Brian Taylor
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Hi John
I’ve asked if any of the Club’s committee have any insight into the points you’ve raised. My own feeling is this is a mix of known and potentially new items, taking your points:-
You can still buy fixed weeks.
[Yes, though Anfi try to push points and similar – beware these have little resale value]Now easier to exchange apartments to either upsize or downsize units
[Like to know more, as when 2 years back spoke with rep about changes it was expensive – unless they are prepared to put a change mechanism into your contract the words means little. Anfi offered me to change from fixed weeks to points at cost of around £8k per week. I didn’t ask directly about changing size of apartment. People who have points have restrictions on how far forward they can book if change size e.g. we have 1 bed Gran Anfi points, if want 2 bed can only book 10 months ahead not 12 months, again anything promised needs to be written into your contract. That does “now easier” mean?]Special offer weeks
[Anfi have reduced what used to be on offer. Unless anyone knows better, Anfi let you call 6 weeks before and will release apartments they have – but not further up front – may result in higher flight prices]Hotels, short breaks and services via Expedia
[Not heard of this, be interested if anyone has]Cash rewards of up to 4500 Euros
[not heard of this either, unless a discount on the prices they charge]World-wide holidays with no exchange fee
[maybe through RCI – ask for details]Kind regards, Brian
Hi Terry
Thank you for your question and for your interest in the AGM – the 9th March is pretty much the best date for AGM due to other commitments – a couple of venues to check and confirm, but it really has to be the 9th.
Your committee is meeting on 6th October, and will formally confirm after that but it will be the 9th March.We’ll also then send round info on venue and any room deals, and the Friday evening meet up for those who wish to join us. Next year without the previous focus on claims, we’ll be relying more on members who are ongoing Anfi owners, though welcome everyone and may, if members want, slot in a claims update. No doubt the Lopesan ownership and any buy out will also be of interest to members.
If any members are interested in joining the committee or helping out, please do let us know as, with Em after many years standing down as Treasurer, and Julie no longer secretary due to the ending of her Anfi week contract, we have gaps and could do with help on number of roles or specific jobs. We had someone lined up for Treasurer though they have circumstances which prevent taking this on as present, so I’m covering for Treasurer with help from Em, and some backup on website from David. We are covering secretary role on meeting by meeting basis and Roger is covering organising the AGM.
Kind regards,
Brian
Thanks Martin – on easyJet site they have also said from 27th September they release flights from 24th June to 1st September – useful for those needing school holiday flights in 2019
http://www.easyjet.com/en/schedule-release
Brian
18th August – Rum day!!
from a post in April:-
[and if you have car under 1 hour to drive there from Anfi]“The new Aquarium in Las Palmas is worth a visit 91 bus takes you to the door. It will take at a leisurely pace about an hour and a half to get round. It’s an easy walk to the old town if you want to extend your day.”
If you go suggest you also fit in a trip to old part of Las Palmas, and the shopping centre “Commercial” which is near the Museo Elder, worth visiting – and the shopping centre has free parking.
Other ideas for things to see in and around Las Palmas on this topic
Brian
Hi Kerry
Your private (resale) fixed week is yours each year, provided maintenance paid.
You haven’t got a right to “exchange” with Anfi – although sales may offer you a deal to change it to points or floating (I’ve got resale Beach club fixed week, which Anfi generously asked for around £8k to convert into a points value!)
You could of course rent out your week if you can’t use it, and then keep money or use it to rent a different week, which is a good way to handle any time you can’t go out yourself. Anfi charge 50 euros for guest certificate.
I think you can also bank with RCI and then book an RCI week elsewhere, though not something I’ve done.Regards, Brian
Thanks Roger, and Robert
Just thinking if Anfi have to allocate an underlying fixed week to a floating or points owner, should the person selling points be able to state a fixed week? Worth much more than a floating week!
Hi Harry
As you only used the password with Anfi that is indeed something that they ought to be looking into! Do let us know if you hear backBrian
Hi Kerry
Interesting query – as far as I know, and be good if other members could comment:-
– Anfi do not allow people who buy resale to be in Vacation Club so I don’t think you could use the “points” bought resale in VC, even though you are VC member for direct weeks
– I believe Anfi will change the points into the underlying floating week – say a 1 bed Gran Anfi floating
– and that is what you will have for booking via Customer Services, not VC.
– also you’ll only be able to book the floating at the resort which it relates to (Pam & I have floating at Monte and can’t use that floating week at Beach, or Puerto etc). And has to be same type of apartment, so you can’t change from 1 bed to 2 bed.
So the value you pay for “points” ought to equate to a floating week, and that isn’t much if anything.
Also consider how easy or not, it is to get availability of the week you will want. Peak times are difficult with floating, at least at Monte.Best to check out with Customer Services
Regards, Brian
As the “old” Gran Bahia is closed and has opened as the Khun Asian restaurant I’m closing this topic to further posts, and Mark Sedgwick has opened a new topic for the Khun Asian restaurant on this link with a review from his recent visit – sounds good!
