Question About SVN Week Colors & StarOption Values

gurs · Feb 28, 2007

Hi - couple of newbie questions. Can anyone explain to me what the colors mean on the "Weekly StarOptions Value" chart (http://www.tug2.net/advice/SVNSOChart0107.pdf There are weeks colored red, blue, green and 2 different shades of yellow/orange/gold. I have 2 basic questions.

First, what is the ranking of the colors? Just judging by point values, it would seem that it goes red, dark orange, light orange, green, blue. Is this correct? Do the colors signify anything other than the relative value of the week (and therefore your ability to trade it for other high-value weeks)?

Second, I understand that different resorts can have different StarOptions values for a given week, but shouldn't the same room type and week color have the same StarOption value? For example, a 3-bedroom lockoff for week 6 at the Sheraton Vistana Villages (Key West) has the same color code as the same room/week at Sheraton Vistana Villages (Amelia Island), but a different StarOption value (139,700 vs 125,000). Very confusing...

Thanks for your help!

DeniseM · Feb 28, 2007

gurs said:
Hi - couple of newbie questions. Can anyone explain to me what the colors mean on the "Weekly StarOptions Value" chart (http://www.tug2.net/advice/SVNSOChart0107.pdf There are weeks colored red, blue, green and 2 different shades of yellow/orange/gold. I have 2 basic questions.

First, what is the ranking of the colors? Just judging by point values, it would seem that it goes red, dark orange, light orange, green, blue. Is this correct? Do the colors signify anything other than the relative value of the week (and therefore your ability to trade it for other high-value weeks)?

Second, I understand that different resorts can have different StarOptions values for a given week, but shouldn't the same room type and week color have the same StarOption value? For example, a 3-bedroom lockoff for week 6 at the Sheraton Vistana Villages (Key West) has the same color code as the same room/week at Sheraton Vistana Villages (Amelia Island), but a different StarOption value (139,700 vs 125,000). Very confusing...

Thanks for your help!

Basically, you need to ignore the colors and look at the weeks, unit size, and Staroptions. The color is not directly related to the Staroptions. When you make a Resv. you ask for a specific date and units size, and you need to know how many Staroptions you own. The colors on the chart are just a graphic tool to set off the seasons - they don't really have a specific meaning that transfers between resorts.

gurs · Feb 28, 2007

DeniseM said:
The colors on the chart are just a graphic tool to set off the seasons - they don't really have a specific meaning that transfers between resorts.

Thanks for the quick reply. If the colors don't mean anything, how do you know what you're buying if you buy a float week? I thought that for floating weeks (and for exchanging fixed for floating), color was what determined your home resort preference period. What am I missing?

Ken555 · Feb 28, 2007

gurs said:
If the colors don't mean anything, how do you know what you're buying if you buy a float week? I thought that for floating weeks (and for exchanging fixed for floating), color was what determined your home resort preference period. What am I missing?

Whichever season your unit floats in will be represented by the same color for that resort. The colors appear to have similar StarOption values but not always exact, and they don't always match seasons with each other.

For instance, the low season at WMH is green while at some Sheratons blue is the lowest. I think SVNs intention was to have the colors represent number of StarOptions only...so if you buy a 'red' week at one resort you know you can use it during the 'red' season at another, and same for the other colors.

Bottom line - know how many Options you own and use the colors as only a guide.

pointsjunkie · Feb 28, 2007

floating week

from my understanding when you purchased your floating week the unit was given staroption amount. such as 81,000 or 67,100.for example.look at your contract and it will tell you. let's assume it is 81,000 staroptions is your amount. look at the chart to see which weeks are in the 81,000 value and that is when you can travel to your home resort. you can call or use mystarcentral to book the vacation 12 months to the day you want to travel.

if you want to go to another SVN resort you can bool 8 months to the day.you do not have to use the full 81,000 staroptions. you can separate them and go on multiple vacations. full weeks can be reserved 8 months ahead ,if you have leftover staroptions you can book additional time 3 months before your time.

i hope this helps.

Bill4728 · Feb 28, 2007

The colors appear to mean something. The same colors equal the same point values at every resort.

Red is highest, then Brown, Tan and Green then lowest is blue.

A 2 bed lock off is the same SO at every SVO resort on the chart:
- 148.1K at all the resorts with a Red season
- 95.7K at all the resorts with a Brown season
- 81 K at all the resorts with a Tan season
- 56.3 K at all the resorts with a Green season
- 46.5K at all the resorts with a Blue season

PS except St Johns where 148K get you a 3 bedroom and Avon which doesn't have 2 bed lock off only 2 bed.

BradC · Feb 28, 2007

gurs said:
If the colors don't mean anything, how do you know what you're buying if you buy a float week?

My understanding is that a floating week will always have a deeded week behind it.

For example, my Kierland unit is deeded as "week 9 floating." Week number 9 is called "platinum season" within SVN, but regardless of the season name or chart colors, when I look at the StarOptions chart, I just look at the line that includes week #9.

DeniseM · Feb 28, 2007

gurs said:
Thanks for the quick reply. If the colors don't mean anything, how do you know what you're buying if you buy a float week? I thought that for floating weeks (and for exchanging fixed for floating), color was what determined your home resort preference period. What am I missing?

Your deed won't specify the week by color - it will specify the dates when your unit can be used, and the unit size - that's what you go by in reserving your home resort. For exchanging to another resort, you go by Staroptions only. A week that floats 1-52 does not have a fixed week attached to it, except for deeding purposes. So, with a true floating week, you don't have any week reserved, until you actually make the Resv.

You can call it any color you want - but it's the dates, unit size, and Staroptions that really determine what you own.

Question About SVN Week Colors & StarOption Values

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