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Old May 24, 2022 | 1:55 am
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Originally Posted by Doppy
So if you don't get the upgrade, your plan is to call the hotel and explain that you booked a suite to prevent them from selling it to anyone else, with the intention of canceling your reservation at the last minute, and now that you've cancelled the fake reservation, they clearly have a suite available and you are entitled to it?

That may just as likely end up in you being reported to corporate as you getting the upgrade.
... at a hotel chain where suite upgrades are not promised anyhow.
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