Originally Posted by
damon88
If the goal is to get *any* upgrade you are correct.
If the goal is to get upgraded to a suite, I believe that your odds are definitely improved if you have booked a higher room type.
My example is for "any" upgrade actually
And about book higher room type makes the odds of upgraded to suite improves, I'm interested to hear other LT members experience on this!
I'm pretty much new in this loyalty scheme, so my experience is extremely limited
And I guess its either upgraded to suite or nothing
Another question I have is :
Current SPG qualification for elite tiers seems to encourage people to stay at the cheapest room and maybe cheapest hotel (especially for matress run )
As it only count the stay and night. So 1 night stay at St Regis presidential suite have same weight as 1 night stay at 4 Points Sheraton cheapest room.
I currently have LeClubAccor Gold membership and they use status points or nights for their qualification.
Which make 3 night stays at $3000 suite can make you a platinum straight away.
The qestions is : Which one profit the hotel most ? servicing 1 guest for 50 night stays at hotels cheapest room, or 1 guest that book ... say .. 3 days in their most expensive suite ?
I make assumption cheapest hotel rate is $200 and the rate for the expensive suite is at $5000/nights making the revenue for the hotel is $10000 and $15000 respectively