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Asleep at the wheel - I did not convert my week into Points in time

RoverJohn

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From what I understand, I have until December 31st to bank the week with either Mariott/Vistana or with Interval International. Can anybody give me information or a suggestion as to what my choice might be to which choice would be preferable? Quality of choices and flexibility are important.
John
 

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• If you are a 5 Star Elite Owner, you can still bank your staroptions into 2020/2021, and have 2 years to use them.

• Banking them with Vistana has far more value IMNSHO, because then you can make Staroption reservations at all of the resorts in the Vistana system, at 8 months before check-in, for 2 years.

• In most cases, you don't get nearly as much value by depositing with an outside exchange company like Interval, because your expensive Vistana timeshares have higher value than 90% of the resorts that you could exchange into - it's like depositing a Mercedes in a pool of Chevy's. (Assuming that you own at the top Vistana resorts.)
 

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Depending on the resort, size and season you own, and provided that the week is still intact, you can sometimes squeeze much more value from exchanging on Interval. The availability is generally not there but diamonds in the rough seem to show up often enough if you are patient and search often.
 

RoverJohn

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Unfortunately, I don't have the flexibility in picking a week and am not patient enough. A bad combination when I read here how so many Tug members do so well with patience and searching often.
 
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