Originally Posted by
bmw303
My point is, out of the last 20 or so stays, I have requested a late checkout probably 10 or more times, and all of them have been granted without hesitation. My requests have varied from 2pm to 6pm. Once when I requested a 4 pm latecheckout it was denied, but the hotel offered 3 pm...still a late checkout.......
Once I requested a late checkout at 2pm, instead of the posted 12noon. I was denied 2pm, but granted 1245pm

. Was I granted late checkout? Yes. Did it help me? No.

That was staying at a Hyatt as a Diamond.
At many SPG properties, I was simply told "your checkout time is 4pm as a Platinum". ^ SPG beats Hyatt hands down in this aspect.