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Old Feb 11, 2012 | 8:54 pm
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Originally Posted by jenpdx
Keep in mind that there may be implications for upgrades, because many hotels only have accessible rooms of the most basic category, and if you request one the hotel will assume that you need it and not upgrade you further.
+1. At some point last year, I accidentally booked an accessible room rather than a regular room without noticing it. Checked in, asked if an upgrade to a room with a sofabed was available... "Well, we have one, but it's not accessible." Took me a minute to figure out what the heck the agent meant. But once I explained that I didn't even want the accessible room, he upgraded me without issue.

I also like the idea (hadn't occurred to me before) of noting in the comments, "Please move me to a regular room if possible."
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