Originally Posted by UAPremierExecMRE
MIKEM, you are correct. The lack of upgrades is one of my biggest complaints. They claim to give you the best available room (I understand "room" is not the same as "suite") but it never happens. I never take the first room they give me, I always tell them to pick the 3rd room down on the list of rooms they had planned for me and that's the one I want. Prior to this I always seemed to get rooms next to the ice/vending room or the elevator shaft. With Marriott's new Platinum Premier level I worry the value of Platinum will be diluted.
UAPremierExecMRE,
The properties you stay at have a huge impact on upgrades. Some MR hotels have only a couple suites. The only way you are going to know is to make the switch. Spend the 1-2 hours getting comp to Diamond. Then start staying at some Hiltons. You will know very shortly what the deal is. I would definitely do this to give yourself a piece of mind.