Originally Posted by
phltraveler
Just to be clear due to the confusing rename of gold 50 nights in Marriott to Plat and 75 nights from Plat to Plat Premier, are you talking about the new Merged Plat Premier level (75 nights, published) or the legacy plat premier level in MR (unpublished, invite only)? That suite upgrade percentage might vary on location, property, etc. but I'm curious as I've heard a lot of (legacy invite only) Plat Premiers complaining it gave no benefit at all.
I am a legacy Marriott Plat Premier for at least 10 years (unpublished, invite only, requiring probably a consistent 100 nights a year). The benefits can be inconsistent.
Originally Posted by
UA-NYC
Said poster and I have had many a back and forth on this, and (again no offense) he seems to be an outlier with a better UG percentage w/MR than SPG. Whereas I've seen many more posters IMO, long-time MR folks, who are amazed at the amount of suite upgrades they have gotten w/SPG in a very short time-frame.
I know I've seen a couple of people talk about better upgrades at the SPG side but not many. This year, alone I've stayed at the Westin Tucson resort, Westin PVR, Westin Bonaventura, Westin Alexandria, Westin Nashville, Sheraton Charlotte, Sheraton Reston, Sheraton Buenos Aires, Park Hotel Buenos Aires,, Grande Bretagne Athens, W Minneapolis, W Scottsdale, and W Miami. I've had two suite upgrades in 25 nights (thanks W Miami!), so 10 percent or so for 2018 and all of these were 1-2 night stays. In several of these cases Westin Tucson, Westin PVR, Westin Alexandria, W Scottsdale, and the Buenos Aires properties, the hotels were all obviously low occupancy and had suites for sale on the website. In others, Westin Bonaventure, W Minneapolis, Grande Bretagne, the hotels were certainly busy.
In contrast, I've had multiple more suite upgrades in Marriott properties just in July and August alone. Perhaps its attributable to the legacy Plat Premier status on the Marriott side. But ... if all I was giving up was two suite upgrades in 25 nights, I wouldn't be two worried about my loss of "perks." That's not to say Marriott is perfect ...
The reality is these are all functions of effective general managers who want to drive business from repeat customers, not the program per se.