new upgrade fees

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

I have been a longtime member of DAE and supporter of your system on several t/s boards. My current membership is in Europe, where I have lived and worked for several years, but I still get the USA newsletter.

I was surprised in today's newsletter to see new unit size upgrade fees, something I have mixed feelings about, but I see one area where it may make some prime deposits less likely to go to DAE. That comes about because season is at least as important as size in the true value of a timeshare week, and if you differentiate on size but not season, it leaves the owners of smaller prime season weeks with the short end of the stick and unlikely to deposit. An owner of a 1BR summer beach week or a week most of the year in a place like San Francisco or New York is going to be really put out to pay an ''upgrade'' fee to a 2BR in a shoulder season or off season week somewhere else.

Does DAE plan to offer any adjustment to those owners to get them to deposit? Like waiving the upgrade fee for owners of prime weeks, say June to August beach weeks?

[infousadae Industry Representative Find all posts View Profile Close infousadae]

Hello!

Yes, we are indeed looking at the idea of not charging upgrade fees to those who have deposited a Primetime Week.

As you may know, we reward folks who deposit a primetime week with a free exchange ($1 exchange), a two for one credit or a free Gold Exchange Membership.

Here is our most current list of qualifying locations and seasons for Primetme Rewards:

1. The deposit must be received further than 6 months from check in
2. It must be a 1 bedroom or better accommodation
3. It must be located in either:

Hawaii, All year
California Coastline, All year
San Francisco, All year (studios accepted)
Las Vegas, All year
Florida Keys, All year
Sedona, All year
Whistler, All year
Anaheim, All year
Cape Cod, Summer
New York, New York, All year
Quebec, Spring and Summer
Oregon Coast, Summer
Washington Coast, Summer
New Orleans, All year

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

Great! That will encourage more deposits of prime weeks.

As to prime weeks, it seems to me that the eastern part of the country is not as well represented on your list as the west, things like:

SW Florida in snowbird season and Sanibel / Captiva probably all year
east coast beaches, summer
Fla. panhandle beaches, summer
Caribbean (non-AI) Christmas to April (except Dominican Republic)
Washington, DC, all year
Boston, all year

Hello!

Yes, we are indeed looking at the idea of not charging upgrade fees to those who have deposited a Primetime Week.

As you may know, we reward folks who deposit a primetime week with a free exchange ($1 exchange), a two for one credit or a free Gold Exchange Membership.

Here is our most current list of qualifying locations and seasons for Primetme Rewards:

1. The deposit must be received further than 6 months from check in
2. It must be a 1 bedroom or better accommodation
3. It must be located in either:

Hawaii, All year
California Coastline, All year
San Francisco, All year (studios accepted)
Las Vegas, All year
Florida Keys, All year
Sedona, All year
Whistler, All year
Anaheim, All year
Cape Cod, Summer
New York, New York, All year
Quebec, Spring and Summer
Oregon Coast, Summer
Washington Coast, Summer
New Orleans, All year

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

Hello!

Yes, we are indeed looking at the idea of not charging upgrade fees to those who have deposited a Primetime Week.

3. It must be located in either:

Hawaii, All year
California Coastline, All year
San Francisco, All year (studios accepted)
Las Vegas, All year
Florida Keys, All year
Sedona, All year
Whistler, All year
Anaheim, All year
Cape Cod, Summer
New York, New York, All year
Quebec, Spring and Summer
Oregon Coast, Summer
Washington Coast, Summer
New Orleans, All year

California Coast, Anaheim, Sedona, and Whistler are definitely NOT Primetime all year. There is no way that I would ever deposit my July weeks in California Coast if you rate them the same as November-March weeks.

[gandalf252002 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close gandalf252002]

Shucks, if I had known this when depositing my Carriage Hills week I would have given them a week at Mountainside Lodge for the Memorial Day Week! If this still applies for 2013 they may just get a one bedroom for the week.

NOTE: I did now see the sticky posting notifying of the special, but it was from 2008. Chock that up to a learning experience the hard way!

Hello!

Yes, we are indeed looking at the idea of not charging upgrade fees to those who have deposited a Primetime Week.

As you may know, we reward folks who deposit a primetime week with a free exchange ($1 exchange), a two for one credit or a free Gold Exchange Membership.

Here is our most current list of qualifying locations and seasons for Primetme Rewards:

1. The deposit must be received further than 6 months from check in
2. It must be a 1 bedroom or better accommodation
3. It must be located in either:

Hawaii, All year
California Coastline, All year
San Francisco, All year (studios accepted)
Las Vegas, All year
Florida Keys, All year
Sedona, All year
Whistler, All year
Anaheim, All year
Cape Cod, Summer
New York, New York, All year
Quebec, Spring and Summer
Oregon Coast, Summer
Washington Coast, Summer
New Orleans, All year