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Originally Posted by GrayFal
Be willing to pay an additional exchange fee to get a 2BR[/b] many times I will see a resort online that I want to trade into but I want a 2BR for my 2BR deposit...and my GOLD but II RED week won't pull a 2BR.....or the resort....such as Desert Springs I & II - usually only shows studios and 1BRs deposited...eeven in the off season.
Call the II Marriott Desk and ask them to give you the 1BR for your $89 exchange fee and offer to pay an additional $89 to get the studio, too.
I have done this at Marriott Shadow Ridge with a non-Marriott 2BR ($121+121 exchange fee) - but it also works with Marriott weeks.
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Wow what a great tip, thank you! I have been trying for a while now, to no avail, to get a 2br at a marriott property in exchange for my 2 br marriott for check in on a very specific date. I have seen a 1br and a studio online for that date, and 2 brs for other, close dates, but could not find exactly what I was looking for, and my request was not pulling it either. I stumbled upon this post today, called II and voila, done! I had no idea you could do that, and they certainly dont publicize it. The cost was 89 marriott to marriott exchange fee into the 1 br, and another 139 fee to get the studio (the rationale given was that the second exchange was for a "phantom" week into the marriott studio, so it doesnt qualify for the 89 fee - seems silly but hard to complain over the extra $50 given that I now have the trade i wanted).
One question - II and the marriott rep both took pains to point out that there is no "guarantee" that the two units will be connected - though they also both said that this should not be a problem. As a practical matter, is this something that I should be concerned about?
Anyway, thanks again for the great tip!
