Originally Posted by omk298

I've just returned from my first experience of Marriott in the USA - there's certainly a difference in how elites are treated compared to Europe. I was wondering whether 1 particular breakfast offering met the rules. We stayed in several Westins plus others:
Westin New Orleans, the breakfast voucher gave us the full buffet, or $25pp from the snack bar
Westin Birmingham it was a (not particularly impressive) buffet
Noelle, Nashville it was $21pp from the a la carte, which comfortably covered a drink and one entree. They also applied it to room service one day when we were leaving before breakfast started.
Edwin, Chattanooga it was (I think) $23pp from the a la carte menu, which again comfortably covered breakfast.

All of the above were clearly acceptable. The one that stood out for the wrong reason was Westin Houston Downtown - the voucher allowed us $16pp, which didn't cover breakfast if you included a hot drink or OJ with your choice from the menu. What are the rules around this? What does breakfast have to cover in a full service hotel?