Roger Byatt found the information, copied below, about an article in the Independent yesterday, which confirms that this email scam is based on stolen passwords – and therefore is nothing to do with Anfi, but may seem so if you use the same password with Anfi that you’ve used on one of the sites with stolen passwords e.g. LinkedIn.
Nevertheless, Richard has asked Anfi management if they are aware of any possible breach of Anfi passwords.———————————————-
Email scam threatens to release video of people watching pornography if they don’t pay bitcoin ransom
The IndependentPeople are being sent horrifying messages threatening to post video of their most intimate moments on the internet. Read the full story
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I wholly agree with Robert, do look up what the weeks on resale look like for the weeks you are interested in, then think about options.
In the short/medium term I’d suggest looking at getting best for your floating weeks and renting out, if you can get a profit you’ve covered your maintenance costs. Or even if slight loss or profit, then wait to see what new owners might offer
Regards, Brian
Hi Harry
Just thinking through – can you check on passwords you use, as the email you received didn’t specifically mention Anfi did it?
Looking at the website I mentioned above there are 4 data breaches involving your email including LinkedIn which affected many of us! So potentially anyone who got the LinkedIn data breach or any of the other 3, could just email you with the password.
If your password is different to any other the 4 data breaches this could be an issue for Anfi – please let us know!Brian
Thanks for reporting this Harry, and hopefully other members will add to your post if they have received similar emails, and our liaison committee members may be able to find out more from Anfi
And good advice about not using same password across different services – part of reason for this is that software is available that lets hackers input your email address and a possible password – the software can then bulk check this against hundreds of website very quickly – so someone with a list of emails and passwords will be able to upload that list and then have each email checked against hundreds of websites.
There is a site that lets you put in your email(s) and then lists which data breaches they have been involved in and what data was stolen
https://haveibeenpwned.com/There is a wikipedia article that tells you a bit more about the above website
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Been_Pwned%3FAnd to add to your advice please use passwords that are strong as the weaker ones can easily be cracked in under a minute and sometimes seconds. Strong passwords are either 10 to 12 characters or more and a mix of lower & upper case, numbers and one or two special characters or a string of four a more words – we published guidance on this when the new website launched plus gave a number of links to password generators, and the option to use a password manager
Regards, Brian
The 2019 AGM date had been changed to 9th March 2019 – subject to confirming the venue
Regards, Brian
Thanks for the update John.
I’d hope Anfi might refine the lifeguard checks so that anyone on their own with say 4 or more empty beds, is asked about where the others are, and given 15 minutes for them to be there, or towels taken – I’ll ask my committee colleagues if this can be taken up at the liaison meetings!
Maybe it would sharpen peoples focus if everyone have a £50 deposit when they sign in, and this is taken if anyone is found with multiple towels on sunbeds
Regards, Brian
Hi Michael
Unless any other members have a better experience I’d say you’ll have little luck with Anfi – though keep a look out if the new owners take a different view!
Suggest you consider renting out the 1 beds, know you have done rentals before so not a new idea as such, and use money to rent 2 bed – in my view that is your best option & preserves your ownership for the future in case things improve.
Pam & I have resale 2 bed floating at Monte, the problem being getting the weeks we want, so tend to get a week, rent it, then pay to rent the week we want. If your renting at about £550 a week for 1 bed, and paying £750 – 800 for 2 bed, that seems a reasonable deal.
A year or so back Anfi did offer to convert my floating week into points, for about £8000 per week – a) I then have week with no value, though floating currently have little value, and b) no real commitment on availability, though AVC has been good for us in the past. Feels like paying Anfi for availability they should offer upfront.Regards, Brian
For anyone visiting Anfi in July, the Puerto pool work is running a few weeks late and is said to finish before end July – if anyone has any update please post here!
Top Car – for anyone going out in September, Top Car have just announced a promotion on car hire with 10% off for bookings made up to end July for car rental between September 1 to 31, 2018!
Promo code
TOPCAR#PROMOSEPT
Hi Robert
Did you find any new restaurants or places to visit during your stay? Am going out in October so interested in anything new
Regards, Brian
Richard has sent me some photos from the clean up work yesterday – see photos below, & Richard says:-
“Proud to have been part of the Anfi/Scuba Sur initiative to clean up the planet. Can’t believe there were boat batteries and bulk bins amongst the regular rubbish to be expected. At committee we have discussed ways Anfi can encourage bars and restaurants on site to manage the litter production”
In line with Julie’s info above I’ve closed the Claims Forum for further posts and to maintain confidentiality. Please contact Julie as above for any further queries, or contact the AnfiUK Club via the contacts page.
Brian
Just a last reminder that Roger is at Anfi for the Gran Anfi liaison meeting this Thursday 21st June – your last chance to raise any questions for Roger to take up – please see Roger post above
Brian
