RCI exchange question regarding availability

[Ann-Marie Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ann-Marie]

I am still miffed by the exchange power of a deposit. I deposited my 2009 weeks with RCI, prior to the new website, so it is hard for me to compare. However, my 2009 weeks are for 7/10/2009, and pull 109,861 exchanges. My 2010 weeks for 7/2/2010, pulls 87,744 exchanges. The resort has sent out newsletters that say the the 4th of July is one of the most popular weeks. So why doesn't my 7/2 week pull more exchanges? There is a big difference in the number of exchanges available.

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

Probably because the exchange window of the second deposit is farther into the future? RCI doesn't have a lot available in 2011 and 2012 right now. The exchange window is something like two years from the date of the deposited week, right?

So your 2009 week's window would be 7/10/2009 to 7/10/2011. Your 2010 week's window would be 7/2/2010 to 7/2/2012. You're not seeing any 2009 weeks in the window for your deposited 2010 week--but as more weeks start coming on board for the later part of your exchange window, you'll see more exchanges.

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

Wacky's right. It's not the trading power, it's just the window. My supertiger 2010 week is only seeing about 106,000 units.

[Lisa P Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lisa P]

Wackymother may have something here but I believe the dates are incorrect. The exchange window begins at deposit, up to 24 months prior to check-in and it extends until 24 months after check-in. So the July 2009 week has an exchange window of present-July 2011 and the July 2010 week has an exchange window of present-July 2012. So, if the trade power of the two weeks was comparable, then the 2010 week ought to have a few more options, not fewer.

However, for whatever reason, others have posted having this same problem, where RCI seems to provide more trade power to weeks deposited between 12-15 months out than those deposited further out. Makes no sense at all to me. Unless they'll later increase the trade power. Perhaps they want people with weeks which will expire sooner to be able to confirm trades (maximize exchange fee income). ???

Another thought is that there may be very little July 2009 inventory in RCI because people are confirming local vacations this year, staying close to home. There are several large population centers near northern VA. Fewer people are planning ahead to summer 2010 so RCI may have have acquired a fair stock of deposits for your resort for July 2010, at least they may have had it at the time that you made your 2010 deposit, when its trade power was set. In that case, that week's trade power may suffer somewhat.

It seems that we may want to look at RCI availability for our home resort before depositing a week, to make sure it's minimal at the time that we actually deposit, if we want to maximize trade power. Does that make sense to anyone else here?

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

No, it is trading power, not the window.

I have 2 July, 2009, weeks deposited. One is seeing 107000, the other 165000.

Same date same window as the OP.

[Ann-Marie Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ann-Marie]

My weeks just jumped 4,000 in availability since this AM.

[philsfan Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close philsfan]

Wackymother may have something here but I believe the dates are incorrect. The exchange window begins at deposit, up to 24 months prior to check-in and it extends until 24 months after check-in. So the July 2009 week has an exchange window of present-July 2011 and the July 2010 week has an exchange window of present-July 2012. So, if the trade power of the two weeks was comparable, then the 2010 week ought to have a few more options, not fewer.

It's actually 12 months prior. You can deposit 24 months ahead but you can only trade for something 12 months before check-in.

The July 2009 window is March, 5, 2009 to March 5, 2011.
The July 2010 window is July 1, 2009 to March 5, 2011.

The difference is the deposits from March 5, 2009 to July 1, 2009 which the 2010 deposit has no access to.

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

I have been reporting irregular, unpredictable ups and downs in another thread.

My weeks just jumped 4,000 in availability since this AM.

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

I confuse easy, but . . . . although the exchange window is 36 months (12 before your deposit use date and 24 after), your search window can never be more than 24 months, cuz you can't search more than 24 months out.

So, the search window is 24 months until your deposit's use date, and then begins shortening.

[Lisa P Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lisa P]

It's actually 12 months prior. You can deposit 24 months ahead but you can only trade for something 12 months before check-in.

The July 2009 window is March, 5, 2009 to March 5, 2011.
The July 2010 window is July 1, 2009 to March 5, 2011.

The difference is the deposits from March 5, 2009 to July 1, 2009 which the 2010 deposit has no access to.

Phil, I see what you're saying. Only, since we may trade through 24 months after check-in, the timeframes are:

July 2009 week - July 2008 (or present) to July 2011
July 2010 week - July 2009 to July 2012

So, then, to compare trade power, couldn't the OP do a search, looking at availability for a given timeframe that's completely permitted by both weeks? For example, search for anything between August 1, 2009 and August 1, 2010. Then immediately try the exact same search with the other week and see how many resorts return for each. Would this work?

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

My weeks just jumped 4,000 in availability since this AM.

Yeah, it was odd. It's like there is just one guy who confirms new deposits and he was on vacation for the last few days or something.

[philsfan Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close philsfan]

Phil, I see what you're saying. Only, since we may trade through 24 months after check-in, the timeframes are:

July 2009 week - July 2008 (or present) to July 2011
July 2010 week - July 2009 to July 2012

So, then, to compare trade power, couldn't the OP do a search, looking at availability for a given timeframe that's completely permitted by both weeks? For example, search for anything between August 1, 2009 and August 1, 2010. Then immediately try the exact same search with the other week and see how many resorts return for each. Would this work?

The trade window ends 24 months from the day you do the search, for resorts that have not reached their check-in date. Remember, no one can deposit more than 24 months ahead of their check-in. If your check-in is March 8, 2011, you can't give that to RCI yet. Today, there are 0 deposits between March 6, 2011 and July 31, 2011 or 2012 so those dates are not relavent until some time in the future when comparing today's trade power between the OP's two units.

In the current search engine that RCI supplies, you can see the monthly totals worldwide on the first page after you choose the unit you want to exchange. You just have to add up the numbers for each month between August, 2009 and August, 2010 to do the comparison.

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

Another way:

At the bottom of the first search page after selecting the deposit to search with, you can enter a timeframe.

I just put in the next year. The results showed 102000 exchanges, out of 164000 if I did not select that timeframe.

[Lisa P Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lisa P]

Oh, Phil, I was getting confused between the time when a deposit is good for travel (not expired) and the time when we may actually search online at present given a particular deposit. Thanks.

Jim, that's how I search to compare.

[philsfan Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close philsfan]

Another way:

At the bottom of the first search page after selecting the deposit to search with, you can enter a timeframe.

I just put in the next year. The results showed 102000 exchanges, out of 164000 if I did not select that timeframe.

I never saw that before. I will definitely use that feature.