Originally Posted by chgoeditor
If you're traveling for business, are you using a corporate discount or booking through a corporate travel department/agency
No, these are pretty much all booked by me personally via the hotel websites.
Originally Posted by chgoeditor
do you include your company name and job title in the booking information/saved profile? If you're CEO or something else that might indicate you control/have sway over the travel budget, that might have an effect.
Ha! If only.
Originally Posted by chgoeditor
do you share a name with anyone famous?
Nope!
Originally Posted by EasyVictor
Sometimes its as simple as being nice to the desk clerk who checks you in...Just a warm smile, asking them how their day is going, and engaging in friendly conversation can make a huge difference which room you wind up in.
It would be nice to say that I am that outgoing, chatty, super-friendly person, but in fact I'm not. I am certainly not unfriendly and I am always polite unless I have been given reason to be otherwise, but I'm not a chit-chatter by any stretch of the imagination. My main goal is to get to my room as fast as possible!
Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
I have gotten upgrades when I use an AmEx Plat charge card
Just a lowly Amex Gold Premium Rewards here.
Originally Posted by chgoeditor
All that said, sometimes upgrades happen for no reason having to do with you and everything having to do with the hotel.
I guess that's it!