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Old Jul 27, 2022 | 3:56 pm
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Originally Posted by DutchessPDX
Sheraton Grand in Seattle tried this with me in 2021. At check in they insisted that points were the only option because the restaurant was closed (though, I believe they had room service). I pushed back and asked for the $100 guarantee and they tried to use COVID as an excuse and when I showed them the guarantee they miraculously remembered that a $10 F&B credit was an option which also worked in the Starbucks downstairs. I ended up with two $10 vouchers per day as a result. You can get a decent breakfast at SBX for $10 a day. Was enough to get a snack for lunch too!
A lot of Marriott properties (especially in the US) used the COVID excuse to deny breakfast benefits to Plat+ elites with Marriott corporate's blessing with the official suspension of elite benefits. I don't remember if/when Marriott reinstated elite benefits.
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