Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
A "bad" view is one thing, but paying for a suite that only looks onto a big wall of metal due to (noisy) building mechanicals is somewhat worse than a bad view, especially when the check in person tries to tell you that you've been upgraded.
Again, that isn't what was mentioned that began this discussion here. It was a sold out hotel in which the member got exactly the room type that was booked--but didn't like the view. And yet the member believed that a better room was still deserved.
That's entitlement.
In the example you are now proposing, paying for a suite and getting a bad view is still possible--and appropriate if the hotel is sold out. The issue there isn't that the hotel didn't treat anyone better but that the hotel has a suite category with such bad views in the first place.