Originally Posted by
IsleOfMan
Take a look out the window... can you see the street instead of the side of another building? They may have upgraded you to a Street View instead of a Standard View. Did you have a balcony? Or a couch? Were you on the same floor as the lounge (Executive Floor) with lounge access? All of these could be considered upgrades. While some may be a stretch, especially the views (IMO), these are what pass for upgrades at many properties. I've had my fair share of Suite upgrades, but I've come to expect a partial tree view to be considered an upgrade over a partial brick wall view... funny thing is I rarely open the curtains.
I probably should have said it, but in neither case were we on an executive floor, that was quite obvious. As far as I know neither hotel has balconies, but I could be wrong because I didn't survey all four sides of each of them. You road warriors will know for sure. In any event we didn't get them at either place. In London we had a street view, in Paris a kind of courtyard. In Paris they kept the bottled water replenished every day, and there were robes.