mkfisher
TUG Member
Being an owner for several years, we decided to try trading in our Staroptions for a switch in venue. We had successfully traded our Lagunamar ownership into II several times, but this was our first go at a Staroptions trade. With a family gathering planned for Harborside, it was time to leverage our 148,100 from WKORV and give it a try. Armed with the wisdom of Tug, we targeted a wide 4 week window- last 2 weeks of July – first 2 of August to accommodate teachers and kiddos in the family. My wife and I each chopped away at our daily calls at 8am cst hoping one of us would hit pay dirt. 3 weeks of polite apologies finally worked for us last Saturday as we scored both a 2brLO and a 1BR Premium for August 11. Turning our 2brLO into 3 units really worked out for us. (Platinum vs. platinum plus season at Harborside). With less than 1000 points in change left over, we obviously opted out of paying to bank them. My wife was actually booking units on the other phone line as she had gotten through at the same time--- so there must have been a decent pocket of inventory freed up. Other times when nothing was available they did mention that 3 bedroom units were available at St John if we were interested. Luck and timing is everything, as someone probably called later in the morning and snapped up the units my wife cancelled when we duplicated our booking. Bottom line, we were delighted to see that being a student of Tug’s wisdom, and applying our learnings with some planning, patience, flexibility, and persistence paid off. Thanks!
