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[Mark @SFX Industry Representative Find all posts View Profile Close Mark @SFX]

so I dont have to pay the guest confirmation fee that wyndham charges? and can I can deposit any week, Is that correct?

or would I get a better exchange rate if I deposited a week that another of your members is looking for (like the subject of this thread National Harbor)



I still think Im correct, I cant deposit "points" to SFX, like I can with RCI,, I understand what you are saying, depositing a week is effectively depositing points.... but it not the same thing> Different weeks cost me a different number of points, for example, will a week at National Harbor (2 bedrooms = 250,000 points) get me the same thing in exchange as a week at the Nashville resort (2 bedroom=154000 points)? If so why would anyone deposit a National Harbor week?

Is that a possible explanation for the lack of National Harbor weeks in your system

In most instances, there is not a WVO guest certificate fee to pay. I varies from resort to resort. And in some instances where there is a fee, we occasionally may choose to offset the member's cost with various SFX benefits. We do not offer a better exchange rate if you deposited a specific week our member was looking for.

You technically cannot "transfer" points into your SFX account like you can with RCI, but you certainly can "Deposit" a weeks worth of points into your SFX account to make an exchange, and not restricting your exchange services to just RCI. It's "semantics".

............."Different weeks cost me a different number of points, for example, will a week at National Harbor (2 bedrooms = 250,000 points) get me the same thing in exchange as a week at the Nashville resort (2 bedroom=154000 points)? If so why would anyone deposit a National Harbor week?"

It all depends on what you are trying to exchange for. For example... If you wanted a quality resort in a very high demand location such as Hawaii or San Francisco etc. you would probably need the National Harbor deposit to have enough trading-power to get that high demand exchange. If you were requesting a resort in not such a highly demanded location, and/or a lesser demanded season of the year, then it wouldn't make any sense to use National Harbor for your exchange.... you would use a deposit that cost you less currency. It's all more or less relative.

..........."Is that a possible explanation for the lack of National Harbor weeks in your system?"

No, as its not possible for you to know how many National Harbor Weeks enter into our system. As with all exchange companies, the only weeks you can see online are weeks they have no pending requests for from their members. As a general rule, the highest demanded weeks, locations and seasons require an active-search process, because as soon as those high-value deposits come in, they are immediately booked to the next qualified request in line, and therefore not viewable for online availability.

Hope this helps...

Thanks,
Mark @SFX
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