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As some of you may have read in other threads, I am trying to buy a DSVII Platinum lock-off to get me into Palm Desert in the high-season. I can't manage this type of reservation by trading through II with a non-Marriott unit (I own a Vistana timeshare).
After reading about the 13 month booking preference when owning more than one unit, it made me concerned that I might not even be able to book what I am interested in at 12 months, even when booking at my own home resort.
If I am on the computer at midnight, a year ahead for the week I want to book, do you think I have a shot at these two scenarios:
a) Either of the Christmas weeks
b) 3rd and 4th week of March (Spring break for my daughter)
I know when trading in II, it pays to be flexible and search often, but if I buy for the purpose of staying at my home resort and booking through Marriott, I want to have some reasonable expectation I can do it for these harder to get times. Is this possible, or do you really NEED to own multiple weeks in order to take advantage of the 13 month reservation window?
I really want to know this before buying this unit, otherwise I should just be buying a trader unit with lower MF's and using that for a request-ahead type reservation in II.
Thanks!
After reading about the 13 month booking preference when owning more than one unit, it made me concerned that I might not even be able to book what I am interested in at 12 months, even when booking at my own home resort.
If I am on the computer at midnight, a year ahead for the week I want to book, do you think I have a shot at these two scenarios:
a) Either of the Christmas weeks
b) 3rd and 4th week of March (Spring break for my daughter)
I know when trading in II, it pays to be flexible and search often, but if I buy for the purpose of staying at my home resort and booking through Marriott, I want to have some reasonable expectation I can do it for these harder to get times. Is this possible, or do you really NEED to own multiple weeks in order to take advantage of the 13 month reservation window?
I really want to know this before buying this unit, otherwise I should just be buying a trader unit with lower MF's and using that for a request-ahead type reservation in II.
Thanks!