Originally Posted by
SkiAdcock
I have FS properties I stay at regularly and have for several years. Occasionally my budget doesn't allow me to stay @ those properties, so I go with the lesser brands or other properties even if they're not lesser brands. I accept that when I am staying at those properties that I get a stay for a reasonable cost. I also acknowledge that I won't have all the amenities. Never has it crossed my mind to freeload or put the property in the ackward position of trying to figure out what to do by asking to freeload.
I'm not even sure the OP's logic would stop at Marriott hotels. Maybe next time I'm in Dallas I'll stay at the Sheraton and take the skyway over to the Marriott and use the lounge there... Of course, like you, I would never think of doing this. It's just bizarre. When I book at a CY, SHS, FI, or RI, I know what I'm getting, and what I'm not getting (a lounge). Folks who've read my posts over the years know that I like to see if hotels will go above and beyond for me (upgrades, three in the lounge without extra charges, etc.) but this is going too far.