We were on Kauai at Westin Princeville in August. The saleswoman lied outright about this very thing. She said if we make a purchase and enroll our Shadow Ridge weeks into Abound, we would be able to book 13 months out for Maui because we would be Chairman. I told her we are already Chairman, grandfathered after Marriott's takeover of Westin. I said no one can book ahead of me. It's always twelve months to the day, midnight Eastern. She argued with me and added, "Here, I can prove it." I told her we own multiple Marriott weeks and can book 13 months out with our legacy weeks, but we cannot book Westin 13 months out.
They lie and then double it down. At least the closer guy didn't continue with her same lies. He was honest and just told us what we would pay to enroll our weeks with a purchase of 4,000 points. No thanks.