Kierland gold and platinum weeks were still available. But it was not the most cost efficient way to get to the $10k or $15k minimum threshold.
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You may be right that you have the "most economical" way to retro for what you own, but there are multiple things to consider when doing this type of transaction, not just the upfront cost or minimum threshold.
In particular, since developer prices may as well be pulled out of thin air, one should consider the amount of equity that you are immediately losing and also the ongoing maintenance fees. For example (using some hypothetical numbers):
Option 1: 30K Flexoptions purchase for $15K and maintenance fees of $650. Current resale value of purchase approximately $0
Option 2: WKV Platinum small 1BR worth 67K Staroptions purchase for $25K maintenance fees for $800. Current resale value of purchase approximately $8000.
Comaring the above options, one costs $15K upfront and the other costs $25K. But when you consider that the second option has a resale value of $8K and the first one has a resale value of zero, then they don't look that far apart anymore (in terms of the "equity value" you lost to accomplish retro). But in the second option you end up with more than double the Staroptions, double the Abound points, and maintenance fees that are substantially more economical per point.
Again, some of these numbers are made up as I don't know what they are selling and at what price but if I was going to requalify 2 weeks then, given the choice between these two options, I would pick the second one over the first.