CPNY
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Harborside Resort at Atlantis
SVV - Key West/Bella
WKV
Regal Vista at Massanutten
Awesome thanks! I found a broker who explained the same thing you did but If I’m serious I’ll dig around for that thread. I’d prob never go back, I’d just it as a trader. So maybe you’re right. Get a cheaper maint fee unit or just stick with what I have and see how it works for me before adding more on. I’m also a believer in buying where you want to go. The only problem for me is that buying where I really want to go has the highest maint fee of any timeshare in the universe it seems. Atlantis resort is too high. I have to get rid of it, which led me on the buy more mandatory deeds and book back into that resort.I can't speculate on what will happen with MVC, but I'm a firm believer that you should buy where you would want to go. In the end if the program gets demolished you will at least have home resort usage. I think they will offer something to bring SVN owners into the MVC sphere as it only makes good business sense.
There is a difference in the true-plat and the 1-52 weeks. Originally I believe the resort was being sold as 1-52 usage. When Starwood took it over they started selling it as seasons with plat being weeks 1-21, 50-52. From what I have heard there is not much difference in what can be seen in II for trades (some reports on TUG of plats being a bit better). There will be a huge difference if you are wanting to book a spring training week as there is much less competition for those weeks within the plat pool as opposed to the full year pool.
One caution if you are looking at listings advertised as plat - be sure to verify the unit number as the platinum designation depends on both the week on the deed and the unit number (there is a thread somewhere here on TUG that lists the unit numbers - I'm just too lazy right now to find it ).