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Do Vistana owners accrue SPG points for timeshare stays?

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I recently bought two timeshares real cheap on resale. I just got back from Kaanapali North. I never thought to ask but do resale owners accrue SPG points when using staroption points to stay at a Westin resort?
 

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No one (resale or retail owners) gets points for using SO's to stay in any resort. The only way to earn SPG points would be to pay cash booking through the SPG hotel site. Even Marriott owners don't get points for stays. They do get credits that count toward the elite stay thresholds. Starwood has never offered either hotel points or nightly credits (or really any hotel status benefits) when staying using SO's or home resort or interval exchanges at any vacation club property. You do earn bonus points when using your SPG CC in most of the onsite restaurants. That's about it.
 

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No one (resale or retail owners) gets points for using SO's to stay in any resort. The only way to earn SPG points would be to pay cash booking through the SPG hotel site. Even Marriott owners don't get points for stays. They do get credits that count toward the elite stay thresholds. Starwood has never offered either hotel points or nightly credits (or really any hotel status benefits) when staying using SO's or home resort or interval exchanges at any vacation club property. You do earn bonus points when using your SPG CC in most of the onsite restaurants. That's about it.

Thanks for the quick reply!
 

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You do earn bonus points when using your SPG CC in most of the onsite restaurants. That's about it.
You do earn SPG points when you charge purchases/incidentals to your villa. Then more when you pay your folio using your SPG or Marriott credit cards.
 

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Do you have a Starwood AMEX card? If you want to earn StarPoints, use that card for everything!
 

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We are staying in Maui next month. I know i will earn points from my credit card for villa charges, Would we also earn points based on Folio if i have my SPG number added to the reservation?
 

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We are staying in Maui next month. I know i will earn points from my credit card for villa charges, Would we also earn points based on Folio if i have my SPG number added to the reservation?

yes
 

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We are staying in Maui next month. I know i will earn points from my credit card for villa charges, Would we also earn points based on Folio if i have my SPG number added to the reservation?


Essentially, you will earn on Food & Beverage (non-alcohol) charges. You will not earn for excursions, spa, parking charges or taxes.

Of course, as you stated you will earn from Amex on everything that is charged to the folio and subsequently to the card. What I stated above is for earnings from Vistana for folio charges.
 

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You should get points for food & beverages as mentioned above. HOWEVER, depending on the resort, they may not send over to SPG for points credit. We stayed at Westin Mission Hills twice within a couple of months. Both times the points did not show up and I had to send over the check-out statements to SPG credit the points to my account.
 

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I received credit for a stay, but not nightly credit. I figure this will all go away now. I do also use my SPG AMEX when I check in to get points for amy purchases I might make.
 
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Essentially, you will earn on Food & Beverage (non-alcohol) charges. You will not earn for excursions, spa, parking charges or taxes.

Of course, as you stated you will earn from Amex on everything that is charged to the folio and subsequently to the card. What I stated above is for earnings from Vistana for folio charges.

Curious about the non-alcohol comment as I thought I had received points for that. Come to think of it, alcohol is the only thing I ever buy when at WKORV-N (during happy hour) so they must be giving me points for it as random points appear in my SPG account after every stay.
 

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Curious about the non-alcohol comment as I thought I had received points for that. Come to think of it, alcohol is the only thing I ever buy when at WKORV-N (during happy hour) so they must be giving me points for it as random points appear in my SPG account after every stay.

different jurisdictions have weirdly different rules when alcohol is involved...
 

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Curious about the non-alcohol comment as I thought I had received points for that. Come to think of it, alcohol is the only thing I ever buy when at WKORV-N (during happy hour) so they must be giving me points for it as random points appear in my SPG account after every stay.

different jurisdictions have weirdly different rules when alcohol is involved...

Hawaii is a state that does not allow earning points on the purchase of alcohol.

Here is a more detailed explanation that I penned a few months ago.

https://www.tugbbs.com/forums/index...vsn-resort-saved-for-resources-sticky.272400/
 
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