calberry
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Marriott Timber Lodge, Lake Tahoe (2 weeks)
Marriott Ko Olina, Oahu, Hi. EOY
UVC, Villa del Arco, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.EOY
So this is a question spawned out of curiosity, not necessity.
We are planning to trade into the GM NV through Interval (MY2) some time in Feb/Mar of 2020. The check-in day and actual week aren't all that important at this time (although we do normally like to travel on Saturdays as we have found it easier to book flights with UA using miles on Sat. vs Fri. or Sun.)
I just went into II for the date range we want (as if I was going to make a trade) and I see plenty of availability (using our Marriott Timber Lodge 1BR as a trade). But what struck me as interesting was how almost every Friday and Sunday had availability, but NO Saturdays. So I changed the date range to start next week and go out to the last date II would allow (July 2020).
For the remainder of 2018 and all of 2019 there is availability of at least some room size (Studio, 1BR or 2BR) on almost every Fri/Sat/Sun of each week over that full 13 month time range. But as soon as it gets to 2020 there is only availability on Fridays and Sundays (no Saturdays)...no Sat. availability for the whole year (well, 7 months).
To me that seemed outside the range of statistical probability so I called Interval to see if they had any idea what was up. The response I got was that MY2 owners have to book a week and then deposit it with Interval in order for inventory to be available for trade.
OK, so yes, that is how the system is suppose to work. But there must be more to it in order for inventory to be available almost every check-in day though 2019 and but not on Saturdays in 2020. Again, that just does not make statistical sense. There has to be a manual intervention somewhere in the system to be making that happen.
Any ideas?
Steve
We are planning to trade into the GM NV through Interval (MY2) some time in Feb/Mar of 2020. The check-in day and actual week aren't all that important at this time (although we do normally like to travel on Saturdays as we have found it easier to book flights with UA using miles on Sat. vs Fri. or Sun.)
I just went into II for the date range we want (as if I was going to make a trade) and I see plenty of availability (using our Marriott Timber Lodge 1BR as a trade). But what struck me as interesting was how almost every Friday and Sunday had availability, but NO Saturdays. So I changed the date range to start next week and go out to the last date II would allow (July 2020).
For the remainder of 2018 and all of 2019 there is availability of at least some room size (Studio, 1BR or 2BR) on almost every Fri/Sat/Sun of each week over that full 13 month time range. But as soon as it gets to 2020 there is only availability on Fridays and Sundays (no Saturdays)...no Sat. availability for the whole year (well, 7 months).
To me that seemed outside the range of statistical probability so I called Interval to see if they had any idea what was up. The response I got was that MY2 owners have to book a week and then deposit it with Interval in order for inventory to be available for trade.
OK, so yes, that is how the system is suppose to work. But there must be more to it in order for inventory to be available almost every check-in day though 2019 and but not on Saturdays in 2020. Again, that just does not make statistical sense. There has to be a manual intervention somewhere in the system to be making that happen.
Any ideas?
Steve