KoOlina view categories

[Lakeshore]

Hello! I just got an exchange into a two bedroom at Marriott KoOlina with the code HZZAB. What does this mean? And does anyone have a map of the resort and room view categories? What would be the best….we don’t like to be too high up…any rooms or towers I should preference? Are their ground floors good? What is the two bedroom set up in the second bedroom? Can I request two beds or are they all two beds in the second bedroom? I’d rather have the two beds than one bed and a pull out.

And if I purchase E-plus, will it automatically upgrade me if a better room becomes available, or do I have to check myself? And also, if there would be some sort of an emergency and we would need to not take this trip, with e-plus, then could I make an exchange for something else at a later date, so as not to lose my exchange?

Thanks so much for your help. I appreciate it. I have only traded one of our weeks once, so this is pretty new. And we haven’t been to KoOlina for 23 years, and there wasn’t a vacation club back then…in fact, we were at the JWMarriott, which is now the Four Seasons I think. It was the only hotel there, so we had all four lagoons to ourselves! I loved those morning walks. And sunsets were gorgeous! I’m really looking forward to this trip!

 

[dioxide45]

Hello! I just got an exchange into a two bedroom at Marriott KoOlina with the code HZZAB. What does this mean? And does anyone have a map of the resort and room view categories?

Both of these can be found in the Marriott Vacation Club Timeshare Weeks FAQ & Guide

And if I purchase E-plus, will it automatically upgrade me if a better room becomes available, or do I have to check myself? And also, if there would be some sort of an emergency and we would need to not take this trip, with e-plus, then could I make an exchange for something else at a later date, so as not to lose my exchange?

If you are trading Marriott to Marriott with an enrolled week, there is no need to add Eplus as you will be permitted unlimited retrades up to the day prior to checkin for $0 in exchange fees. If it is an unenrolled Marriott week, then adding Eplus will allow you to retrade up to 14 days prior to checkin up to three times for no extra fees. Retrades inside 14 day from checkin would incur the full exchange fee.

 

[Lakeshore]

Thanks so much! It is one of our NCV weeks we used to exchange. I did it through interval. So how do I do the exchanging without paying for e-plus?

 

[dioxide45]

Thanks so much! It is one of our NCV weeks we used to exchange. I did it through interval. So how do I do the exchanging without paying for e-plus?

In My History, there is a "Start Retrade" link.

 

[Lakeshore]

Thank You! I see the ”Start Retrade” link….if I go to it can I just look see inventory available to trade into with this week without committing to giving up our exchange?

 

[davidvel]

Thanks so much! It is one of our NCV weeks we used to exchange. I did it through interval. So how do I do the exchanging without paying for e-plus?

ZZAB....Ko'Olina Beach Club.........Mountain View......2BR unit that locks off in to 1BR and studio. H at the beginning means it is a developer (House) deposit. I think this room type has a single king and pull out in studio side.

You didn't answer if your NCV week is enrolled or you bought prior to 6/2010. (If not yet enrolled it is too late for free on this exchange.) If you use e plus you cold re-trade to another 2br if it pops up and hope for an oceanview, or non-H unit..

Below is a map. If you get the ZZAB it will be one of the orange units without a dot (Likely a lower unit due to H deposit. )

 

[dioxide45]

Thank You! I see the ”Start Retrade” link….if I go to it can I just look see inventory available to trade into with this week without committing to giving up our exchange?

You don't commit to anything until the very end (multiple pages in). You can go out and search inventory without giving up your initial exchange.

 

[Lakeshore]

ZZAB....Ko'Olina Beach Club.........Mountain View......2BR unit that locks off in to 1BR and studio. H at the beginning means it is a developer (House) deposit. I think this room type has a single king and pull out in studio side.

You didn't answer if your NCV week is enrolled or you bought prior to 6/2010. (If not yet enrolled it is too late for free on this exchange.) If you use e plus you cold re-trade to another 2br if it pops up and hope for an oceanview, or non-H unit..

