Is this a dumb Question?

[barndweller Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close barndweller]

Hi Mark & fellow SFX devotees
I have a "newbie" question. Here's the lead-up...

The "other two well known" exchange companies assign each deposit a trading power with their secret formula. I can do some searching online against a specific deposit and get a feel for what sort of trades I could get. So when requesting an exchange, I make a best guess as to which deposit has the best chance to get a successful trade. Any bonus week awarded gets a comparable trading power (with the various restrictions they choose to impose.)

I currently have several deposits and bonus weeks with SFX. I have absolutely no idea if any one of them is stronger in trading power than any other. I don't even know if upgrading unit size is an issue with any of my smaller deposits.

Soooo...should I be placing the same requests against all of them in the event that one would pull a specific trade before another? Or would that be a waste of time and just make the whole prossess even more confusing. My list of requests is already pretty long since I am trying to be really flexable as I have been advised. But there are some specific locations I really want and I just wonder if placing those requests against every deposit & bonus week in my account would up my chances.

Is my question really muddled or do you all know what I'm trying to say?
Julie

[falmouth3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close falmouth3]

I'm sure Mark will give you a suitable answer. But from what I was told by SFX personnel, bonus weeks and exchange weeks have equal strength. The difference is in the cost for a 2BR. The bonus week will get you a 1 BR for your money and you can request an upgrade for an additional cost.

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

I don't think it is a dumb question.....

..and though we can't 'search' on SFX like the other Big 2....I am going to assume that that the resorts SFX gives me the '3 for 1' offer to deposit are 'stronger' traders then my resorts that only get the '2 for 1' offer....
BUT - size matters with SFX - so I would think that a 2BR deposit would also have more 'power' then 1BRs at comprable resorts....

JMHO- lets see what Mark says

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

Hi Mark & fellow SFX devotees
I have a "newbie" question. Here's the lead-up...

The "other two well known" exchange companies assign each deposit a trading power with their secret formula. I can do some searching online against a specific deposit and get a feel for what sort of trades I could get. So when requesting an exchange, I make a best guess as to which deposit has the best chance to get a successful trade. Any bonus week awarded gets a comparable trading power (with the various restrictions they choose to impose.)

I currently have several deposits and bonus weeks with SFX. I have absolutely no idea if any one of them is stronger in trading power than any other. I don't even know if upgrading unit size is an issue with any of my smaller deposits.

Soooo...should I be placing the same requests against all of them in the event that one would pull a specific trade before another? Or would that be a waste of time and just make the whole prossess even more confusing. My list of requests is already pretty long since I am trying to be really flexable as I have been advised. But there are some specific locations I really want and I just wonder if placing those requests against every deposit & bonus week in my account would up my chances.

Is my question really muddled or do you all know what I'm trying to say?
Julie

Julie - thank you for your post. It is a good question.

Although SFX only specializes in Crown and Star rated properties, and thus trading power is considered high of such deposits, never the less some units will have higher trading power than others. If you p.m. me your name and account number, I can review your account and advise accordingly for the specific request you have pending.

Don't place the same request against all your deposits, because that means you are wanting a week for each request placed against each different week. So if you have 4 deposits, and a request against each individual one of them... it means you want 4 weeks of exchange.

Also, on the question of trading power with SFX... because for the most part most of the properties have high ratings, unless there is an "extremity" eg. you want the penthouse unit at Buckingham Palace for the New Year week, then there is no need to be over-anxious about trading power.

Because there is a general consistency amongst many of the resorts we recommend in our system, what can really affect your trading power is how soon or late you are depositing your week prior to it's check-date.

Those who deposit their weeks early, are rewarded with much higher trading-power than those who deposit late with a shorter lead time to the check-in dates. Point being... "Deposit Early".

Hope this helps...

[I-DE-HO Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close I-DE-HO]

Julie -

Also, on the question of trading power with SFX... because for the most part most of the properties have high ratings, unless there is an "extremity"...

Like an arm or a leg?

Phil