Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: Flying Blue Ultimate, DL Platinum, JetBlue Mosaic 4, AA ExecPlat, Hyatt Globalist, Sixt Diamond
Posts: 2,936
I've seen it without status, with Exp / Glob, immediately after booking or popping up randomly in the app. It's just revenue management, I don't see what the issue is. If there's free suites when you visit as a Globalist, you get them. If they can sell them, they obviously will.