That is correct and I'm impressed with someone not owning Vistana having that good of a grasp on the Vistana program!
Agree 100%
@LeslieDet I will say that your use of new terms/names for descriptions of Vistana programs has unnecessarily caused confusion.
I have previously owned Sheraton Flex. In addition to deeded weeks at WKORVN, I currently own both Westin Flex and Nanea through its original Home Options program. Therefore, I believe I have a well-grounded understanding of the various Vistana flex programs. And one thing I know is that Vistana does not refer to anything as a FlexOption. There are Home Options and there are StarOptions, but no FlexOption.
In a previous reply to me you stated "If I've referred to it as Vistana FlexOptions, then I apologize" yet you continue to refer to Vistana FlexOptions when you are discussing the Westin Flex program. To avoid confusion, why not refer to it by its name known to all Vistana owners?
Vistana did not start selling FlexOptions in January 2018. They did start selling the Westin Flex program at that time. The Sheraton Flex program preceded the Westin Flex program. Both operate identically.
Yes, the goal is to get as much of the deeded weeks into one of the flex programs. Otherwise, the owners of the flex products will have a difficult time achieving a reservation due to the limited availability in the flex pool. Currently it's not too bad at WKORV or WKORVN but it is a problem currently at Westin Riverfront Mountain Villas.
For reservations at month 8 minus 1 day, one's Home Options within the various Vistana flex programs operate as StarOptions at a 1:1 conversion rate which provides the ability to access all the Vistana properties' available inventory. And as
@JIMinNC and
@CPNY have stated, one is unable to mix the Home Options through the various Vistana flex programs with StarOptions through deeded weeks to make any reservation as each reservation during the Home Resort Reservation Period (12-8 months) is limited to each individual ownership pool/bucket.