Below is a map. If you get the ZZAB it will be one of the orange units without a dot (Likely a lower unit due to H deposit. )
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Thank you so much! This is very helpful. Unfortunately the NCV week we used was purchased after 2010 and is not enrolled in the points program. So I guess that means I need to eplus. And does the H mean we will get the worst rooms since it wasn’t an owner’s deposit? What is the name of the middle building? It looks like there are some orange rooms that face the inside of the property there….maybe I could request one of those. Any suggestions for buildings or rooms…good or bad???
I am just very thankful to be going!
Although it sure would be nice to be able to see the codes for the rooms before exchanging…or maybe you can and I just didn’t realize it?! I am a newbie at this!
Thanks again!

 

[Lakeshore]

You don't commit to anything until the very end (multiple pages in). You can go out and search inventory without giving up your initial exchange.

Okay, thanks. Unfortunately, our week is not an enrolled week. We purchased a deeded week after 2010. So I guess I’ll have to get e-plus.

 

[dioxide45]

Thank you so much! This is very helpful. Unfortunately the NCV week we used was purchased after 2010 and is not enrolled in the points program. So I guess that means I need to eplus. And does the H mean we will get the worst rooms since it wasn’t an owner’s deposit? What is the name of the middle building? It looks like there are some orange rooms that face the inside of the property there….maybe I could request one of those. Any suggestions for buildings or rooms…good or bad???
I am just very thankful to be going!
Although it sure would be nice to be able to see the codes for the rooms before exchanging…or maybe you can and I just didn’t realize it?! I am a newbie at this!
Thanks again!

You can't see the unit number codes before you exchange. The H just means it is a Marriott deposit that came from weeks inventory. It has no bearing on room allocation. Your priority in the room assignment pecking order determines best unit placements.

 

[dioxide45]

Okay, thanks. Unfortunately, our week is not an enrolled week. We purchased a deeded week after 2010. So I guess I’ll have to get e-plus.

Yes. You would want to add Eplus to allow for you to retrade up to three more times without paying additional exchange fees.

 

[Lakeshore]

Yes. You would want to add Eplus to allow for you to retrade up to three more times without paying additional exchange fees.

Thank you so much for all of your help. I truly appreciate it.

 

[davidvel]

You can't see the unit number codes before you exchange. The H just means it is a Marriott deposit that came from weeks inventory. It has no bearing on room allocation. Your priority in the room assignment pecking order determines best unit placements.

It has been our experience in many, many trades, that the worst room allocations have always been with the H code, and vice versa.

 

[dioxide45]

It has been our experience in many, many trades, that the worst room allocations have always been with the H code, and vice versa.

I've never paid that close of attention. I would think that any individual experience is mostly anecdotal. About 75% of our exchanges and getaways have either a D or H first character.

 

[Dean]

I've never paid that close of attention. I would think that any individual experience is mostly anecdotal. About 75% of our exchanges and getaways have either a D or H first character.

I have not seen any indication that the origin of the exchange has made any difference. All resorts I'm aware of tend to give exchangers a lower priority then the question is how do they define exchanger. Many resorts define this as II or points reservations and some micromanage those issues. Even a few throw in whether one owns at that resort even if not using the owned week. It is my understanding that II is no longer transmitting the origin of the deposit to the resorts so I doubt the resort even realizes this is the case. IMO I think expectations should be low in terms of view type and actual view no matter the view type of the unit, esp since resorts have the ability to downgrade the view type for exchanges.

 

[dioxide45]

I have not seen any indication that the origin of the exchange has made any difference. All resorts I'm aware of tend to give exchangers a lower priority then the question is how do they define exchanger. Many resorts define this as II or points reservations and some micromanage those issues. Even a few throw in whether one owns at that resort even if not using the owned week. It is my understanding that II is no longer transmitting the origin of the deposit to the resorts so I doubt the resort even realizes this is the case. IMO I think expectations should be low in terms of view type and actual view no matter the view type of the unit, esp since resorts have the ability to downgrade the view type for exchanges.

Does the resort even see that first character of a five character unit number? I know when you look them up on Marriott.com the reservations just look like any other. the roompoolcode in the URL is just the four character unit number.

