Enrolled SDO

[Red elephant]

Hello Tuggers
I have an enrolled SDO 1-52 week that has 81K staroptions which I have been renting out but I am tired of that and wanted to know if locking off and exchanging both half in interval is better value than using the staroptions. I have used the 44,000 staroptions once for a 1 bedroom at WKV in October and banked the other 37,000. But I got a 1 bedroom WLR for July with my studio MGC and that is 81k staroptions if I had to use VSN.

 

[dioxide45]

Locking off and exchanging will likely get you more value. Since it is enrolled, there are no exchange fees when trading into other Vistana or Marriott properties. You can also trade up in unit size by paying the upgrade fees. If you are looking to go to Lagunamar, you can probably trade the small 1BR into a full 1BR at Lagunamar rather easily. 2BR deposits at Vistana resorts aren't as common. You may be able to trade into 2BR Marriott resorts with the 1BR sides of your SDO.

You can also use the StarOptions from one side of your unit and exchange the other half through II.

 

[Red elephant]

Locking off and exchanging will likely get you more value. Since it is enrolled, there are no exchange fees when trading into other Vistana or Marriott properties. You can also trade up in unit size by paying the upgrade fees. If you are looking to go to Lagunamar, you can probably trade the small 1BR into a full 1BR at Lagunamar rather easily. 2BR deposits at Vistana resorts aren't as common. You may be able to trade into 2BR Marriott resorts with the 1BR sides of your SDO.

You can also use the StarOptions from one side of your unit and exchange the other half through II.

Ah never even thought about trading half on interval and using the other half as staroptions. Thank you.

 

[cindyc]

I own a [2] BR Lockoff as well. I have always locked it off, successfully traded both sides into various Marriott Resorts, and paid the upgrade fee to get two bedrooms. I have traded to Marriott Grande Ocean, Marriott Desert Willow, Westin Lagunamar, and Marriott Grande Dunes all in the past 5 years.