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Old Jun 6, 2018 | 6:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Clipper801
I am in a similar situation. I have a Starwood booking that is post-August 2018 when SPG Gold will mapped to the new Marriott Gold.
The SPG Gold entitles me to guaranteed 4pm check out but the new Marriott Gold only gives me a 2pm late check out based on availability.
I have an evening long haul flight. It would be nice to get a 4pm check out to be able to freshen up before heading to the airport.
Ask the hotel. You might have better luck with the guaranteed 4 pm checkout if you don't ask them to honor all other current MR Gold benefits, such as lounge/breakfast.....or the hotel could offer you a 4 or 6 pm checkout for some reasonable additional amount of money, maybe as little as $25-50, but if there's a standard for the general public, it would be 50% of the nightly room rate for 4 pm and 100% of the rate for 6 pm, although a day rate (usually to 5 pm) could be cheaper. Some hotels in places where many flights leave late at night (Argentina, Brazil, Singapore, for example) allow 8 pm or later checkouts, while some luxury hotels do the equivalent of Your24 (IIRC Peninsula Beverly Hills, etc.).
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