nodge
TUG Member
We just returned from WKORV. Very, very nice. What more can I say.
There is lots of talk here on TUG about 5 Star Elites getting SPG Platinum Status, but does anyone have anything to say about the other benefits of SVN Elite Status?
For example, I’m really impressed with the complementary room upgrade benefit. Here is what I was recently able to do with that one:
I used my requalified resale Sheraton Desert Oasis’ (SDO) 81,000 StarOptions to book the Westin Kaanapalli Ocean Resort Villas (WKORV) way less than 8 months out. We reserved a large one-bedroom for 81,000 StarOptions. As a lowly 3 star SVN elite member, I called 30 days out to try to “upgrade’” my room to a better view and floor. I also tried to upgrade my villa to a 2 bedroom. SVN said they would enter my view and floor requests, but no guarantees. They also said that since the 2 bedroom is considered 2 units, I’m not allowed to upgrade to it from a large one bedroom.
However, a couple of days before we left, they allowed me to downgrade my reservation to the small one-bedroom (67,100 StarOptions) and then they instantly confirmed a complimentary upgrade back to the large one bedroom. The net result was that our large one bedroom only “cost” 67,100 StarOptions for the week. Very cool. We now have 13,900 extra StarOptions to burn this year on an overnight somewhere.
The only downside in doing this was we lost our original reservation time and date stamp, so we went to the bottom of the view/floor request heap. Accordingly, we were expecting a 1st floor unit in the “highway villas” (Building 4) facing the highway, but were pleasantly surprised to receive an ocean view unit on the 5th floor of building 2 (North - construction side) directly across from WKORV-N’s nearly completed pirate ship pool.
FYI, most of the exterior construction of WKORV-N that is adjacent to WKORV is nearly complete. They were roofing the last building in the row from the ocean to the highway. Accordingly, construction noise wasn’t a problem for us, but the sight of that empty pirate ship pool was more than our toddler could bare. Also, WKORV’s pool temp was A-OK. Not bath water, but not too cold either.
FYI,
-nodge
There is lots of talk here on TUG about 5 Star Elites getting SPG Platinum Status, but does anyone have anything to say about the other benefits of SVN Elite Status?
For example, I’m really impressed with the complementary room upgrade benefit. Here is what I was recently able to do with that one:
I used my requalified resale Sheraton Desert Oasis’ (SDO) 81,000 StarOptions to book the Westin Kaanapalli Ocean Resort Villas (WKORV) way less than 8 months out. We reserved a large one-bedroom for 81,000 StarOptions. As a lowly 3 star SVN elite member, I called 30 days out to try to “upgrade’” my room to a better view and floor. I also tried to upgrade my villa to a 2 bedroom. SVN said they would enter my view and floor requests, but no guarantees. They also said that since the 2 bedroom is considered 2 units, I’m not allowed to upgrade to it from a large one bedroom.
However, a couple of days before we left, they allowed me to downgrade my reservation to the small one-bedroom (67,100 StarOptions) and then they instantly confirmed a complimentary upgrade back to the large one bedroom. The net result was that our large one bedroom only “cost” 67,100 StarOptions for the week. Very cool. We now have 13,900 extra StarOptions to burn this year on an overnight somewhere.
The only downside in doing this was we lost our original reservation time and date stamp, so we went to the bottom of the view/floor request heap. Accordingly, we were expecting a 1st floor unit in the “highway villas” (Building 4) facing the highway, but were pleasantly surprised to receive an ocean view unit on the 5th floor of building 2 (North - construction side) directly across from WKORV-N’s nearly completed pirate ship pool.
FYI, most of the exterior construction of WKORV-N that is adjacent to WKORV is nearly complete. They were roofing the last building in the row from the ocean to the highway. Accordingly, construction noise wasn’t a problem for us, but the sight of that empty pirate ship pool was more than our toddler could bare. Also, WKORV’s pool temp was A-OK. Not bath water, but not too cold either.
FYI,
-nodge
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