Originally Posted by JDiver

Some do, some do not. Smart managers will not do this if people are not taking advanage of the property, as it is an inducement to return.

Nonetheless, I have been refused at one property at least - a standard sized carry-on at the DoubleTree SFO, where the so-called HHonors Manager called the bell staff and said "I have a guest who wants to leave baggage; you don't have room for any, do you?" Uh, no, of course not...

Congratulations, and thanks from someone who has stayed probably close to a hundred times over the years. (This person I think has left recently, no loss - such a rigid personality I think she is positively frangible.)