Originally Posted by
pinniped
My failures with the Plat override did not involve any kind of major worldwide event or other situation (e.g., natural disaster or whatnot) where the hotel was likely to have lost control of its inventory.
I know there are others here who have had successes with it and may assign value to it. For me, it doesn't really have any value...that's why, to me, the difference between Gold and Plat is basically the wine and 2 points per dollar spent.
It does not need to be a worldwide event...it could have been the Association of Neighborhood Corner Streetsweeps and Light Bulb Changers annual convention where they only needed the rooms from 1 hotel (if they contract the entire hotel the hotel has lost control of their inventory, MI doesn't take the hotel's word that the group booked the entire hotel either, documentation must be provided and signed off at various levels)