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Maximise
your holiday options with RCI Points!
When you
become an RCI Points Member you are a part of a Worldwide network of
holiday-makers, who like you, want to make the most of their holiday and
leisure time. With RCI Points, you have the flexibility to use your Points
to reserve accommodation at quality, world class resorts AND to book an
increasing selection of non timeshare travel and worldwide leisure services.
YOU CAN USE RCI POINTS TO:
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Return to your own week
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Holiday at your resort at any time of year in any size of unit
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Holiday within your group of resorts
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Holiday at RCI Points resorts
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Holiday at RCI Weeks resorts (formerly the RCI Exchange Programme)
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Save Points to create an extra special holiday
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Borrow from next year to use now
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Make
RCI Points Partner reservations (Hotels, Cottages, Cruises, car hire,
flights etc)
RCI Points - You’re
given the flexibility to change:-
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Size
and type of accommodation (From hotel rooms to 3 bedrooms)
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The
duration of your stay, whether it’s a whole week or a few days*.
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The
luxury rating of the resort and individual accommodation.
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The
time of year you wish to travel.
· You
can use your RCI Points to make flight, car hire and hotel reservations,
with selected RCI Points Partners. Membership
runs on an Anniversary rather than a Calendar basis. This means that your
annual Membership runs for a full 12 months from the date you join rather
than until the end of the year in which you join.
Booking your holidays with RCI Points
When you
feel like getting away Just look inside the RCI Points Directory.
You’ll find all kinds of fantastic resorts listed geographically. All you
have to do is pick your destination, decide when you want to travel and then
look up the Points value for that location. You can make your reservation up
to 10 months in advance of the desired start date of your holiday.
Resort Gradings
Resorts
are graded in key factors ranging from 1key to 5key then 5L key, within each
factor are the unit sizes, kitchen types, number of bathrooms and privacy
and the week numbers. Out of season low key numbers are lower in point value
than top key resorts in the largest units in peak demand times. This leaves
you in full control of how many points you wish to budget for each type of
holiday. Weekend breaks and mid week breaks have a separate point value to
full weeks, all these values are in your RCI Points catalogues.
When you
want to travel back to your week, resort, or resort group, separate
reservation times apply. This is to ensure that you receive priority in
making your holiday reservation.
Reservations
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Regular RCI Points Reservation
Book
able 10 months in advance of the desired start date of your holiday. £50
unlimited duration per booking
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Week
Priority Reservation
If you convert a fixed week of timeshare ownership into RCI Points and
would like to reserve that particular week, please call your RCI Travel
Consultant 13 — 12 months before the desired start date of your holiday.
This way, they can ensure that you have priority in booking your own week.
No booking charge
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Resort
Priority Reservation
If you have convert either a fixed or floating week into RCI Points and
wish to holiday at your Resort, please call your RCI Travel
Consultant 11/12 months before the desired start date of your holiday.
This way they can ensure that you have priority in booking your holiday
reservation along with other members who own at your Resort.
£30 booking fee.
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Group
Priority Reservation
If
your Resort is part of a larger group of properties, you have
priority over all other members (except those who also own within your
Group) when you call us is 11 - 10 months before the desired start date of
your holiday.
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Pure
Points Reservation
If you
choose Pure Points*, Resort or Group priority
pertains to the resort or resort group where the Points were purchased.
The duration or lifetime of the points is pertinent to where you purchased
or converted. ATR’s points are in perpetuity.
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RCI
Weeks Reservation
If the
resort you wish to travel to is not featured in the RCI Points
Directory, just look inside the RCI Weeks’ Directory ‘RCI Holiday
Directory of Resorts’ for access to RCI’s 3600 resorts around the
world. Bookings can be made up to 24 months in advance of the desired
start date of your holiday.
*Pure
Points are points purchased which do not relate to a specific week of
timeshare. Management fees are paid on a per point basis directly to RCI
Points.
Converted weeks maintenance fees are billed direct by the resort
and are payable direct as before. Dual membership to RCI Points and RCI
Weeks is £65
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Your
use year
Your
Use Year is the annually recurring 12 month period during which you must
use your RCI Points. Points are assigned to you based on the date your
membership in RCI Points begins. For example, if your membership begins in
May, your Points membership runs from May each year. If you buy additional
Points at a later date, your Use Year remains the same.
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Saving
RCI Points
If you
find you can’t use all of your RCI Points in any one year, your unused
Points will automatically be saved to the next Use Year. RCI Points can be
saved for one year
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Borrowing RCI Points
If you
do not have enough RCI Points to book the holiday you really want, you can
always borrow Points from the following year’s annual entitlement. At any
time during a given Use Year, you can borrow Points from the following Use
Year. If your reservation was made with borrowed Points and you decide to
cancel, your Points are automatically returned to the Use Year from which
they were borrowed.
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Transferring RCI Points
You
may transfer your RCI Points to another RCI Points member any time during
your Use Year. You can also purchase a Guest Certificate that enables you
to share your holiday with non-member friends and family.
