Bay Club: Easy trade thru RCI?

All,

I'm planning a Big Island trip in June 2012 and I'm curious to see if HGVC TUGgers think that should be relatively accessible trade thru RCI? I'm using Worldmark as a trader so should have very good power for the trade.

Interestingly, I see a great HGVC points stretching strategy here by putting in an RCI trade request with Worldmark for the location I want (any of 3 properties, but Bay Club most likely to hit absent a bulk deposit) while also booking a changeable reservation with HGVC points in September 2011. If my trade comes thru at any of the 3 properties, I can get my points back and rescue them into the next year.

An interesting side benefit is that while this uses my Bay Club 1-in-4 usage for my Worldmark RCI account, it doesn't use the Bay Club 1-in-4 usage for the HGVC RCI account, so theoretically I could repeat this strategy in subsequent years. I don't think that's necessary since I expect to make subsequent years reservations with points, but worth pointing out for conversation purposes.

So....my original question, do the HGVC TUGgers think Bay Club in June 2012 will be an easy trade to obtain?

Please advise and thanks!

Greg

While I can't comment directly on the question, since I have not used RCI to trade into Bay Club. But of the Hawaiian HGVC's Bay Club is the easiest one for us to get using HGVC points.

Good luck with your point stretching RCI idea.

I don't know who here exactly on TUG has used RCI to trade into BC, but I know numerous people have.

I've done this several times in the past through my regular RCI account (not HGVC/RCI). I used a lesser trader and was able to pull Bay Club more than nine months out.

I've also pulled Bay Club through the HGVC/RCI account when the points cost was lower through RCI. That was a pretty easy trade.

I don't see Bay Club in my regular RCI account nearly as much these days so I don't know that it will be an "easy" trade, especially for June.

So....my original question, do the HGVC TUGgers think Bay Club in June 2012 will be an easy trade to obtain?

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I suggest searching the various sighting boards to detemine if June has been deposited in past years.

I've posted a sighting on both WMOwners and TUG regarding Nov 2011 & Dec 2011 availability at the Bay Club - http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126407&highlight=3684

Here's some other items regarding your HGVC RCI account, just in case you didn't know...
http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/showpost.php?p=887751&postcount=9
http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124897&highlight=rci