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Booking your holidays with RCI Points
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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.
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Resort Gradings |
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Resorts
are graded in key factors
Ranging from 1 key to 5 key 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.
Generally resorts of Distinction are around
3 key and Gold Crowns 4 key and up for a comparison to the weeks system.
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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.
Read on to see how. |
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Reservations
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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 |
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. |
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. |
Regular RCI Points Reservation
Book
able 10 months in advance of the desired start date of your holiday. £50
unlimited duration per booking |
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. |
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. |
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Pure Points
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 £75
and included n joining for the first year |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
Adding Points Ownership
You
can add extra points ownership to your existing membership at any time if
you wish to increase your ownership |
Points Partners
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.
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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. |
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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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