I'm at the Irvine, CA FS Marriott tonight and, of course, the Concierge Lounge is not open. And I'm not surprised as the hotel is like a ghost town this weekend.

But what did surprise me was the lack of free breakfast for Platinums over the weekend. I never realized the T&C's stated just Free Healthy Start breakfast Monday-Friday only as every FS Marriott or Renaissance I've stayed at this year has offered a full hot breakfast on weekends. And we stay at Marriott quite frequently.

Guess we've just lucked out in the past. The front desk manager mumbled something about Marriott corporate changing the policy.

I thought this might be something new but then I noticed this rather old thread and this has been going on for some time.

Again, I guess it's hit or miss with more misses than hits.

It's no biggie in this particular case as we'll probably hit the road before breakfast anyway. But it's a valuable bennie most times.

And we don't have an exceptionally low rate this weekend. But this property is a nice one IMO and very close to where we need to be tonight.