It makes no difference whatsoever - not even Ambassador status will do you any good in this regard. Welcome to Loophole Land, where properties are now free to convert a maintenance closet in the basement into their "standard room." Once this has booked, they're free to black you out and claim there's no blackout in place. Lots of properties are taking advantage of this - especially during the local high season. They can literally list two dozen different room types as available for cash, starting at a lowly garden queen, and still flash that pink and red banner at you (I have begun to print out proof in case some reporter comes along in need of research assistance with an article highlighting this dirty practice now so prevalent across the Marriottsphere). Naturally it would be inconvenient to Marriott for search results to reflect this so plainly, so you are teased with availability until you actually click on the property and then the ruse is revealed to you.