to be more specific, I am referring to mandatory resales AFTER 8/9/22. These weeks are not eligible for Abound, but are eligible for VSN. It would be great if our already paid Abound fee covers these non-abound weeks also, or if they have to join VSN membership seperately to use the staroptions.
Though that last line from alwaysonvac gives hope that if its in VSN, it'll be included.
I can confirm that there is no additional fee.
A mandatory resale week was added to my existing Vistana account in 2023.
I have all mandatory weeks. All are eligible VOIs except for this new week.
Here’s my experience
Problems encountered and resolved
(1) My new week wasn’t added to my existing account upon completion of the transfer. The title department resolved my issue by merging all accounts under the same owner member id.
(2) Once the accounts were merged, I could see the new week on the Vistana dashboard and under “What you own” however like others reported the system indicated that I couldn’t make an online reservation. Once Tuggers started reporting that the online reservation issue had been resolved, I confirmed that I was also able to make a Vistana reservation using my new 2023 StarOption.
Observations
(1) Confirmed new resale mandatory week appears under “Elect for Club Points” but displayed as Not Enrolled
(2) Confirmed updated total Club points balance and new Ownership level. Club point values across all enrolled VOIs in VSN are included in the total number of Club Points used to generate one ownership level.
(3) Confirmed Banking fee displayed as $0 for new 2023 week as it should.