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Re: Deposit for future exchange - does it matter what week? (by JoyK):
Redweek is purely a points situation. Your can send your week into RW for a complimentary valuation to give you an idea of what you can get for it. Forget comparisons with II or RCI. I'm an II member too. My Hawaii timeshare drives me nuts; it's 2bd but NOT lockoff so with II all it gets me is the best one single week anywhere (for the most part - with few exceptions). With RW, I can pick and choose, but fewer listings are available - at least now. Lucky for me points are good for 3 yrs. I might have deposited with II again to get an Accommodation Cert. like Phill12 mentioned, but I have a floating week and II didn't need the week I was able to reserve. So I decided to take the plunge with RW.
Here's hoping their search engine for available exchanges gets a WHOLE lot better!
jk105