I RCI weeks - TPU is the " currency " used for exchanging .
Your resort week gets xx TPU's based on factors such as unit size , how early deposited and demand / availability of the week.
( ie ) if you own week 51 / Christmas you get more TPU 's .
When looking on RCI - each resort / week / unit size has a TPU value . July 4 week in Myrtle Beach will be more than a Nov. week at the same resort.
If you divide your MF by the TPU's you get when deposited = dollar $ cost per TPU .
There is a TUG thread started this week on cost per TPU .
Experienced Tuggers buying a resale to use primarily for exchanging are looking for $20 or better .
My guess is that $ 30 is probably " average "
RCI also charges to combine TPU's from different deposits . This means that if the resort / week you want is generally 30 TPU's you are better off owning
something that gets on average 40 TPU's for a $ 1200 MF than 2 weeks that are $ 600 MF and get 20 TPU's . (Unused / stub ( ie - the 10 left over from 40 - 30 ) TPU's remain in your RCI acct and can be extended / combined by payng RCI .
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