Originally Posted by
hhoope01
Which may very well be how Marriott's inventory system treats them, but if you check out
Platinum Benefits, note that it specifically excludes "upgrades from studio to 1- or 2-bedrooms". I do believe that sometime in the past, this same site stated that upgrades from a studio to a 1-bedroom suite" were a part of the program. But even the existing text implies that going from a studio to a 1-bedroom suite would be an "upgrade".
Also note that the 48 hour room Guarantee is applicable at RIs for studio suites only, not 1 bedroom or 2 bedroom suites. So somehow Marriott has a distinction between them.
I believe you are reading too much into the language used (how the CRS treats the room types doesn't matter when it comes to upgrades)...the reason it treats 1 bedroom suites differently than studio suites at extended stay hotels is because they ARE different at the TPS brand...IMO a 1 bedroom suite at a TPS is the nicest room type in the hotel, unfortunately typically there are only (x) of these rooms in a TPS
(x) is a self edit but read x to be an extremely low number-yeah I'm in a self editing mood I guess