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Are all points systems created equal? (by Mike N.):

blaker7 wrote:

I am looking at purchasing some type of timeshare or points soon, and have seen huge differences in the points offered by one company to the other. I saw one timeshare for sale that said it offered 189000 Fairshare Plus points, and another that said 5,000 Interval International points. I can't seem to find anything out about the two. I guess that the Fairshare points are on a different and much higher point system than II? I had sat in on a point presentation by II where they offered to sell me 5,000 points a year for x amount of dollars. If there is a difference between all points systems, where can you go to see how many points you need, or how many points each different resort condos take to rent?

Each resort has it's own point system. Fairfield (Wyndham) trades with RCI, but the points are not 1 to 1. There is some conversion factor to trade with RCI Points. There is a Wyndham thread on TUG (tugbbs.com) where someone can explain better than I can. The last I knew, II does not use a Points system. Certain resort systems such as Diamond and DVC uses points to trade within their system, and an owner can also trade with II (Diamond would deposit a week into the system on behalf of the owner). If II went to a Points system like RCI Points, it is news to me?

For RCI Points you can look at their online directory (don't have to be a member) and see the point values for various resorts.