Originally Posted by
stimpy
The point about elite status is that most of us in this thread, and in Flyertalk in general, have elite status. I have zero interest in judging a hotel as someone without elite status because that is meaningless to me.
I have no problem that you judge hotels also in view of how they treat you as an elite. I do the same when I have to decide where I'm going to stay.
However, the way a hotel treats its elites should not factor into categorizing a hotel as "luxurious" or "upper upperscale" or similar. A hotel doesn't become more luxurious because you get an upgrade or free lounge access. You (or) -- as elites -- just get more bang for the buck. It's completely fine to aim for that, but it's a different game.
HTB.