This is a great link; I love the charts - THANKS Skier-Pete.
Have they been updated recently?? I am considering a resale purchase at AKV, strictly for the 11-month advantage on the Value Studios - in January. Based on this latest chart; January is one of the few times where these are "mostly" available. I'd just like to see if that's still current data before I buy AKV. THANKS!
Read that chart again, it said "mostly" for first half of Jan and "spotty" for second half. Do not purchase AKV with the plan to usually get value studios (or 2BRs). Value studios (and thus 2BRs because they are all lock-offs) can have difficulties at 11 months out any time of the year. Also, understand that "mostly" on the chart you referenced can mean no more than the simple majority of days. what can often happen in Jan is that you can still be blocked out at 11 months out just depending on arrival day. Here is what happened for January 2018 for value studios/2BRs when booking in Feb 2017:
Jan 1: disappeared before 11 months out
Jan 2 and 3: were open at 11 months for enough time to get one
Jan 4 and 5: disappeared right at 8 a.m. on Feb 4
Jan 6: disappeared right at 8 a.m. 11 months out
Jan 7, 8, 9, 10: open at 11 months out for enough time to get one
Jan 11: disappeared right at 8 a.m. at 11 months out.
Jan 12 and 13: were open at 11 months out for enough time to get one.
Jan 14 and 15: disappeared right at 8 a.m. on Feb 14
Jan 16: open for enough time at 11 months out to get one.
Jan 17: disappeared right at 8 a.m. at 11 months out
Jan 18, 19: were open at 11 months out for enough time to get one.
Jan 20: disappeared right at 8 a.m. at 11 months out
Jan 21, 22, and 23: disappeared right at 8 a.m. on Feb 21.
Jan 24 and 25: disappeared right at 8 a.m. on Feb 24.
Jan 26: open at 8 a.m. at 11 months out enough time to get one.
Jan 27, 28: disappeared right at 8 a.m. 11 month out
Jan 29, 30, 31: disappeared right at 8 a.m. on March 1 (the 11 month window for all three days)
As you will notice from the above, the studios were "mostly" open at 11 months out for Jan 1-15, 2018, as the term "mostly" is used in the chart, because 8 of the 15 nights were open, and Jan 16-31 was "spotty," as mentioned in the chart, because only 4 of the 16 nights were open. You might also notice that popular start dates, Sat and Sun, were each open only once during Jan at 11 months out for enough time to safely get a value studio during Jan. If there is little to no flexibility in the arrival date you might need, you should usually assume your chances of getting a value studio or 2BR are low at 11 months out. Wait list can sometimes help and result in getting what you want, but do you really want to make a major timeshare purchase where getting what you want will usually depend on the luck of a wait list?