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Here is another one. I regularly take a look at the UK on RCI.
Broome Park, one of the UK resorts where one almost never sees a warm season week availible online and frequently has nothing at all availible online any time of year, recently had an availibility show up online at one of its smallest units, a studio for 2, in one of its most off season weeks, week 48. RCI wanted 19 points lite to trade in. The deposit calculator showed that they only gave 17 points lite for the deposit if done far enough in advance.
So even for one of the least desirable weeks at this UK resort, RCI is wanting more points lite than it gave. Compare that to so many resorts in overbuilt Orlando where RCI regularly gives many more points lite for deposits than it charges for exchanges. These comparisions show the downright frauds that are baked into the Points Lite cake.
Now, looking at the other end at the same UK resort. The Deposit Calculator shows that Broome Park only has one 2BR unit, the rest being either 1BR or studios. For a summer school holiday week, week 31, the points calculator shows that RCI would give 29 points lite for a deposit, less than they would give for some of those Florida resorts where RCI is always awash in excess deposits. Wonder what RCI would charge for an exchange IN to that week? Twice what they gave the owner who deposits it? Hard to tell since such weeks almost never show up online. They usually get snagged by ongoing searchs, an opaque part of the system where RCI can squeeze members for even more points lite.
In short, Broome Park, like many UK resorts is getting fraudulently abused by RCI in its Points Lite numbers racket, and the better weeks are getting whacked the worst.
Broome Park, one of the UK resorts where one almost never sees a warm season week availible online and frequently has nothing at all availible online any time of year, recently had an availibility show up online at one of its smallest units, a studio for 2, in one of its most off season weeks, week 48. RCI wanted 19 points lite to trade in. The deposit calculator showed that they only gave 17 points lite for the deposit if done far enough in advance.
So even for one of the least desirable weeks at this UK resort, RCI is wanting more points lite than it gave. Compare that to so many resorts in overbuilt Orlando where RCI regularly gives many more points lite for deposits than it charges for exchanges. These comparisions show the downright frauds that are baked into the Points Lite cake.
Now, looking at the other end at the same UK resort. The Deposit Calculator shows that Broome Park only has one 2BR unit, the rest being either 1BR or studios. For a summer school holiday week, week 31, the points calculator shows that RCI would give 29 points lite for a deposit, less than they would give for some of those Florida resorts where RCI is always awash in excess deposits. Wonder what RCI would charge for an exchange IN to that week? Twice what they gave the owner who deposits it? Hard to tell since such weeks almost never show up online. They usually get snagged by ongoing searchs, an opaque part of the system where RCI can squeeze members for even more points lite.
In short, Broome Park, like many UK resorts is getting fraudulently abused by RCI in its Points Lite numbers racket, and the better weeks are getting whacked the worst.
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