SDO fixed or float

[tomandrobin]

Which better to buy at SDO, a fixed week or floating. I really can't tell a difference between the two, except for the obvious.

 

[DeniseM]

Tom - Some of the floating weeks at SDO were sold before Starwood bought the property and when you requalify them, Starwood doesn't give you as many Staroptions for those particular weeks. That would be my main concern.

 

[pointsjunkie]

i just recently purchased both. i have a 2 br l/o that's floating 1-52 that will be worth 81000 staroptions when i requalify it and then i lucked out and got a large i br sold from starwood and that will be worth 81000 staroptions whrn i requalify it.
when i look at all the sdo resale sites the one's that are "starwood" are very rare and expensive. have you found any?

 

[oneohana]

Which better to buy at SDO, a fixed week or floating. I really can't tell a difference between the two, except for the obvious.

Are you asking for a "fixed" week or a platinum float week. If you are not going to requalify the week, the 1-52 week is the way to go.

 

[mesamirage]

I agree that floating weeks 1-52 are a better purchase if you don't intend to requal the week with Starwood.

Its also worth mentioning that these weeks trade VERY well thru Interval, I consistently see Kierland, Mission Hills, and Orlando Starwood locations with my SDO weeks that are deposited in II.

I'm not sure this is true... but I almost think I would only see the same weeks for trade with II if I deposited my Westin Kierland week... I wonder if II treats Kierland and SDO with the same trade power?? If they do it REALLY means the WKV is devalued if ever deposited in II. (or SDO is overvalued)

 

[tomandrobin]

Thanks.....So Fixed for SDO is bad, unless I want that week. !-52 week float is beter either if I requalify or not.

 

[DeniseM]

No - if you want to requalify, you want a fixed week, the floating weeks are not worth as many Staroptions. Did you see this example from pointsjunkie?

I have a 2 br l/o that's floating 1-52 that will be worth 81000 staroptions when i requalify it and then i lucked out and got a large 1 br sold from starwood and that will be worth 81000 staroptions when I requalify it.

Her floating 2 bdm. and her Starwood fixed 1 bdm. are both worth 81,000 Staroptions

 

[tomandrobin]

No - if you want to requalify, you want a fixed week, the floating weeks are not worth as many Staroptions. Did you see this example from pointsjunkie?



Her floating 2 bdm. and her Starwood fixed 1 bdm. are both worth 81,000 Staroptions

I did see his post, but it didn't say the second week was fixed. So, recap the recap......Fixed is good for requalifing, float is good for trading and use. Float weeks are pre-Starwood (Embassy) and fixed weeks are starwood sold weeks.

 

[pointsjunkie]

hi, i will elaborate, the unit that is the large 1 br( that was a starwood unit) is a floating week but in the platinum season week 14 was deeded but it is floating. it is not pre-starwood where all the units are 1-52. hope this makes this easier to understand.

 

[tomandrobin]

hi, i will elaborate, the unit that is the large 1 br( that was a starwood unit) is a floating week but in the platinum season week 14 was deeded but it is floating. it is not pre-starwood where all the units are 1-52. hope this makes this easier to understand.

Clearly, thanks for your help.

Still after two almost two years of ownership I am continually learning. Starwood resorts are confusing enough and lately I have been extending myself into learning about some of the other systems and timesharing outside of Starwood. So much to learn, I need a second degree to get thru it all.

Had an oppurtunity for a SDO unit, but I hesitated too long (a week) and now it is gone. I should have came here the first day with my questions.

 

[pointsjunkie]

i was on a regular resale site and the price for a 2 br l/o annual at sdo 1-52 was listed at $10,000 and i started at 3500 and got it for $3700 plus mf.all you can do is low ball someone and they just might say yes.

 

[tomandrobin]

I found a 2 bedroom l/o, fixed week 12 at SDO that was listed locally for $3500. It cuaght my attention, but I waited too long. I missed out on it by a day.