If one was to requal in Spain for Marbella, what is the best resale to own for best Abound and MF value to requal? Also how many resales is optimal?
"best" and "optimal" are very relative terms.
There will always be tradeoffs between the point value of the week and upfront cost. And upfront costs vs. MFs.
Event weeks are probably best in my opinion because of the higher point values and lower MFs per point. For example, NCV Platinum is 3475 points but NCV week 26 is 5300 points and NCV week 52 is 4625 points for the same MFs. Those weeks will cost more than a regular Platinum upfront even on a per point basis (week 26 may cost more than double, week 52 maybe 50% more) but (i) the upfront cost is "equity" and if you sell those deeded weeks down the line you can expect to get a premium as well, (ii) the extra upfront cost comes with no incremental MFs, and (iii) the rental value of those extra points you get each year justifies the extra cost upfront pretty fast (in 5-7 years).
I imagine week 51 or 52 at MGC (mentioned in the prior post) has similar attributes as do other "event" weeks at a variety of resorts in Abound.
As for "optimal" - you want to take a look at specific offers and calculate cost per point and MF/point for all the weeks involved, including resales. In the past we had an offer to enroll 2 weeks for $ and "up to 7 weeks for $$ (about double the amount). But paying double in that case would not have been equivalent to buying the seem deed twice but rather buying a "better" week for no incremental MFs (e.g. Platinum vs Gold) which is better IMO. In that case, 7 would have been "optimal" but we only had 3 resales in our back pocket at the time... The more resale weeks you can enroll, the more you can reduce the cost per point and MF/point if those resale weeks are high point values like event weeks.
