Originally Posted by
YYJMSP
In addition to the ~$150K up-front cost to purchase that many intervals, your neighbour is paying ~$10K/yr in maintenance fees.
There are less costly ways of achieving SPG Platinum each year if that is the only goal...
Correct. That's why I added it as an afterthought. He said he's not buying SVOs for that purpose; but the lifetime Platinium status is a nice bonus on top of his annual SVO vacation experiences. No one is suggesting this is an inexpensive way to get lifetime status - just that it's one more benefit when you reach a certain level of SVO ownership.
Cheers,