II - E Plus Retrade

How does the Interval International E Plus Retrade work? Is there a write up on the II website. I have an exchange over Thanksgiving and may not be able to use it because of a terminal relative. I didn't know if I have to retrade before then or if I could cancel it and retrade later?

Do you already have eplus for the week? You can only add it within 5 days from the exchange.

Since it is less than 60 days from check in you are going to have restrictions on both. When you CANCEL the trade you will get a replacement week that will expire one year from the date you cancelled. The replacement week will only be good for exchanges made 59 days or less (flexchange), since that is when you are cancelling. You will have to pay a new exchange fee when you want to use the exchange week.

If you use Etrade plus there will be no exchange fee but you can only confirm something that is 59 days or less from the current check in date. You can then immediately retrade up to 2 more times but each time you can only confirm something that is 59 days or less from the unit you currently have confirmed. So each subsequent one can be up to 59 days further out.

If you had cancelled or initiated an eplus trade before the 60 day mark you wouldn't have the same restrictions.

Yes, already have E Plus for the week. Thanks for the information, not what I wanted to hear, but at least I know more. So if I decide not to use the week and do the retrade at 30 days from check-in, then I can only retrade 30 days past the check-in date?

No, it doesn't become more restrictive at 30 days. With plus, it is the 59 day restriction once inside the 60 day and stays that way up until the day before. You do need to start the etrade plus re-trade at least 24 hours before check in time.

Thanks, again.

Has anyone noticed that when you try to do a retrade less than 60 days from check-in on a confirmation made through a DC account (not from a purchase of eplus) your search is limited to your date of check-in and prior? I haven't seen this fact posted anywhere and in fact all indications from reading prior posts is that I should be able to go 60 days past my check-in date but that is not what I am experiencing.

juanitar said:

Has anyone noticed that when you try to do a retrade less than 60 days from check-in on a confirmation made through a DC account (not from a purchase of eplus) your search is limited to your date of check-in and prior? I haven't seen this fact posted anywhere and in fact all indications from reading prior posts is that I should be able to go 60 days past my check-in date but that is not what I am experiencing.

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The DC account should work the same as a regular account. Retrades are not and never have been 60 days from check-in. They are 60 days (or 59) from the current day. So if you tried a retrade right now inside of 60 days you can search through 12/21/14. My guess is that you are attempting a retrade on an exchange that happens to check in on 12/21/14. Tomorrow the window will change to 12/22/14.

Only E-Plus retrades use the flex search window from the check-in day.

Thanks for the reply. You are correct. I can see now that every day that goes by, one additional day is added to my search range. Makes sense. Thanks

juanitar said:

Thanks for the reply. You are correct. I can see now that every day that goes by, one additional day is added to my search range. Makes sense. Thanks

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If a restricted exchange doesn't work for you don't hesitate to cancel and get a replacement week. Even though it will still be restricted it will have a 1 year expiration date so the 60 day window will continue to move forward for another 10 months. I think you want to cancel before you get inside 30 days, which would add a further restriction.

You can add E-Plus to a replacement week but I am wondering what benefit it adds to a flex restricted replacement besides the obvious 3 included retrades. I added Eplus to a non restricted replacement week and the replacement week expiration superseded the eplus expiration.

What are the additional restrictions inside the 30 day window?

riverdees05 said:

What are the additional restrictions inside the 30 day window?

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Sorry, it is inside 14 days, not 30. Then it is restricted to 30 days from the current day rather than 60. This only applies to a regular cancellation or retrade and not E-Plus. juanitar was referring to not having E-Plus.

Posted this in another thread, but can you initiate a new ongoing search with an e-plus week? In my case, I am looking to trade up from confirmed 1 bedroom to 2 bedroom.

Politico said:

Posted this in another thread, but can you initiate a new ongoing search with an e-plus week? In my case, I am looking to trade up from confirmed 1 bedroom to 2 bedroom.

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No. Once you have any confirmed exchange you give up the right to place an OGS. This holds true with or without E-Plus. The only way is to cancel, get a replacement week, and then place the OGS with another exchange fee.

So, essentially, e-plus gives you access to retrade through instant exchanges only, right?

Politico said:

So, essentially, e-plus gives you access to retrade through instant exchanges only, right?

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Yes. Retrades have always been there but only for instant inventory. You used to have to call but now you can do it yourself online. E-Plus makes it cheaper while also eliminating some (but not all) of the burdensome time restrictions.

Re-trading for something rare is plenty of work. It entails manually checking at least every early morning.