Starwood offered top tier elite members upgrades to the best available room subject to availability, including suites
Yeah, OK ... been reciprocal Plat since 9/'16, and had a few SPG stays in that time and
still had to beg for upgrades (i.e., the room I got after asking was better than the room they'd had set out for me at check-in), so I wouldn't go grabbing for pitchforks just yet.