Please help with II exchange. New owner

[zerodegre]

hey guys. I own 81000 star options and I am a member of the vsn network. I own 2 br platinum in Orlando villages. If I have not used any options this year and I deposit in II how many weeks can I get ?? Just 1 ? Or how does it work. I am confused.

 

[DeniseM]

When you deposit a 2 bdm/1 week - you can request a 2 bdm/1 week. The Staroptions do not come into play with II.

Another option is to roll the Staroptions over to 2018.

*If you own a 2 bdm. lock-off, you can split it and deposit each side separately, but the 2 bdm. will have better trading power.

 

[zerodegre]

So I can't get more than one unit on exchange Even if I owned like 160k star options. ?? It is always one week right ?

 

[zerodegre]

For some reason I was under the understanding that if I have a two bedroom unit I could conceivably get two studios.

 

[DeniseM]

The Staroptions do not transfer to II. You are depositing a week, and you can exchange it for a week. If you own a 2 bdm. lock-off, you can split it and deposit each side separately, but the 2 bdm. will have better trading power.

 

[zerodegre]

OK how about this example. What if I use 37,000 of my 81,000 options. Can I still exchange it and I I after I use part of my star options

 

[DeniseM]

No - You have to deposit the entire 7 night week. There are no other options.

I think it has a lot more value if you roll the Staroptions over to use in Vistana in 2018, and it's cheaper. II trades start at $139, not including e-trade, insurance, etc.

Also - your week has more trading value with Vistana - Florida timeshares do no thave the top trading power in II, because Florida has more supply than demand.

 

[zerodegre]

So let me ask you this then. It said I had the option to do daily stays like Monday through five Friday. How do I break it up by days. If I am a gold member or higher with interval

 

[DeniseM]

You can't break up the week - you deposit the entire week, and then you look for short stays in the II inventory that you can trade for. I honestly don't know if you can do this with a Vistana II Acct. - I've never done it.

 

[canesfan]

Do you have Flex options?


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[zerodegre]

yes

 

[VacationForever]

If you have flex options, then you need to go according to the flex option chart as to what constitutes a 1BR or studio and you can deposit them (Flex Options) into II according to the chart. I believe Denise was replying to you without realizing that you have Flex Options.

 

[dioxide45]

If you have flex options, then you need to go according to the flex option chart as to what constitutes a 1BR or studio and you can deposit them (Flex Options) into II according to the chart. I believe Denise was replying to you without realizing that you have Flex Options.

The OP indicated that they owned a 2BR in Orlando at Vistana Villages. I think we need a confirmation of what the OP actually is referring to.

 

[zerodegre]

So you are saying since i have flex... that I can get multiple weeks for example... a studio is 20k points on interval and I have 81000 Flex option... i could get 4 weeks in a studio? plus the 189 each time??

sorry if i sound ignorant...

 

[dioxide45]

So you are saying since i have flex... that I can get multiple weeks for example... a studio is 20k points on interval and I have 81000 Flex option... i could get 4 weeks in a studio? plus the 189 each time??

sorry if i sound ignorant...

Flex is a specific product that Vistana sells. We don't know what you own. Only you know that. If you own Flex options, the rules are different. If you own an actual deeded week, then what Denise is saying is correct. When did you buy from Vistana?

 

[zerodegre]

3 months .. 81000 options.. FLEX... deeded at 6 resorts... I am a member of the VSN network...I though I stated at the beginning that i had star options and was a member of the network... sorry..

thanks for the help guys

 

[dioxide45]

Okay. That clarifies things. I don't know how Flex Options work when deposited in to II. It is a pretty new program and not many people here have bought in. You really are better to bank your options over to 2018 if you can. I don't know if banking deadlines are the same for Flex as they are for weeks. You may be best to talk to Owner Services if you can't get answers here. If you use the Flex Options as StarOptions inside 8 months, you can use it for more than one week or multiple nights/stays as long as you stay within the Vistana network.

 

[DeniseM]

This is the verbiage:

You Own Flex Options, which you can use at any of the 6 Flex Option resorts, as if they are all your home resort, starting at 12 months before check-in.

If you want to make a Vistana reservation outside of those 6 resorts, at 8 months before check-in, you can use your Flex Options to make a Staroption reservation.

Flex Option FAQ: http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/index.php?threads/flex-options-f-a-q.238504/

 

[zerodegre]

I found this on another post... I assume this is correct...

- 1 FLEX option = 1 Interval point. In Interval, use only the amount of points needed to book the reservation (benefit of this is in old system, a week is a week and you maybe using a higher valued week to book a lower valued week, but with FLEX converting to Interval points, you only use the number of points necessary to book the time you want, saving Interval points for other reservations.
- interval points could be taken back into SPG or StarOptions

 

[VacationForever]

If your binder shows 20K Flex Options = 1 studio in II, then you go according to that you should get 4 weeks plus II exchange fee per trade. Most of us do not have Flex Options and so we are not familiar with the Flex Option requirement to trade in II. Flex Options are not the same as Star Options. As a Flex Option owner, you can book outside of the 6 resorts in VSN and use them as Star Options booking within the VSN internal booking system at 8 months before the intended stay.

 

[dioxide45]

You may want to try logging in to your II account and doing some sample searches to see how many points certain weeks you are looking for cost in II points.

 

[DeniseM]

Most of us bought deeded weeks in the Starwood system, long ago for the most part, and we only have a few Flex Option owners on TUG. We don't have II points, we trade a week for a week, so can't help with Flex Options in II.

I posted a link to the FAQ in my previous post.

 

[zerodegre]

ok thanks guys. I think I have it clear now

 

[tschwa2]

If you own a 2 br platinum at SVV you don't have flexoptions. If you traded in your SVV for flex options you no longer own a 2 BR. Flexoptions are flexoptions and not associated with a specific resort or season. Flexoptions do use a crossover grid. A deeded week with Star Options only exchanges as a weeks exchange through II.

 

[zerodegre]

sorry I am deeded as flex... I said the wrong thing about platinum...