Originally Posted by
USirritated
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If you are referring to the Rome Marriott Grand Hotel Flora, that is a very specific case. RMGHF it is an historic (and small, 135 room) hotel, and dedicating space to an executive lounge would detract from the historic nature of hotel itself and would significantly reduce the revenue stream since the hotel is almost always booked full.
The Marriott Copenhagen is approximately 46 kilometers/29 miles away from the Renaissance Malmo. Is the lounge really so important that traveling that distance twice daily (if your original intended destination is Sweden for Eurovision or any specific purpose, and not Denmark) would be really worthwhile?
The current Mega Bonus already has a cat. 1-5 option, at least for some people, why not call MR and ask whether they will give you that option?
Well, as far as I know, the only property in the area that has a lounge in Rome is the Rome Marriott Park hotel, which is really far from the city. IIRC the Naples property didn't have one either.
I am staying in Malmo for the concert, because I booked it as a category 4 and can use past megabonus certs. My commentary was for people who don't have a preference/are willing to stay in either city. They are connected by a very very short train ride.
And this time around they are being really stingy about changing megabonus offers, especially to the 1-5 ones. So definitely YMMV.