Originally Posted by
UnitedConnection
Are hotels now able to control this inventory whereas before they were not (ie required to offer an award if at least one room in the category in question was available)?
I am pretty sure they were always able to control it. The rule is if a base room is available for cash sale it must all be available for points. No such rule for suites.
It may be true that many hotels have decided to offer fewer suites available for points. That could be true although I'm not necessarily seeing that trend.