AFARR
TUG Member
I'm still looking at points (and seem fixated on RCI due to the number of resorts and to use as a baseline to understand how things work.....but I haven't ruled out others yet... )
I'm using http://www.rci.com/GPN/CDA/Common/pdf/RCI_ExGridsUpdate1.pdf
As the basis for my questions...(RCI's points grid...not sure how current it is)
If I buy a TS that is valued at 59k RCI Points...and I want to stay in a 2 BR Gold Resort, Red Week in the South East, it says you need 60.5k points...am I out of luck, or can I 'Buy' points somehow to make up the difference (yes, I know about last chance for only a few points, but I'm using their chart for a "planned" vacation. If I can't "afford" it with the points, but there are no Silver or Standard resorts (less points) during the time I want to travel...what happens?
I got the 59k number from a TUG ad...2 Br Lock off "worth 59k RCI points"...I don't see that listed on the chart...so I don't even know how RCI values the week at 59k...any ideas?
And, finally...they don't make much distinction between "red weeks"...the ad is for a place in the post Labor Day period (still "summer" and a "red week")...but prime season there is actually Memorial Day to Labor Day (weeks 25 to 35)...when RCI values the TS, do they take the difference into consideration (i.e...a 4th of July week is worth more than a September 18th week...despite them both being "red weeks").
Thanks!!
I'm using http://www.rci.com/GPN/CDA/Common/pdf/RCI_ExGridsUpdate1.pdf
As the basis for my questions...(RCI's points grid...not sure how current it is)
If I buy a TS that is valued at 59k RCI Points...and I want to stay in a 2 BR Gold Resort, Red Week in the South East, it says you need 60.5k points...am I out of luck, or can I 'Buy' points somehow to make up the difference (yes, I know about last chance for only a few points, but I'm using their chart for a "planned" vacation. If I can't "afford" it with the points, but there are no Silver or Standard resorts (less points) during the time I want to travel...what happens?
I got the 59k number from a TUG ad...2 Br Lock off "worth 59k RCI points"...I don't see that listed on the chart...so I don't even know how RCI values the week at 59k...any ideas?
And, finally...they don't make much distinction between "red weeks"...the ad is for a place in the post Labor Day period (still "summer" and a "red week")...but prime season there is actually Memorial Day to Labor Day (weeks 25 to 35)...when RCI values the TS, do they take the difference into consideration (i.e...a 4th of July week is worth more than a September 18th week...despite them both being "red weeks").
Thanks!!