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Adding Points Ownership
You
can add extra points ownership to your existing membership at any time if
you wish to increase your ownership
USING YOUR POINTS AGAINST
TRAVEL SERVICES
RCI
Points Partner Reservations
In
addition to the fantastic accommodation choice, you can also use your RCI
Points to pay for travel and leisure services through RCI Points Partners.
Whether you’re hiring a car, reserving airline tickets or looking for a
hotel, you will find details located inside the RCI Points Directory
in the RCI Points Partner section. And this is just the beginning, as our
RCI Points Partners increase, so will your choices. Just look at some of the
Points Partners so far.
British Airways
British Midland
Virgin Atlantic
Continental Airlines
Avis car hire
Alamo car hire
Posthouse Hotels
Heritage Hotels
Le Meridien Hotels
Country Cottages Scotland
Country Cottages Ireland
English Country Cottages
Country Cottages in France
Grand Hotels Greece
Barcelo Hotels
Royal Caribbean Cruises
What’s
more, for added flexibility you can pay for your Points Partner reservation
in full using your Points, or you can choose to part-pay in Points and pay
the balance in cash.
RCI
Travel
In addition to using your Points against selected travel services, you can
also benefit from the special member offers through RCI Travel. RCI Travel
is one of Europe’s leading travel agencies and has been arranging travel
for RCI members since 1987. Through working with Europe’s top airlines
and tour operators as well as Avis Rent a Car in Europe and Alamo Rent a car
in the USA and Canada, they can offer you exclusive and competitive prices -
whatever your travel requirements.
Just a few of the ways you could
spend those points
Remember
the new system does not recognise ownership weeks, when they were banked or
their trading power, it solely looks to see that you have the required
amount of points
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Own
55,500 points and you could have a school holiday 2 bedroomed 2 bathroomed
apartment suite in a 2 key resort in the Canaries in August or
alternatively two weeks in a 1 bedroom suite in weeks 6 and 7 also school
holiday weeks. In a 4 key in Spain in the early part of the year you could
take 6 weeks in a 1 bed.
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With 65,500 you could be sitting by the pool in the sun in a 5 key high
luxury resort on Madeira in a 2 bedroom week in August or you could opt
for two early weeks in a studio at the same resort and have 9,500 points
left over, enough for a weekend break in a 4 key in Cornwall.
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120,000 points could get you a two week 2 bedroom golf resort holiday in
the UK in June or two weeks in a 5 key resort in Portugal in June or two
weeks in Hawaii or three weeks in a 2 bed in Florida in June or 4 weeks in
a 1 bed in the Canaries with 12,000 points left over.
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164,000 points ownership would get you two weeks in a 1 bed in a top South
Coast resort in the UK in August or two weeks in a 5 key resort in summer
in Spain and enough for a week in the Canaries in a 1 bedroom suite.
Alternatively you could have two weeks in a 2 bed in Spain 4 key in June
and two weeks in a 2 bed in Madeira in October.
For
specific values on points call us. Many of the RCI resorts on the online
directory at RCI now have their points values online. See the resort
directory at
www.rci.com
and click the points logo on resorts pages. Ask for a copy of our free
holiday planner.
Existing
Timeshare Owners
If you are an existing
timeshare owner you can cede your week/s to the RCI Points system for a
value allocated by RCI to your particular ownership. You can add extra
points to boost this value to the level you wish to own. Call 01444473800
or
e-mail ATR
for details, costs and current special offers.
Ceding
is rather like a form of permanent spacebanking with a value returned
instead of weeks. Every year at the time of year you joined you get another
issue of points. You retain the ownership of the timeshare and carry on
paying the maintenance as before. Any points purchased over and above your
timeshare ownership are called pure points. Pure points maintenance is paid
to RCI on a sliding scale related to how many points you have in total,
reducing the more you own.
Mail us, use the
reply form or call us on 01444473800 for a valuation of your weeks. Please
include your RCI membership number.
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New to
Timeshare
If you
are a first time buyer and want to go straight into the leading exchange
system then nothing could be simpler.
Let us
know what your holiday requirements or budget are and we will show you the
most suitable purchase plan tailored to you own specific needs.
Safeguards and your security
The
ceding and membership is done through the Trustee Co’s FNTC or Hutchinson &
Co, depending on the origination of the points you choose to join with, both
ATR Internationals RCI points are with developments that have perpetuity
ownership. Remember you retain ownership of your weeks so there is no need
to send in your ownership documentation.
Key
booking benefits and special offers for existing and first time owners…………
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By the day
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Weekends
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Mid week
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Hotels
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Cottages
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Cruises |
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Save up for a grand holiday
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Larger apartments for more people
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Smaller apartments for more breaks
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Any quality level up or down
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More breaks out of season
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Non timeshare accommodations |
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Flights
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Car hire
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Save money
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Just £50 a booking
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Low point deals
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Dual membership |
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