Originally Posted by
UA-NYC
I don't think I've heard of a single other poster say they get jr. suite or better upgrades more than half the time at Marriott properties. The general consensus from what I've seen is, "wow I'm getting more suites now w/SPG than I've ever seen w/MR". Which is what you would expect, given how the benefit is written w/the respective programs.
IME upgrades at MR properties are highly dependent on the the property itself. At the Ren LAX I've been upgraded to Jr. Suites well over 75% of the time as a Plat. However, that property has a lot of Jr. Suites (442 rooms, 59 suites). There are a lot of FS MR properties where only a very small percentage (~2% or less) of their rooms are Suites. The Marriott LAX, has 984 rooms and 20 suites and I've never been upgraded to a suite there.
I've argued since the merger was announced that the suite upgrade policy for Plats going forward will need some tweaking to accommodate the wide variability of suite proportions at legacy MR properties.