I saw a thread that questioned this system and i wasn't familiar with it so i looked online for information and this is what i found - for me personally it makes no sense because it would take my mandatory resort staroptions and convert to voluntary meaning the flex won't transfer and my timeshare that i purchased resale would lose substantial value.
I take no credit in what i am posting it is simply a copy/paste
[Written by Syed Sarmad]
There are three points based programs that Vistana currently has:
Sheraton Flex
Westin Aventuras
Westin Flex
There are 6 resorts in the Sheraton Flex program:
Sheraton Broadway Plantation, Myrtle Beach, SC
Sheraton Vistana Resort and Vistana Villages, Orlando, FL
Vistana Beach Club, Jensen Beach, FL
Sheraton Steamboat Springs, Steamboat Springs, CO
Sheraton Desert Oasis, Scottsdale, AZ
The Westin Aventuras are Mexico based resorts:
Los Cabos, Cabo San Lucas
Two currently in their resorts in Cancun
There are 7 resorts in the Westin Flex program:
Westin Ka anapali Ocean Resort Villas, Maui, Hawaii
Westin Ka anapali Ocean Resort Villas North, Maui, Hawaii
Westin Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii
Westin Kierland Villas, Scottsdale, AZ
Westin Mission Hills, Rancho Mirage, CA
Westin Desert Willow, Palm Desert, CA
Westin Riverfront Villas, Avon, CO
The Flex system is a point based program giving owners the Home Resort preference period of making reservations up to 12 months in advance in multiple locations.
For example, the Westin Flex program owners will have the right to make reservations in any one of the seven resorts up to 12 months in advance. Purchases made from the Developer have the option of reserving at any other Vistana Signature resort up to 8 months in advance or bank un-used StarOptions or borrow StarOptions or exchange through Interval International or convert into Starwood Preferred Guest or what’s called SPG points.
Flex owners cannot make reservations into any oceanfront units at the Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas South and North or any Event Weeks at either of these two resorts – Kaanapali South or Kaanapali North.
The Flex timeshare is a mandatory membership in a trust with voting rights and assessments. A special warranty deed is issued. The annual maintenance fees are computed on the number of home options purchased, multiplied by the maintenance fee cost per point. Retail purchases also pay an annual club fee.
It is important to note that all the resorts currently in the Sheraton Flex and Westin Flex programs have had sales programs in the past where purchasers bought timeshare interests in one week intervals. So where do these programs get their inventory? The Inventory currently in these Flex programs was acquired through owners upgrading their ownership, through the Developer buying back inventory under their “right of first refusal” option (where applicable), or through foreclosures.
There are two classifications of resorts in the Westin or Vistana program. This pertains specifically to what benefits transfer to a timeshare resale buyer, in other words – what benefits they receive when they purchase a timeshare resale and what benefits do not transfer on a resale.
There are Mandatory and Voluntary Resorts.
The Sheraton Flex, Westin Aventuras and Westin Flex programs come under the classification of voluntary resorts which means StarOption and StarPoint benefits do not transfer to a timeshare resale buyer. The resale buyer will have the same rights to reserve at any one of the resorts in those groups of up to 12 months in advance or enroll into Interval International to make any external exchange.
In other words, they can make reservations just as if they had purchased from a Developer in their network of resorts. For example: a Westin Flex resale buyer can make reservations up to 12 months in advance at any one of the seven resorts or as the Sheraton Flex member at any one of the six resorts or as the Westin Aventura member at Los Cabos and Cancun.
I take no credit in what i am posting it is simply a copy/paste
[Written by Syed Sarmad]
There are three points based programs that Vistana currently has:
Sheraton Flex
Westin Aventuras
Westin Flex
There are 6 resorts in the Sheraton Flex program:
Sheraton Broadway Plantation, Myrtle Beach, SC
Sheraton Vistana Resort and Vistana Villages, Orlando, FL
Vistana Beach Club, Jensen Beach, FL
Sheraton Steamboat Springs, Steamboat Springs, CO
Sheraton Desert Oasis, Scottsdale, AZ
The Westin Aventuras are Mexico based resorts:
Los Cabos, Cabo San Lucas
Two currently in their resorts in Cancun
There are 7 resorts in the Westin Flex program:
Westin Ka anapali Ocean Resort Villas, Maui, Hawaii
Westin Ka anapali Ocean Resort Villas North, Maui, Hawaii
Westin Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii
Westin Kierland Villas, Scottsdale, AZ
Westin Mission Hills, Rancho Mirage, CA
Westin Desert Willow, Palm Desert, CA
Westin Riverfront Villas, Avon, CO
The Flex system is a point based program giving owners the Home Resort preference period of making reservations up to 12 months in advance in multiple locations.
For example, the Westin Flex program owners will have the right to make reservations in any one of the seven resorts up to 12 months in advance. Purchases made from the Developer have the option of reserving at any other Vistana Signature resort up to 8 months in advance or bank un-used StarOptions or borrow StarOptions or exchange through Interval International or convert into Starwood Preferred Guest or what’s called SPG points.
Flex owners cannot make reservations into any oceanfront units at the Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas South and North or any Event Weeks at either of these two resorts – Kaanapali South or Kaanapali North.
The Flex timeshare is a mandatory membership in a trust with voting rights and assessments. A special warranty deed is issued. The annual maintenance fees are computed on the number of home options purchased, multiplied by the maintenance fee cost per point. Retail purchases also pay an annual club fee.
It is important to note that all the resorts currently in the Sheraton Flex and Westin Flex programs have had sales programs in the past where purchasers bought timeshare interests in one week intervals. So where do these programs get their inventory? The Inventory currently in these Flex programs was acquired through owners upgrading their ownership, through the Developer buying back inventory under their “right of first refusal” option (where applicable), or through foreclosures.
There are two classifications of resorts in the Westin or Vistana program. This pertains specifically to what benefits transfer to a timeshare resale buyer, in other words – what benefits they receive when they purchase a timeshare resale and what benefits do not transfer on a resale.
There are Mandatory and Voluntary Resorts.
The Sheraton Flex, Westin Aventuras and Westin Flex programs come under the classification of voluntary resorts which means StarOption and StarPoint benefits do not transfer to a timeshare resale buyer. The resale buyer will have the same rights to reserve at any one of the resorts in those groups of up to 12 months in advance or enroll into Interval International to make any external exchange.
In other words, they can make reservations just as if they had purchased from a Developer in their network of resorts. For example: a Westin Flex resale buyer can make reservations up to 12 months in advance at any one of the seven resorts or as the Sheraton Flex member at any one of the six resorts or as the Westin Aventura member at Los Cabos and Cancun.
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