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Our SVN Plan (Lagunamar)

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We Love TUG!

TUG helped us get a 2BR + at the Lagoon Towers for 25% of retail.

Last week, we vacationed 5 days in Cancun and had the pleasure of visiting Lagunamar and heard about SVN.

So now we want to wade back into the deepend again.

We really want Lagunamar usage (2Br with lock-out), but the resort being voluntary provides NO Star Options in resale (not a show stopper for us at this time).

It appears, the best move would be to buy (resale) a 2BR with lock-out from Westin Keirland. Most of their Gold weeks come with 81,000 pts.

We would then use the 81,000 pts to trade into usage at Lagunamar at the 8 month prior point of time.

From what we have read, it appears that there is lots of availability at Lagunamar in the SVN at the 8 month point.

Here are my questions:

1. Is the above plan solid? Any drawbacks or downsides?
2. Some EY Gold 2Br-2BA at Keirland have 56k Star Options whereas others have 81k Star Options -- why the difference?
3. Some units appear to have fixed weeks, some units have floating weeks, and some have both. Why the difference.

TIA, did I mention we love TUG!!!!!
 

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We Love TUG!

TUG helped us get a 2BR + at the Lagoon Towers for 25% of retail.

Last week, we vacationed 5 days in Cancun and had the pleasure of visiting Lagunamar and heard about SVN.

So now we want to wade back into the deepend again.

We really want Lagunamar usage (2Br with lock-out), but the resort being voluntary provides NO Star Options in resale (not a show stopper for us at this time).

It appears, the best move would be to buy (resale) a 2BR with lock-out from Westin Keirland. Most of their Gold weeks come with 81,000 pts.

We would then use the 81,000 pts to trade into usage at Lagunamar at the 8 month prior point of time.

From what we have read, it appears that there is lots of availability at Lagunamar in the SVN at the 8 month point.

Here are my questions:

1. Is the above plan solid? Any drawbacks or downsides?
2. Some EY Gold 2Br-2BA at Keirland have 56k Star Options whereas others have 81k Star Options -- why the difference?
3. Some units appear to have fixed weeks, some units have floating weeks, and some have both. Why the difference.

TIA, did I mention we love TUG!!!!!
81 k points only gets you a gold plus week at WLR also.

If you really want yo go to WLR ever or every other year then buy there.

Your plan has you buying elsewhere. Paying 1500 MF of 81k options that can only be used for a 1500 Mr 81k option week.

If you continue your plan St john also has some well priced mandatory use points. Don't forget to Shop those points.

Nothing much is fixed. The week is so they don't over sell.

The 56k point weeks are the WKV simmer silver weeks
 

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If you plan to actually stay there at Lagunamar (sometimes abbreviated WLR), I would buy there. If the occasion comes along where you would like to trade, you can exchange through II. WLR is a little cheaper because it is voluntary, so if it's what you want, find one.
 

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We Love TUG!

TUG helped us get a 2BR + at the Lagoon Towers for 25% of retail.

Last week, we vacationed 5 days in Cancun and had the pleasure of visiting Lagunamar and heard about SVN.

So now we want to wade back into the deepend again.

We really want Lagunamar usage (2Br with lock-out), but the resort being voluntary provides NO Star Options in resale (not a show stopper for us at this time).

It appears, the best move would be to buy (resale) a 2BR with lock-out from Westin Keirland. Most of their Gold weeks come with 81,000 pts.

We would then use the 81,000 pts to trade into usage at Lagunamar at the 8 month prior point of time.

From what we have read, it appears that there is lots of availability at Lagunamar in the SVN at the 8 month point.

Here are my questions:

1. Is the above plan solid? Any drawbacks or downsides?
2. Some EY Gold 2Br-2BA at Keirland have 56k Star Options whereas others have 81k Star Options -- why the difference?
3. Some units appear to have fixed weeks, some units have floating weeks, and some have both. Why the difference.

TIA, did I mention we love TUG!!!!!

We have been on the lookout for a Lagunamar week, EOY gold plus also. So far we have lost a few auctions. I say the best way to go there is to reserve there. We would be buying to use. I think exchanging in II with Starwood now is a craps shoot. Too much uncertainty and availability in II has gone way down. I am glad we didn't buy a couple years ago when we were looking as things have certainly changed since then.

81 k points only gets you a gold plus week at WLR also.

If you really want yo go to WLR ever or every other year then buy there.

Your plan has you buying elsewhere. Paying 1500 MF of 81k options that can only be used for a 1500 Mr 81k option week.

If you continue your plan St john also has some well priced mandatory use points. Don't forget to Shop those points.

Nothing much is fixed. The week is so they don't over sell.

The 56k point weeks are the WKV simmer silver weeks

It seems that the MFs at St John are disproportionately higher on a per SO basis when compared to other options. Is there something I am missing. Is St John a good option when buying mandatory?
 
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It seems that the MFs at St John are disproportionately higher on a per SO basis when compared to other options. Is there something I am missing. Is St John a good option when buying mandatory?

This is only correct for the low season, mid season is about average, high season may be better.
 

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We have been on the lookout for a Lagunamar week, EOY gold plus also. So far we have lost a few auctions. I say the best way to go there is to reserve there. We would be buying to use. I think exchanging in II with Starwood now is a craps shoot. Too much uncertainty and availability in II has gone way down. I am glad we didn't buy a couple years ago when we were looking as things have certainly changed since then.



It seems that the MFs at St John are disproportionately higher on a per SO basis when compared to other options. Is there something I am missing. Is St John a good option when buying mandatory?
With the star option bump on the platinum plus at WSJ the MF per SO is now the lowest in the system.
 

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This is only correct for the low season, mid season is about average, high season may be better.

With the star option bump on the platinum plus at WSJ the MF per SO is now the lowest in the system.

Thanks. It seems that those weeks are probably out of my price range and likely many more SOs that I am looking for. I was looking at some of the WSJ weeks that were worth 81,000 SOs and it seemed that the MFs were rather high. If I were looking for a lot more SOs and deeper pockets, it seems that WSJ may be an option to consider.
 

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Thanks. It seems that those weeks are probably out of my price range and likely many more SOs that I am looking for. I was looking at some of the WSJ weeks that were worth 81,000 SOs and it seemed that the MFs were rather high. If I were looking for a lot more SOs and deeper pockets, it seems that WSJ may be an option to consider.
The studios may work?

This is where the trade off between higher upfront and 10c per SO MF or lower upfront and 20c per SO MF comes into play.
 
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