13 month advantage and Season overlap

I am really confused by my friends, who are confused by the sales people at marriott.
I know that the 13th month advantage applies only at your home resort for consecutive or concurent weeks.

However, I am not sure about the season. If for example you own week 7 at Lake Tahoe, and one week 1-50 on Maui, do you have the 13th month advantage if you want to reserve Thxgiving week at Maui?

If you own week 7 at Tahoe (which is Platinum Ski) do you have the whole ski season advantage? for example if you want to get Maui week 10 can you use the 13 month advantage ?

My friends own week 7 at Tahoe, and the sales ppl at MVCI are trying to push another week 7 at Tahoe. They will like to own 2 weeks 7 at Tahoe, because in some years, they will use both weeks. However, they will also like to go to Maui on Thxgiving week. I told them that the chance of getting Maui on Thxgiving week with a Tahoe week, it's not guaranteed.

Not sure what the best combination is for them. Thx for any suggestions

Iulika

I know that the 13th month advantage applies only at your home resort for consecutive or concurent weeks

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If you own at two weeks at any marriott resort you can use the 13 month advantage.

BUT you must make the reservations for consecutive or concurrent weeks. So if you own weeks 1-9 at Tahoe and weeks 1-50 in Maui, you could make "consecutive or concurrent " reservations for weeks 1-9 in Tahoe & weeks 1-10 in Maui. Therefore you can't make a week 47 in Maui since you can't make a week 46, 47 or 48 reservation in Tahoe.

Clear?

PS if you owned a gold week in Palm Desert (which does cover Thanksgiving) and Maui. You could reserve week 46 in PD & week 47 (thanksgiving) in Maui.

Bill,

thank you, it's very clear to me. That is exactly what I thought and I wanted to get a second opinion on the board. The problem is that my friends are new to the TS, and they get some misleading info from the Marriott reps.

But I am glad there is tug and I can also help them understand the way the system works.

Iulika

Bill4728 said:

If you own at two weeks at any marriott resort you can use the 13 month advantage.

BUT you must make the reservations for consecutive or concurrent weeks. So if you own weeks 1-9 at Tahoe and weeks 1-50 in Maui, you could make "consecutive or concurrent " reservations for weeks 1-9 in Tahoe & weeks 1-10 in Maui. Therefore you can't make a week 47 in Maui since you can't make a week 46, 47 or 48 reservation in Tahoe.

Clear?

PS if you owned a gold week in Palm Desert (which does cover Thanksgiving) and Maui. You could reserve week 46 in PD & week 47 (thanksgiving) in Maui.

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Bill, can you take a look at this OP's related questions in the last couple pages of the "13-month advantage fails" thread, especially my post #102? I wrote it thinking that Week 7 at Tahoe is a Platinum Plus fixed week, and I'd really hate for anything I've written that's incorrect to stay here on the boards.

Thanks,

Your friends should check with Marriott (non-sales folks) about the ability to make reservations outside their fixed week as some resorts allow this. For example, I own fixed New Years week 52 at Grand Chateau and am able to make a reservation any time of the year with some sort of advance notice. Can I use this to benefit from the 13 month rule at one of my other resorts...I don't know, but do know I can reserve outside of my fixed week w/o going through II.

Ingrid

Ingrid, but you do have to use it at the resorts that you own. Can you use it at other marriotts that you do not own? However, I have never heard that you can exchange a week (as week 52 fixed at MCG which has v high value) to other resorts that you do not own withouth going through interval. Am I understanding this right?
Iulika

IuLiKa said:

Ingrid, but you do have to use it at the resorts that you own. Can you use it at other marriotts that you do not own? However, I have never heard that you can exchange a week (as week 52 fixed at MCG which has v high value) to other resorts that you do not own withouth going through interval. Am I understanding this right?
Iulika

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Yes, I can make a reservation, through Marriott, in a season outside my own (the fixed week) at Grand Chateau. For all my other resorts, if I want a reservation at that resort outside of my season, I must go through II. For exchange into other resorts, I must go through II.

Ingrid

From a terminology standpoint, when someone says fixed weeks, I think fixed week and unit such as Monarch or HB. While in a way they are, I do not think of the Platinum Plus single weeks as a true fixed week. Thus when someone says fixed week and really means Platinum Plus, it really throws me off.

IuLiKa said:

Not sure what the best combination is for them. Thx for any suggestions

Iulika

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And none of us do but we can try to help you gather the information that may help them to make the decision. It really comes down to several factors that include the price, what unit size they need for each trip, how often they'll go to each place, how well they plan in advance, their finances, their trading mentality and other factors. I'll assume they own a 2 BR and not a 3 BR for Tahoe. They could buy a second week 7 and try to trade to Maui off years or they could buy a Maui week and try to trade to Tahoe part of the time. Both are risky options IMO. One of the better options might be to see if they can get an EOY week at Maui and an EOY at Tahoe (one odd & one even) which Marriott will usually do for half retail of each. That would give them far more guarantees for likely less cost long term. It would also allow use of the 13 month window but only for weeks 6-8 on Maui. This all assumes retail certainly. If you look at resale, then a whole host of options pop up. They would be far more likely to pick up a Maui unit resale for a decent price than a week 7 Tahoe but there's no reason not to look for both. Still another option is to buy something totally different and try to trade to both locations and that is a far better option if they want to go other places and depends on how often they want to go to Maui and how often they need 2 units at Tahoe. I guess they could also look at an equity uptrade for a 3 BR at Tahoo as a single unit and lock it off to trade when needed.

For me, putting myself in their shoes. IF I needed a 2 BR and wanted to go to Maui at least every 4 years AND felt I needed 2 units at Tahoe wk 7 at least every 4 years, I'd buy one of each EOY if I could get them. I'd likely buy Maui resale and look for resale for Tahoe then decide. If they only need a 1 BR or less for for Maui and a 1 BR or less extra for Tahoe, I'd likely look at something else resale and try for the trades each time.