My rule of thumb is that any hotel is likely to hold out its top 5% or more of room inventory—those won’t be included in the standard suite pool either for SNAs or for complimentary enhanced room upgrades at check in.

No one is surprised that the StR New York or any other luxury hotel excludes its top 5-10% suites from the SNA or complimentary standard suite pool for upgrades; the difference is that the StR New York is a luxury hotel with 61 suites (36%) out of 171 total rooms, so holding back its top 5-10% of rooms still leaves plenty of suites available for the SNA and check in standard suite pool.

This Marriott hotel has a whopping 389 total rooms and only 17 total suites for a paltry 4.4% suite proportion. It therefore should surprise no one that this hotel doesn’t include any of its suites in the SNA or complimentary standard suite pool.