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RCI Deposit Tips!


Deposit Trading Power

Varies based on when you deposit! Depositing from 2 years to 9 months in advance will maximize your Deposit Trading Power. In addition, upon depositing, you can take advantage of searching and exchanging your week for another vacation. You don't need to know where or when you want to travel as long as you're not planning to return to your home resort on your next vacation. Best of all, depositing is FREE! It's important to keep your maintenance fees current. Note that these fees may need to be paid to your home resort before you can deposit with RCI.

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

Just curious - which trade groups do you use? In your opinion, have you had better luck and service with any particular group?

I am not Tony, but I agree completely with him that since Cendant (now Wyndham) bought control of RCI, they have ruined what once was far and away the best exchange company out there. The biggest single thing they did to screw their members was to start a massive rental program, renting out members exchange deposits to the general public. That damages timesharing in a whole host of ways.

As to alternatives, here are some of them:

SFX www.sfx-resorts.com

DAE www.daelive.com

HTSE www.htse.net

TPI www.tradingplaces.com

PI www.platinuminterchange.com

UKRE www.ukre.co.uk

Personally, I do my timeshare exchanges through SFX, DAE, and UKRE. I do use RCI for their cheap rentals, but would not trust them anymore with an exchange deposit.

All of the above are independent exchange companies and your resort does NOT have to affiliate with them for you to use them. Some restrict what they take, like SFX which is generally limited to Gold Crown or equivalent resorts in high season, and UKRE which is limited to resorts in the UK.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

The biggest single thing they did to screw their members was to start a massive rental program, renting out members exchange deposits to the general public.

&, as is covered in another current discussion, sometimes weeks that don't require deposits (let's just call them rentals), are priced lower than an exchange fee, devaluing timeshare ownership.

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Deposit Trading Power

Varies based on when you deposit! Depositing from 2 years to 9 months in advance will maximize your Deposit Trading Power. In addition, upon depositing, you can take advantage of searching and exchanging your week for another vacation. You don't need to know where or when you want to travel as long as you're not planning to return to your home resort on your next vacation. Best of all, depositing is FREE! It's important to keep your maintenance fees current. Note that these fees may need to be paid to your home resort before you can deposit with RCI.

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Prior to the Classaction Setllement, the emphasis was on depositing two years out. Not so much any more, since deposits made within one year of Use Date can be treated differently than ones further out. They can be offered as rental immediately if I recall the Legitimizing Of Rentals Agreement.

Not that it matters any more, cuz some just consider it an OF Whining, but for most of our 120 exchanges, I would be looking for two years from the exchange we were on, and never, ever, except for switches, booked an exchange less than about 16 months out.

Of course, now that there is a faux points Weeks system, we can't get what we used to with the same deposits unless they are available less than a month out.

So, one thing is being said, but all incentives are to do the opposite. Deposit 9 months out and last minute exchanges. There are exceptions for the annointed ones, by our poll here shows this to be true for about 50% of subscribers.

[Ryne08 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ryne08]

Marti sounds like you like the RCI system.

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RCI Certificates - Restaurant.com - Dining Certificates


As an RCI Platinum Member

You automatically receive a complimentary
Restaurant.com certificate each month.

Each month a new dining certificate will be added and all you need to do is click on the green claim button to claim your certificate.

You must claim your certificate within the same month it is issued and once claimed, your dining certificate code will be displayed as a link that you can simply click to redeem in the list below. It’s that easy!

We will display up to 12 months of certificates and the status of each will be shown.

If you fail to claim your certificate in any given month, it will be displayed as expired.

When redeeming, you will be linked through to Restaurant.com where you can choose from over 18,000 restaurants nationwide! Just pick a participating restaurant, print out your certificate and bring it to the restaurant to receive your discount.
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[rapmarks Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close rapmarks]

where is the green claim button? on your home page? my account page?