purchasing points

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Re: purchasing points (by Mike N.):

If you are currently an RCI weeks member and you purchase an RCI Points week at a different resort, RCI will combine the two memberships into one (you pay only one membership fee). After all the RCI membership paperwork has been completed, you will have two different sign-ins to the RCI website, one for Points and one for Weeks. If you own an RCI Points timeshare, you can deposit your RCI weeks unit to get additional points. Regarding Diamond/Sunterra. Be careful what you buy through eBay. While they advertise SunOption points, you might only be able to use them with the 19 resorts in the Florida Trust or exchange with RCI. Some Sunterra resorts do not have points at all and are exchanged in the traditional manner with RCI. Then there is Club Sunterra which is the program touted by developers. You are able to access over 100 other Sunterra resorts as well as exchange through Interval International. I've gotten mixed responses on whether or not a person buying into this Florida Trust membership can convert to Club Sunterra for approx $3000.