Thanks for finding this out. It really sucks. I started getting a bit excited about these upcoming changes, much less so now. I mean how cheap is that...who goes to a hotel for that special occasion holiday for one night. This is pretty much useless if it stays like this...
It reminds me of when they announced new benefits for Plat members staying at Fairmont hotels last summer. One of them was a free local (but not international) newspaper delivered to your room daily. The thinking must have been: 'the international paper would cost us 50c more to buy so local will do just fine for our highest tier members staying in a 5 star hotel.'
Agreed. They wanted to have the words "suite" and guaranteed" in the same sentence for marketing purpose. By giving very little. Unfortunately it falls short of the bare minimum.