Originally Posted by
CalItalian
Don't agree at all. I get upgraded all the time without ever asking - paid rates and reward nights. Rarely, do I not get upgraded. Does not make a difference if it is a one night stay or a week long stay (or longer). Just depends on their occupancy projections and the way the hotel treats elites.
I'm already pre-upgraded at a Staybridge Suites I'm staying at in three weeks for over a week. One that I stay at often. At a Crowne Plaza I stay at once in a while, they've already looked at my reservations (modified) and upgraded me for one stay but not another during a busy set of dates. I can count on the Holiday Inn in Torrance to pre-upgrade me to the club floor the day of or the day before my stay everytime. Staybridge Suites in Miami upgraded three rooms I had for myself and friends/family during the same busy dates in March (I was there for a week).
Everyone's experience is going to be different on this one, some people are luckier with upgrades than others and there are some hotels particularly in the UK (The OP mentioned Premier Inn so I assume this is an HI in the UK) that will play hardball with upgrades. There are hotels I can spend two weeks in and am upgraded to club or exec and there are others I will only ever be upgraded on single night stays. I used to push it and would more often than not get shifted along the corridor to a corner room which they can class as an upgrade. If they aren't going to upgrade me to club or exec (Which they don't have to do) they are as well leaving me where they originally had me allocated and I'll vote with my feet.
Hopefully the changes on July 1st will bring some concrete ruling on it but I doubt it.