Originally Posted by
randian
I like to sleep late and never get breakfast (so breakfast as a status perk is irrelevant to me) so l greatly value late check out. Generally though it seems that since late check out is "at the discretion of the property" hotel managers have little incentive to say yes. Automatic no is zero effort, and program management generally won't back the customer on the matter. Does any hotel loyalty program have late checkout as an honest, we'll give it to you unless we really, really can't, perk?
Well, it can depend on the status level at some hotel programs (ie, not always at lowest status levels possibly). And with not all (especially smaller footprint) hotel programs being available everywhere, how many different hotel programs are you going to get enough status with to qualify for this status benefit? And how much is it going to cost you to get high-enough status versus occasionally paying extra to check out late? Ie, both getting status and paying extra to check out late can cost you extra, and you have to compare the two to see which one costs you more.