Again, I believe the beef should be with the resort. They are the ones charging the fees. They are the ones that apparently haven't submitted these "new" fees to RCI to be disclosed, yet will still charge the incoming RCI exchange guest these resort fees. RCI is culpable definitely, but I believe the complaints should go directly to the Board and management.
Panina, I know that although you are a member of RCI, you have an extreme intolerance for them. How as an RCI member can you have more contempt for them than a resort/Board/management company that "double dips"? How does RCI control the fees that are being charged?
It's the resort charging you simply because you have exchanged into their resort. RCI did not come up with these fees.
No, I would not lose the exchange fee, etc. That's BS. As a member, I fully expect RCI to cancel my exchange if I request it (due to undisclosed fees at the time of exchange) and refund all fees and points/TPUs. To me, that is the extent of their obligation to me. Yes, you will have to take extra steps to get the refund of fees, etc from RCI. They won't readily offer that, which they should. I understand that they can't waive the undisclosed "junk" fees charged by the resort. However, they should take steps to discourage resorts from charging these fees to exchange guests only.
To the OP, if you keep the exchanges, then this is an issue to take up with the resort/Board/management company. If you cancel the exchanges, then demand the full return of your exchange fees and reinstatement of all points/TPUs.