I understand the change that you may be referring to isn't necessarily the source of the deposit but your MVC ownership status. I have seen it reported here previously, perhaps by @Superchief, that the resorts used to receive your ownership status and they now no longer do (changed many years ago).

 

[Lakeshore]

Yes. You would want to add Eplus to allow for you to retrade up to three more times without paying additional exchange fees.

But I do have to pay for e-plus, correct, even though it would be a Marriott to Marriott exchange? And is there any way to see if there is availability without getting the e-plus first?

 

[Dean]

Does the resort even see that first character of a five character unit number? I know when you look them up on Marriott.com the reservations just look like any other. the roompoolcode in the URL is just the four character unit number.

I understand the change that you may be referring to isn't necessarily the source of the deposit but your MVC ownership status. I have seen it reported here previously, perhaps by @Superchief, that the resorts used to receive your ownership status and they now no longer do (changed many years ago).

They did previously see the ownership status and it is my understanding they do not see where the deposit comes from but I do not know for certain. Even if they do, I can't imagine they would take it into consideration, they have a difficult enough job without making it more difficult.

 

[dioxide45]

But I do have to pay for e-plus, correct, even though it would be a Marriott to Marriott exchange? And is there any way to see if there is availability without getting the e-plus first?

I am not sure what you mean about seeing availability before getting Eplus. You can purchase Eplus for up to 14 days after you confirm an exchange.

 

[Pamplemousse]

But I do have to pay for e-plus, correct, even though it would be a Marriott to Marriott exchange? And is there any way to see if there is availability without getting the e-plus first?

If your week is not enrolled being in brand doesn’t affect anything.

To change an exchange you can either buy eplus within 14 days of exchanging and get 3 manual retrades within 1 year of exchanging or you can do a regular retrade which costs a full exchange fee. You can also cancel, get a replacement week good for a year and pay a new exchange fee when you use it.

You can search by clicking eplus retrade or regular retrade to search what is available- you don’t lose your current trade by searching.
You just need to decide if you want to add eplus within 14 days.

 

[Bill4728]

Hello! I just got an exchange into a two bedroom at Marriott KoOlina with the code HZZAB. What does this mean? And does anyone have a map of the resort and room view categories? What would be the best….we don’t like to be too high up…any rooms or towers I should preference? Are their ground floors good? What is the two bedroom set up in the second bedroom? Can I request two beds or are they all two beds in the second bedroom? I’d rather have the two beds than one bed and a pull out.

IMHO, all the lower floor units are not very nice and some of the 1st and 2nd floor units are bad. IMHO, alway request at least a 4th floor unit. If you want 2 beds in the second bedroom make sure to put that in your request.

 

[Lakeshore]

Thank you so much! We won’t request low units then. For those of you who have stayed in a 2 bedroom Mountain View, which building or rooms did you like? Thank you all so much!

 

[davidvel]

If your week is not enrolled being in brand doesn’t affect anything.

To change an exchange you can either buy eplus within 14 days of exchanging and get 3 manual retrades within 1 year of exchanging or you can do a regular retrade which costs a full exchange fee. You can also cancel, get a replacement week good for a year and pay a new exchange fee when you use it.

You can search by clicking eplus retrade or regular retrade to search what is available- you don’t lose your current trade by searching.
You just need to decide if you want to add eplus within 14 days.

Yes, some of the ground floor units look directly at a wall.

 

[davidvel]

Does the resort even see that first character of a five character unit number? I know when you look them up on Marriott.com the reservations just look like any other. the roompoolcode in the URL is just the four character unit number.

I understand the change that you may be referring to isn't necessarily the source of the deposit but your MVC ownership status. I have seen it reported here previously, perhaps by @Superchief, that the resorts used to receive your ownership status and they now no longer do (changed many years ago).

If you look at your reservation details on marriott.com there are often notes in one of the fields (can't remember the name of it.).

 

[djohnst1]

We have Mountain View weeks there and always ask for high floor in the Nai’a building. You have a good view of the marina and depending on which wing a view of lagoon 4. Low floors not so much.