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Starting to get worried about trades...

thinze3 said:
I believe Starwood bulk bank weeks which have not been reserved by other SVN members. I cannot imagine very many June units at Westin Ka'Anapali being available to be bulk-banked. I may be wrong, however.


Terry :)
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Well.. that's what I meant. It is highly unlikely they would get a Starwood but not impossible. I didn't say that she would get a trade there did I? Maybe I'm missing something. I meant by bulk banking that the owners don't control what gets deposited. The resort does therefore it might be more difficult of a trade as they leave the peak season available for owners.
 
Well, DH is upset the trades haven't come through yet, and with the decreasing chance of getting FF tickets, he wants to scrap the idea of Hawaii altogether and go in 2010 instead when we at least have a week at Waiohai to use. Maybe I can find a direct exchange for the other weeks. Still totally bummed about not going for our 10th anniversary. Looks like we are going to switch it to the Caribbean which looks easier to get economy FF flights.
 
potchak said:
Right now we are open as to which islands we want. The only one we definitely want is a Waiohai week and since that one is only 2bds, I think we have a good chance at that one. I know that Maui is gonna be tough, but we will see what happens. I would be perfectly satisfied with 3 weeks in Kauai if it came down to it. I just want to know where we will be going. I can't quite book the flights yet since 330 days from the return flight isn't until Aug 1. I also need to get my points traded in for a hotel/flight package so we have the miles. Hubby doesn't want to do this until we have at least one of the weeks under our belt and guaranteed. We can always supplement with a hotel week.
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I'm confused. I'm leaving AFTER you - July 3 - 17. I was able to book my air. Are you sure you have your dates right? Or am I being a bonehead in some way? Didn't you say you were going in June? I checked your first post. You're past 330 days out. And it's past August 1st... I must be missing something...:doh:
 
potchak said:
Well, DH is upset the trades haven't come through yet, and with the decreasing chance of getting FF tickets, he wants to scrap the idea of Hawaii altogether and go in 2010 instead when we at least have a week at Waiohai to use. Maybe I can find a direct exchange for the other weeks. Still totally bummed about not going for our 10th anniversary. Looks like we are going to switch it to the Caribbean which looks easier to get economy FF flights.
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I figured out my stupidity. This thread was started ages ago. Sorry!:doh:
Yes - Caribbean is easy - BUT - it's very expensive to get an inner island flight. We considered Grand Cayman for a week and then Aruba. It was 700 dollars or so for a flight!
 
We're planning for Aug/Sept 2009 and will piggyback a Labor Day week (arrival 9/5/09) to the week we have reserved in Waikiki. Given the number of late availability of weeks during this timeframe, I'm not going to sweat getting the exchange even if it is a month out.

I'll book our airline via NWA FF in October once they open up in and out of Honolulu and will add the inner island flights based on what we land for the second island/week.
 
Zac495 said:
I think you'd better book your tickets. we're going in July, and we got the last business class (or first - whatever it is) that was available on points....... But no way was I going to fly coach from Philadelphia (mean mom - the kids are going coach)
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Wednesday I booked three RT coach tickets to Hawaii next summer using 120K Amex points. Brian helped me through the process. Amex to Air Canada, Air Canada to book United. Coach/economy will work for us because of the change of planes in SF. United also offers upgrades to Economy Plus (5" more legroom) for a fee. :D



ciscogizmo1 said:
Well.. that's what I meant. It is highly unlikely they would get a Starwood but not impossible. I didn't say that she would get a trade there did I? Maybe I'm missing something. I meant by bulk banking that the owners don't control what gets deposited. The resort does therefore it might be more difficult of a trade as they leave the peak season available for owners.
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Much more clearly stated (for my limited capacity). I misinterpreted your meaning the first go around. :)

Terry
 
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