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Ko Olina - Forgot to book

mkahanek

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I used to be quite on top of my timeshare stuff. But two kids and a busy life later and I got distracted. I completely forgot to do anything with my 2016 asset which is a marriot 2br mountain at Ko Olina (not xmas or new year). So I just tried to log in and book something so I could deposit. The latest available ANYTHING is the full 2BR on 10/1/2016. Nothing else available. If I end up booking that what happens if I try to deposit in II? Am I forced to only search for flexchange with that asset? Is there any point in waiting and checking every day to see if something opens up between october 17th and plat plus timeframe?
 
MVC has sometimes deposited weeks into II and then held those deposits for MVC owners to use.

Rather than reserve and then deposit, You could call MVC and ask if they (MVC) has any weeks that can be deposited into II for you. They (MVC) may have deposited a week in Oct back in June or July which would have better trading power than the same week being deposited now.

Good Luck
 
I used to be quite on top of my timeshare stuff. But two kids and a busy life later and I got distracted. I completely forgot to do anything with my 2016 asset which is a marriot 2br mountain at Ko Olina (not xmas or new year). So I just tried to log in and book something so I could deposit. The latest available ANYTHING is the full 2BR on 10/1/2016. Nothing else available. If I end up booking that what happens if I try to deposit in II? Am I forced to only search for flexchange with that asset? Is there any point in waiting and checking every day to see if something opens up between october 17th and plat plus timeframe?

I'll leave your question for the II experts to answer but ... you could try calling Owner Services to plead your case and see if there's anything they can do for you (similar to the way they're willing to give resale buyers a good II deposit if there's nothing available in the first year of ownership.) Occasionally they do work with owners for special circumstances - if this is a one-off OOPS! for you then it's at least worth a try. I'd skip the telephone reps and ask to speak with Customer Advocacy. Good luck!

{ETA} Bill got there ahead of me - what he said! :)
 
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