 20 20 19 20 19 19 18 19 18 19
Points need translate to money, much more than just exchange and combine fees, because the greatest expense is the annual maintenance fee. From what I've been told, 18-20 is an average deposit value, so an average deposit should be to get an average exchange to SW FL in January, based on what is being represented.
I am not the only one who searches for SW FL in January, and anyone who does can tell you that is simply not true. Period.
Marco Resort & Club, the worst ranked of 52 resorts in SW FL has been 34. After the 11/10 Dehancement, the first thing available for January, 2012, was a studio at a poorly rated FMB resort, for 29.
We have stayed at another lesser, old, motel-conversion resort, Sea Oats Beach Club, for the last three Januarys, two week this year, all on one-for-one exchanges with deposit now valued at 19. From what is being represented, we still should be able to trade into it one-for-one. But, as posted by Lawren: Sea Oats Beach Club Englewood FL Jan 14 & 28 2012
Exchange Trading Power 25.
So, some of the worst rated resorts in the Region, and the only ones to be available, have been much higher than is represented.
There is some evidence in that last couple of weeks that that is being corrected, largely, I believe, because a few folks are tryting to hold them to their word.
As I have said, all it would take to shut me up is to let us have the same thing we have been getting for 20 years, and for the last 11 years with the same deposits. Now I see they say we should be.
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Another thing someone else is pointing out is Last Minute Exchanges, fka the 45-Day Window, or, more realistic, the 14-Day Window. Regarding this, to be fair the Points required to get an exchange should be no more than the points given for making the same deposit (if that was not the case a person could not get their own week with their own deposit).
Here is the Deposit Adjustment Schedule:
< 14 days 45%
15 - 30 days 60%
31 - 90 days 80%
91 - 180 days 90%
181 - 275 days 95%
276+ days 100%
Based on that, and the claim that a January exchange in SW FL should average 19, at 14 days an exchange into an average resort there should be 8.55. Repeatedly, LM Exchanges into that area require much higher amounts. Today there is one posted in the Ex Ops for 21.
To really be fair, the worst deposit should be able to get any exchange 14 days out or closer, as has always been the case. There is no reason why in Weeks Points that should not still be the case. We have a deposit, a 2-bedroom Gold Crown with a $625 annual fee, that still could get an exchange for 8.55.
If the Points program was what it is being represented to be, instead of saying one thing, and doing another, the discontent would be less.
The Exchange Planner on the Managing Your Deposits page shows the following for SW FL (Southern Gulf Coastal):
Average Trading Power Needed:
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Month-Year
Average Historical Exchange Trading Power
19 20 20 20 19 20 19 19 18 19 18 19
Points need translate to money, much more than just exchange and combine fees, because the greatest expense is the annual maintenance fee. From what I've been told, 18-20 is an average deposit value, so an average deposit should be to get an average exchange to SW FL in January, based on what is being represented.
I am not the only one who searches for SW FL in January, and anyone who does can tell you that is simply not true. Period.
Marco Resort & Club, the worst ranked of 52 resorts in SW FL has been 34. After the 11/10 Dehancement, the first thing available for January, 2012, was a studio at a poorly rated FMB resort, for 29.
We have stayed at another lesser, old, motel-conversion resort, Sea Oats Beach Club, for the last three Januarys, two week this year, all on one-for-one exchanges with deposit now valued at 19. From what is being represented, we still should be able to trade into it one-for-one. But, as posted by Lawren: Sea Oats Beach Club Englewood FL Jan 14 & 28 2012
Exchange Trading Power 25.
So, some of the worst rated resorts in the Region, and the only ones to be available, have been much higher than is represented.
There is some evidence in that last couple of weeks that that is being corrected, largely, I believe, because a few folks are tryting to hold them to their word.
As I have said, all it would take to shut me up is to let us have the same thing we have been getting for 20 years, and for the last 11 years with the same deposits. Now I see they say we should be.
- - - - - -
Another thing someone else is pointing out is Last Minute Exchanges, fka the 45-Day Window, or, more realistic, the 14-Day Window. Regarding this, to be fair the Points required to get an exchange should be no more than the points given for making the same deposit (if that was not the case a person could not get their own week with their own deposit).
Here is the Deposit Adjustment Schedule:
< 14 days 45%
15 - 30 days 60%
31 - 90 days 80%
91 - 180 days 90%
181 - 275 days 95%
276+ days 100%
Based on that, and the claim that a January exchange in SW FL should average 19, at 14 days an exchange into an average resort there should be 8.55. Repeatedly, LM Exchanges into that area require much higher amounts. Today there is one posted in the Ex Ops for 21.
To really be fair, the worst deposit should be able to get any exchange 14 days out or closer, as has always been the case. There is no reason why in Weeks Points that should not still be the case. We have a deposit, a 2-bedroom Gold Crown with a $625 annual fee, that still could get an exchange for 8.55.
If the Points program was what it is being represented to be, instead of saying one thing, and doing another, the discontent would be less.
shaggy
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