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It should be a no brainer. Back out now! Just look at the complexity of the points conversion between different programs. They are in it to take your money. They make it complex for you so by the time you figure out it is a bad deal it is too late. [Q=laurag154] I just came back from Orange Lake Orlando and stayed in a nice 2BR 8/6 condo in East Village. We traded into it with a week from RCI we traded from Oasis Lakes at the Fountains. I have had trouble trading through RCI the last couple years to get a week on the west coast of Florida. Oasis Lakes has tried to get us to switch to points through BlueGreen but we have resisted because we only want to stay in our 2BR 8/6 overlooking the main pool original clubhouse on week 13. BG wanted us to buy points deeded to units in Las Vegas on non-spring break weeks and we would never go there. We backed out hoping to maintain control of where we stayed at least on the weeks it matches our school break at Oasis . Now to Holiday Inn Club- we bought the sales pitch and signed to own at Orange Lake in a reduced 2BR 8/6 in west village week 15 worth 159,000 HIC points with the promise to have no problem getting a unit in East Village for week 13 or 14 using our week from Oasis Lakes worth 57,000 RCI points to trade into it and paying only the $75 fee to convert it through RCI by calling the Holiday Inn Club rep. for RCI I believe. Now we are confused by all the transactions of points of various groupings. We were also lead to believe that our points would never expire as they could be converted to Priority Club Points at a 4/5 reduction. Now we are finding out these points can't be used to stay at Orange Lake Orlando, only hotel, car rental, etc. that is through Priority Club. They told us we could now change our week at Oasis Lakes to points and have better chance at getting properties that were on the points system. Looking at the RCI Points book there are hardly any timeshares to trade for on the west coast of Florida near Siesta Key ( inlaws own a mobile home in a retirement community). And our deeded Orange Lake West Village 2 BR 8/6 is not even an option on the points exchanges to RCI points members. How can HI Club points be advantageous to us? They seem to expire faster than RCI weeks - one year as opposed to 2 year window with RCI weeks. Our contract states we have 10 days from signing with HIC to back out! PLEASE ADVISE ****** THATS TOMORROW!!!![/Q]