Wow, this has become quite a thread. We never bought into the RCI/points thing even when Belair folks encouraged us to do so. We bought ts, never expecting to trade for another location (I know that most people do like to trade). I do think that RCI and some of the resorts are changing their relationships. While at Belair this year it was announced that Belair won some sort of an award from RCI, but staff there minimized its importance, which I took as a bit strange.