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StarOptions Charts - Effective 2009

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Is anyone else aware of this?

Starwood is telling me that the StarOptions charts that are posted on the owner resources page is innaccurate.

According to the charts loaded here (owner resources) the Sheraton Vistana Villages should still have the Bella phase seperate from the all the other phases whereas the chart here includes all phases.

Where was this chart obtained from? Was this from MyStarCentral? My dilemma is that I am trying to help an owner sell their timeshare but the buyer needs 81,000 StarOptions. According to the new charts, effective 2009, the Bella phase is 81,000 StarOptions for week 47 and Starwood is saying that the charts are not accurate and this ownership will still be 67,100 in 2009.

Any feedback, suggestions? Is Starwood just trying to muddy the waters on the sale?
 

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The charts are from mystarcentral and they need to be corrected by Starwood.
 

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Just downloaded the chart... Bella shows week 47 as Platinum (dark orange)
 

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The chart on MSC has a 5/08 date; the one on our site has a 4/08 date (see the tiny print on the right side on the last page). This is the 3rd update this year (we had a 3/08 version, a 4/08 version, and now a 5/08 version. Is it too much to ask to have them get it right the first time?). Bella isn't separate from Key West, Amelia, and St Augustine, however.

Oh, Great Sinister Moderator (I mean that in the Lefty sense, not the evil sense), can you update the sticky?

Thanks, James, for alerting us! But can you confirm with your contacts that the 5/08 version is the latest one?
 
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The chart I downloaded from MSC is that 5/08 chart which also says at bottom:

The StarOptions values represented are effective with the 2009 Use Year.
 
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Are there any changes in the Staroptions, weeks, etc. from the 4/08 to 5/08 chart.
 

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Oh, Great Sinister Moderator (I mean that in the Lefty sense, not the evil sense), can you update the sticky?

Actually I can't upload pdf files or excel files, but I can ask one of the big boys to do it - it will take awhile.
 

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The chart on MSC has a 5/08 date; the one on our site has a 4/08 date (see the tiny print on the right side on the last page). This is the 3rd update this year (we had a 3/08 version, a 4/08 version, and now a 5/08 version. Is it too much to ask to have them get it right the first time?). Bella isn't separate from Key West, Amelia, and St Augustine, however.

Oh, Great Sinister Moderator (I mean that in the Lefty sense, not the evil sense), can you update the sticky?

Thanks, James, for alerting us! But can you confirm with your contacts that the 5/08 version is the latest one?

I am going to try to get one from Starwood....the best part is that I also realized that for the Lakes and Cascades phases, they have completely excluded weeks 37-47 from the charts.

More to follow....I am going to try to get the most updated version!
 

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I am going to try to get one from Starwood....the best part is that I also realized that for the Lakes and Cascades phases, they have completely excluded weeks 37-47 from the charts.

More to follow....I am going to try to get the most updated version!

It would be great if Starwood would post the current version for owners to download.

However, the current version shows Cascades & Lakes 37-47 on the charts. Weeks 37-38 are part of gold and 39-47 part of platinum. It's definitely on the chart...
 

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It would be great if Starwood would post the current version for owners to download.

However, the current version shows Cascades & Lakes 37-47 on the charts. Weeks 37-38 are part of gold and 39-47 part of platinum. It's definitely on the chart...


Are you sure? I just looked and I do not see where weeks 39-47 land. I mistakenly said 37-47 before.
 

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Yes.

Platinum is: Gold is: James, aren't you a Starwood owner?

Ken, I do not own with Starwood, I worked for Starwood in the owner services department. I STILL do not see the weeks.

Are you looking at the StarOptions charts that are uploaded to the owner sticky?
 

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James,

I'm looking at the chart I downloaded last night from MSC to check your earlier question.

I'm sending you a PM...

Ken
 
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