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Trading silver season for platinum season (by Timothy S.):

marionp8 wrote:

Does anyone trade their silver season for the platinum season at Ocean Pointe? If so, are you successful in getting what you want? I own a platinum season and am considering purchasing a silver season (better price) and then hoping to have two consecutive weeks in the platinum season. I am worried that after I purchase the silver season it won't work knowing how hard it is just to get what I want with my ocean- front platinum. If anyone has done this I would appreciate hearing from you. The salesman at Ocean Pointe said since it is in-house I would get first pick with Interval but I am still leary. Don't want two weeks in two different seasons far apart. Thanks.

In my opinion, you can exchange a silver week from Ocean Pointe for a platinum week at Ocean Pointe. My wife an I did it this year.

If you discuss this with Interval, they should tell you that you get a higher priority in the request queue by offering a 3br villa, then 2br villa for trade. In our case, we deposited a 1br oceanside villa and exchanged for an oceanside platinum villa in March. We deposited the week in 2008 and were notified by our II rep in June 2008. I think we were fortunate because owners who deposited 3br and 2br villas were higher on the list than us and I assume we did not get our request filled until the ones above us were filled first.

One other thing to consider is how many platinum owners deposit their weeks for exchange in the platinum season. If not too many weeks are usually available, then your chances of getting an exchange are lower no matter what you offer.

Tim