Originally Posted by
TommyC80
My only problem with *wood is that their network isn't nearly as large as Marriott's. I had trouble maintaining status with them simply because it was often too hard to find a property close to where I needed to be.
+1 especially when you are mostly travelling within Europe and looking for mid range hotels.
I love to try out *wood too but it's difficult to find them near where I need to be.
Recently I stayed at Hamburg Marriott and we were 2 adults and 3 kids (the oldest one is 7), and we ended up paying EUR 40 for an upgrade to a larger room that 'can' accommodate all of us. We are both Gold, and according to them 1 upgrade for us is an 'executive' room and in order to 'fit' all of us in we need 2 cat. upgrade and since we only entitled to one, we had to pay for the next category upgrade.
Btw it's the same with Plat (I asked
the FD), so don't expect suite upgrade there as a Plat.