Starwood Preferred Guest - Anybody receive their 2002-03 Plat cards yet...

I am not sure if it has anything to do with not having the card yet, but so far I haven't received even one suite upgrade after 11 stays this year

I have my card and still haven't received a suite upgrade since I became a Platinum, so what? Maybe the properties have been fully booked. Your number and status are on file when room assignments are set up, so having a card is quite irrelevant. In fact, every time I present my card at check in, the clerk waves it away saying my number is already in the system. [Except in Singapore where they go through a very carefully choreographed process of honouring the card and handing it back in a very particular two-handed fashion displaying great reverance, but no suite upgrade.]

Not sure why you posted this as a new thread considering your topic is being covered in at least two other current threads, and the actual content [suite upgrades for Plats] in about a dozen other active threads.

Received mine the first week of March. Nothing like getting it late since I was on a trip that week! No problems at the hotels showing my old card since the old and new cards look exactly the same.

I haven't carried my card on me in over a year, despite about 140 nights since last January. But I also make all my reservations via the web and insure my number is in the record.

Usually to confirm that my status is recognized, I just ask at the desk if they have my Platinum number in the record, and they always reply with a "yes", and sometimes with a "yes, and we have a suite upgrade held for you".

Come to think of it, I also don't carry my airline membership card, nor do I flash my frequent traveller credentials for the world to see with bag tags. I guess I like to go for the 'unassuming, inconspicuous' look. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif