eakhat
TUG Member
My husband and I made a Sheraton Flex purchase and a trade that takes us from no status to 4* Elite and adds points to our collection. These are the details:
*Deeded back our mandatory Platinum 2 bedroom EOY lockoff Westin Kierland. Received value of purchase from developer of $24,900.
*The purchase price of 101,000 annual Bonvoy Points with closing fee was $41,050 (a reduction of cost per point to just under 40 cents per point instead of the current 52 cents per point. We purchased an Explorer package and did presentation in October 2017, and they honored that price.)
*Explorer package credit of $2695.
*Cash paid = $13, 455 ($41,595 - $24,900 - $2695 = $13,455)
*4*Elite: Our 2 bedroom EOY WKORVN was "retroed" and our 1 bedroom Platinum Kierland was "retroed." In addition, they gave us 30,000 each for three timeshares we own in Hawaii that are outside of the Marriott system for an additional 90,000 points that brought us to the 4* elite level.
Will the Sheraton Flex give us the same availability at 8 months? Our past experience has been to get additional weeks at WKORVN with our 2 bedroom EOY Kierland at 8 months.
Is the loss of the 2 bedroom Kierland worth the cost to get 4* Elite and Bonvoy Points? I realize that the 2 bedroom Westin Kierland will probably have a better resale value than the Flex Points.
I'd appreciate your feedback.
Elaine
*Deeded back our mandatory Platinum 2 bedroom EOY lockoff Westin Kierland. Received value of purchase from developer of $24,900.
*The purchase price of 101,000 annual Bonvoy Points with closing fee was $41,050 (a reduction of cost per point to just under 40 cents per point instead of the current 52 cents per point. We purchased an Explorer package and did presentation in October 2017, and they honored that price.)
*Explorer package credit of $2695.
*Cash paid = $13, 455 ($41,595 - $24,900 - $2695 = $13,455)
*4*Elite: Our 2 bedroom EOY WKORVN was "retroed" and our 1 bedroom Platinum Kierland was "retroed." In addition, they gave us 30,000 each for three timeshares we own in Hawaii that are outside of the Marriott system for an additional 90,000 points that brought us to the 4* elite level.
Will the Sheraton Flex give us the same availability at 8 months? Our past experience has been to get additional weeks at WKORVN with our 2 bedroom EOY Kierland at 8 months.
Is the loss of the 2 bedroom Kierland worth the cost to get 4* Elite and Bonvoy Points? I realize that the 2 bedroom Westin Kierland will probably have a better resale value than the Flex Points.
I'd appreciate your feedback.
Elaine