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WKORVN - Unable to book IV for Jan at 1yr

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LobsterHunter -

As you can see from the Stats posted, a lot of other views are not available either - not just Island View.

BUT - when you see Staroption reservations available 8 mos. before check-in - those reservations can be ANY view, including OF and OV.

Staroption reservation availability just indicates unreserved inventory - it doesn't tell you the view. So there is no reason to assume that they are holding back Island View inventory.

That being said - who knows what Starwood does behind the scenes - look at the huge dump they just made at HRA for summer.

I think part of it is their crappy reservations system - hopefully things will improve under the Interval regime. ;)
 
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Just booked my Jan 28 2017 reservation Oceanfront studio, but all room sizes are available. I still do not get why IV would be booked more than OF?:ponder:
 

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There's something strange going on on Maui. Last week I was able to reserve a 1BR at WKORV-N IV exactly 12 months out, but within minutes there we no units available, except at 8 months out, where all sizes were available.

Today I tried to reserve for the second IV week, and after getting some error messages, within a couple of minutes all I could see were openings for the 8 month window in June. All size IV units were unavailable for home resort reservations.

I then looked at WKORV and everything is wide open for home resort OV reservations, even for reservations a week earlier that have been waiting for takers that long. I can't believe one resort would fill up like that while the one next door still has openings a week later, or more.

I'll try to call in the morning to see if I can get an explanation.
 

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I am in Maui now, tried to book and it would not allow me to book until 8 months out either. Must be a "beta" issue:(
 

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Just called owner services, no island views available. I tried last night as others have posted in the past at the exact time. Never had this issue at 12 months out.
I am going to ask at the front desk while I am here.
 

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Between this at WKORVN, and the weird Harborside availability for summer 2016, I really think there is a glitch with the Villa Finder. Or something weird is going on behind the scenes.
 

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Very odd I just booked my second week for 2017 February 04 to 11no issues with Oceanfront. I think it is a glitch with new star option changes and they can't figure it out
 
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There should be no glitches with IV reservations, since the Staroption changes only impact the Ocean Front units, and only at 8 mos. before check-in. You can't make 2017 Staroption reservation for 4 more mos.
 

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How did you book the 6 th when I is only the 4th?
 

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online is the night before, and it is leap year... (?)
 

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Good thought BUT....the finder only allows you to put in the 4th..next?
 

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Very odd I just booked my second week for 2017 February 06 to13 no issues with Oceanfront. I think it is a glitch with new star option changes and they can't figure it out

Are you sure you didn't accidentally book it for 2/6 of 2016? 2/6 of 2017 is a Monday...
 

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Are you sure you didn't accidentally book it for 2/6 of 2016? 2/6 of 2017 is a Monday...

I made a mistake on dates just checked I booked Saturday Feb 04,2017. I am at wkorvnorth now and was mixed up on dates. Anyway no issues booking oceanfront for 2017.
 

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We were successful in reserving our WKORV-OF unit for 2/4/2017 last night. We had to log out and log in a couple of times, but we finally got it. The website was glitchy, to say the least.
 

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We were successful in reserving our WKORV-OF unit for 2/4/2017 last night. We had to log out and log in a couple of times, but we finally got it. The website was glitchy, to say the least.

I had the same glitchy issues last night with WKORV-OF for 2/4/17. I had and lost 4 separate reservations and had to log back in as well.

We should all meet up next year as capjak will be there as well.
 
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I had the same glitchy issues last night with WKORV-OF for 2/4/17. I had and lost 4 separate reservations and had to log back in as well.

We should all meet up next year as capjak will be there as well.

It's a date God willing and the creek don't rise
 

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A perfect place to meet; see you then.
 

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Glad this has worked out for some. Still not for a lowly island view owner. My call this after did go to owner services and they said no glitch.
A couple of owners here are reporting the same issue of no availability. Something strange is going on as this has never happened before. More investigations to follow because I am curious to how this has happened.
Good news is we are here now and still have 2 weeks to go.
 

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Yes it's a miracle. This morning all kind of island views showed up on the villa finder. Reservation made. My 86 year old FIL has always wanted to come here and God willing this will happen now ( he has always had an open invitation)

Now back to vacation
 

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There is something weird going on here…

***Folks, if you try to make a reservation exactly when the reservation window opens and there is zero availability, please complain to Starwood, otherwise they won't know there is a problem!

***If the Rep. who answers the phone blows you off, please ask for Owner Resolution Services, or use the Dashboard function and send them a message.
 
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