Sorry if this is a dumb question, but when we finally 'close' on our 2nd TS Marriott purchase in the coming weeks, when does our '13' month window for our two timeshares? One is Gold MV and one is Plat Harbour Lake.
I would assume that in late November I could book Christmas week for Harbour lake in 2018?
If I want to leverage my TS to get more weeks, should I lock them both off, make double reservations right away and then deposit?
What is MV?
In order to take advantage of the 13-mos Reservation Window for Weeks, you must own Weeks with seasonal calendars that allow you to line up consecutive/concurrent intervals from multiple owned Weeks, or, components of multiple owned Lock-Off Weeks. And, the intervals must be available for booking confirmed reservations when you call in.
The Harbour Lake seasonal calendar is
here; Plat weeks are 1-17, 22-34 and 51. Whatever "MV" is, if any of the Gold weeks in its calendar line up consecutively/concurrently with the HL Plat weeks (good chance of that with so many Plat weeks at HL,) and there is availability when you call, you can book them at 13-mos out from the first check-in day. Use the owners.marriottvactionclub.com tool to figure out the Inventory Release day: sign in, click on "Education & Owner Resources" --> "Helpful Tools" --> "When Can I Reserve" -->"Using My Week" --> click on the resort name for the first week of a consecutive stay, or either resort if a concurrent stay --> input your desired first check-in day and you'll get the release dates for both 12- and 13-mos reservation windows.
Note 13-mos Weeks reservations cannot be instantly booked via the online reservation system. There's a way to send a request for 13-mos bookings via the "Use My Week" portal but those aren't handled until the release days and then by reps only when they get a break from the phone lines, so if you're looking for high-demand/holiday reservations it's important to call in on the release day as soon as the window opens at 9AM eastern. If on the release day there is no availability when you get through, remember that you have the 13-mos advantage throughout the entire month before the 12-mos window opens, so call in periodically because booked intervals may be cancelled and re-entered into the system. If you're still not successful throughout that month remember that only 50% of available inventory is released at the 13-mos window and the remainder at 12-mos, so be ready and waiting at 9AM on the 12-mos release day.
*Beginning with Post #33 in this thread there's quite a bit of info related to the 13-mos window and how those reservations can be booked/used:
Planning to purchase Marriott and had a few clarifying questions