Prime weeks as bonus

[Spence]

Originally Posted by Mark @SFX

There have been comments from time to time that SFX does much better with fulfillment in the Western States /Hawaii /Mexico than it does for the East Coast. Well, lets keep this in context, and not the misleading way it may have been posted.

What do you think the reason might be? Well, the reason is; we receive more Member requests for the Western States, Hawaii and Mexico than Eastern regions for their vacations (Except for NY, Flordia and Hilton Head). Our highest demand in the East /S.E. is for NY, Florida and Hilton Head, and have strategic alliances in these areas. We still have access to many other quality resorts in other areas, but these are the most requested locations. SFX focuses only on the areas where their Members want to go, and where there is the highest demand.

With regards to the value and quality of our bonus weeks.... It is my understanding the bonus weeks from the "other" exchange companies range in price from about $300-$800. You cannot request what you want, and can only book what's available around 60 days or less. I believe these are the "left-overs" that possibly weren't the best units in their system. That doesn't mean they are not a good value.

Everyone's "opinion" of value is different. If someone is used to vacationing in a "Motel 6", then I can understand how $399 may be perceived to be a poor value. For those who live a little better, and understand decent quality brand hotel rooms start at $200 per night for 2 people, and that SFX bonus weeks are:

* Crown rated and 5 Star rated

* Can be requested up to "one-year in advance"

* And you can request what you want, (just like an exchange week)

which means the "value" of the week specifically requested up to a year in advance is much higher than left-overs that start 60 days or less. Most people have even figured that's about half the price of their maintenance fee !! A number of resorts we book Members into rent space for $300-$400 a night... plus.

I think SFX Bonus Weeks are great value and Mark has explained it more fully in the post above than I ever could.

[JWC]

SFX has always asked me if I wanted to use a bonus week when my request was confirmed. For the first 7 or 8 years, I always used my bonus weeks and let the banked weeks accumulate. I stopped using bonus weeks 3 years ago because I had so many banked use weeks so I wanted to bring that number down. Also bonus weeks were much cheaper a few years ago though they are still a very good value.

[bigfrank]

Originally Posted by bigfrank

Just so everyone here is aware. We have a tool here on Timeshare forums that shows us when a member is using 2 ids and is posting from the same computer or has the same ip. It Turns out that Kola And George 07 are posting from the same computer. I will be looking into this further and will ask Kola or George to explain this here why this occured. If there is no explantion we will be closing both accounts untill we find out why this happened.

Kola tripped AE detector

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Kola seems to have multiple personalities using George07 and Kola sharing the same computer. No soup for you! and you! and you!

Just a reminder that these 2 posters above are one and have not come back to explain why they did it, I have PMed them and have not gotten a reply.