Any idea what the re-qualification cost would be? Is it based on what/where you own? I own 2 annual WKORVN 2 bedrooms; just in case they base it on the property.
I think the requirements may be higher if buying in Hawaii. At least they were back when they were selling weeks.
We just did out update a week ago. It was 10k per week.
Thats how I felt....not much to sell.
Certainly no new resorts in the near future. Vistana did convey a bunch of inventory last September and February to their Flex trusts. I think Sheraton Kauai came online in the trust, so a bunch more Sheraton Flex to feed the trust. I am not sure where Westin Flex inventory is coming from except perhaps deedbacks and foreclosures.
Yeah, I think they are banking on a combined trust in 2021. I still haven't found any sign of one being recorded in Orange County Florida.
Sounds like something you get at the drive-thru!
I am not sure if they can do something similar with Westin and Sheraton Flex like they did with their Asia Pacific pacific program where they instilled a permanent recalculation of point values. I don't remember the conversion there, perhaps it was 10:1, but they simply told people who had 40,000 AP points, you now have 4,000 and they also modified the point values in Asia Pacific. AP predates the Marriott DC program.
Has anyone ever actually gotten any benefit from Gold elite Bonvoy status? Other than a few bonus points? I have never been upgraded - not even after I became permanent Titanium status. I finally got some suite nights so I'll have to see if I can actually use those.
A friend of mine who used to sell for Vistana in Orlando said that Marriott had applied for permission to combine the trusts. Don't know if it was approved though or which trusts. Seems it would be hard to do anything with Adventuras unless it is combined with other Mexico properties.
Who would they ask for permission? They would need permission from the OWNERS of the trust, and I don’t think they — in some cases that's we – have been asked.
I don’t think they need our permission. Owners aren’t trustees of the trust.
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the Flex trusts of Vistana being transferred from using VSN to using Destination Club. Marriott needs Vistana resorts easily accessible because from a marketing standpoint they need seamless integration between brands to mirror the integration found with the hotel chains which they license the names from. I also know that they have consistently been telling people that Flex will be the only way to access the new system, and that is what convinced my parents to "upgrade" their purchase to Sheraton Flex. They also need an easy way to get a good volume of inventory exchanging in Destination Club and the only way to get that volume is to get Flex using Destination Club while also making VSN less useful to get Mandatory and legacy weeks owners through inventory starvation to create incentives to upgrade into developer inventory.
Gold status is better than nothing, but is also very weak compared to mid tier status with Hilton and Hyatt.
What did your parents “upgrade” from?
