Originally Posted by
coleslaw
Under the program rules you're not entitled to a suite (or any other upgrade) if it's not available for the entirety of your stay.
As to whether you'll be able to work around this - it's going to mainly come down to the property. They may agree to putting you in a standard room for the first night and then moving.
Have the rates changed since you first booked? If not, you could cancel and rebook two separate reservations and use a TSU on the 2nd reservation of six nights to secure the suite. Remember that without using the TSU the only room you can be certain you'll end up in is the room you booked.
I think the rule you quote is for confirmed upgrades. If it’s important to me all ask at check-in whether a suite will be open later in the week and whether room change would be possible. It depends on the hotel and how known you are to the hotel i.e. frequent guest or no.
Splitting up the booking will work if you apply the TSU to the whole reservation and then add on days. But splitting an existing reservation in two In applying the TSU to just one segment probably won’t work