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Just saw Manhattan Club offerings in sightings, but seemed they were for SFX.

II told me I could NEVER get one--not ever if I requested 10 years from now. So why are they available with SFX and not II? :confused:
 

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Because most units for exchange are deposited with RCI. I believe only the penthouse units are eligible to be exchanged thru II and few if any get deposited. II can't give out what they haven't got:(

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I'm pretty sure that only the 24 "penthouse" suites at the Manhattan Club trade via II. The main, non-penthouse, units all trade via RCI. So RCI has access to way more inventory than II making trades for the Manhattan Club via RCI way easier than through II.

As for SFX, a Manhattan Club owner needs to deposit a week with SFX for another SFX member to trade into it. If that happens, SFX can pull off a trade, which it apparently did for next summer for someone. FWIW, I had a request for MC via SFX pending for over a year and was skunked.

It is possible to get a Penthouse at the Manhattan Club via an II trade. However, given the limited number of available penthouse units, and the fact that the vast majority of them will not be traded by their owners (who all paid a premium to buy "penthouse" units), it could be that II is essentially telling you that it is extremely unlikely and you shouldn't hold your breath.

I would say the same thing for SFX, or any other non-RCI exchange company.

If you want a reasonable chance of trading into MC, you need to be a member of RCI, or extremely lucky with II or SFX.
-nodge
 

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When I trade my Manhattan Club and Pacific Grove units, I use San Francisco Exchange exclusively as they are able to offer a comparable unit for the exchange, unlike RCI. I have not traded through RCI for the past 6 years and will not renew my RCI membership when it expires.
 

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Thanks so much for your quick replies. So, given that it will be almost impossible to get MC through II, would it still make any sense at all to request it for several months in spring 2008/2009?:confused:
 

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Manhattan Club in Summer

I just landed the Manhattan Club through SFX for July 5--a full one bedroom unit. Made the request last August and was surprised to land the exchange.
This is the third time getting New York City--twice at the Manhattan Club and once at the Hilton.
 

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I agree that if you own at MC, you would likely get better exchanges by depositing your MC with SFX vs. RCI. But if you don’t own at MC, but would like to exchange what you do own for the MC, RCI IS the way to go.

RCI has its problems, but its MC inventory isn’t one of them (at least for now).

Here are few recent RCI “sightings” for the MC:

Unit Options
Select Unit Type Max Occ/Privacy Kitchen Check-in Date Check-out Date
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 06/06/2008 06/13/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 06/13/2008 06/20/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 06/20/2008 06/27/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 06/27/2008 07/04/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 07/04/2008 07/11/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 07/11/2008 07/18/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 07/18/2008 07/25/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 07/25/2008 08/01/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 08/01/2008 08/08/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 08/08/2008 08/15/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 08/15/2008 08/22/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 08/22/2008 08/29/2008
Studio 4 / 2 Partial 09/13/2008 09/20/2008

Unit Options
Select Unit Type Max Occ/Privacy Kitchen Check-in Date Check-out Date
Studio 4 / 2 Partial 09/20/2008 09/27/2008
Studio 4 / 2 Partial 09/27/2008 10/04/2008
Studio 4 / 2 Partial 10/04/2008 10/11/2008

Unit Options
Select Unit Type Max Occ/Privacy Kitchen Check-in Date Check-out Date
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 09/19/2008 09/26/2008
Studio 4 / 2 Partial 09/20/2008 09/27/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 09/26/2008 10/03/2008
Studio 4 / 2 Partial 09/27/2008 10/04/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 10/10/2008 10/17/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 10/17/2008 10/24/2008
Studio 4 / 2 Partial 10/18/2008 10/25/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 10/24/2008 10/31/2008
Studio 4 / 2 Partial 10/25/2008 11/01/2008
1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Partial 10/31/2008 11/07/2008

SFX simply doesn’t have this volume of MC inventory.

Now if you own a timeshare that doesn’t trade with RCI, but does trade with SFX, and you want to try to trade it to get into the MC, then SFX would be the better choice over II. SFX at least will take both penthouse and non-penthouse MC units, while II can only trade penthouse units.

-nodge
 

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Thanks for the information, although it isn't good news for me considering I signed up with II 'til 2012 :( Sure wish I had known about Tug sooner and wouldn't have done that. Wonder if I could switch, but that's probably another question to post, huh?
 

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I live in the UK and have tried to exchange into the MC with RCI and have been advised that it will never happen!! Am frustrated!!

:wall:
 
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I believe that within Points members are given "regional priority." (or, at least, when they announced the program, they said that they would do that). That would mean that the few points deposits at the Manhatten Club would go to North American members first.

If it is any consolation, there are RCI Points resorts in Ireland, but I have never seen one available on this side of the pond (even during the slowest of months). I presume that this is the Europeans being given priority.

(... and probably within ten minutes of this post, someone will post that I am wrong. That they live in the US and gotten an Irish Points unit.)
 

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Please refrain from posting specific Sightings on any forum except the Sightings/Distress Forum. Sightings are a privilege of membership.

General discussions of availability can be posted anywhere.

Thanks,
Phil
 
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