Originally Posted by
Too_Fly1
Booked a night on points, rate for a base room was $600+ after taxes due to it being a holiday weekend in Indonesia. We got upgraded to a 1-bedroom pool villa, however, they made a point of informing us that it does not fall into the regular Marriott inventory upgrades. They gave us the whole, we are making an exception for you, etc.., etc..., pitch.
That's probably so you don't go posting about your excellent upgrade on forums and social media thereby raising expectations of future DYKWIA elites and creating problems for the front desk in the future.