OKPACIFIC
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Thought I would just pass along some tidbits from our owners update during our recent trip to the Westin Lagunamar Ocean Resort. By the way, it is a very nice resort, I wonder why it took us so long to visit it!
Of course, there is plenty of room for both parties misunderstanding the discussion, so please take everything with a grain of salt...
Of course, there is plenty of room for both parties misunderstanding the discussion, so please take everything with a grain of salt...
- The new Mexico properties (Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, etc) might be sold as a club, which I presume would work like the Sheraton Flex Program. Lagunamar would not be part of the club.
- We asked if Lagunamar would have it's staroption value increased once the other Mexico properties went into sales, similar to what happened in St John and to Kaanapali ocean front. The answer was yes, but we couldn't get a bead as to wether this would only apply to platinum plus season or if it would apply to gold plus season too. We also asked if the "ocean side" properties might become the ones that got the staroption upgrade; again no clear answer.
- We asked if there were plans for a higher elite tier above 5 star. The answer was no, but there were plans to raise the staroption requirements to reach each of the existing elite levels. Owners would be grandfathered into their current level.
- Other miscellaneous items about buying a Lagunamar property (we did not):
- "Oceanside" properties could only be purchased as a two bedroom lockoff
- They will not accept a trade in from another Vistana property towards a Lagunamar purchase