OP here - quick update: this remains unresolved at this point.
BTW, for those of you ascribing that TA review to me, please don't. I happen to be perfectly OK with Sheratons. Also, if you have been following along, you will appreciate from my previous posts that I 100% do not believe there is any "fine print" (or any disclosure otherwise) that supports the St. Regis Aspen.