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Old Feb 15, 2023 | 3:25 pm
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To actually answer the question, no, being an elite does not mean the hotel says yes to all your requests, or that it provides anything you want for free.
There are specific benefits that accompany each elite membership level.
Having Gold elite status does not entitle you to much, nor does it mean you are particularly valuable to Marriott. You can stay 25 nights at a Fairfield Inn and be a Gold Elite, you can be a United Airlines elite who has stayed 0 times at a Marriott property and be a Gold elite, or you can have one of several credit cards that give you gold elite status as a benefit of the card.
There is no free food benefit for a gold elite.

You seem to have expectations that far outstrip reality. At many properties, if a guest said, "no free food, not even for a gold elite?", you'd be lucky to not be laughed at. The property you are at is going above and beyond already; to complain at this point is greedy.

EDIT: I assumed OP must be new to Flyertalk, hence my very basic level explanation of how elite status works. I see now that assumption was in error so Im just confused. It appears based on this thread that OP is trying to milk "unadvertised" benefits for six guests at a property in India on the basis of "elite" status, including an expectation that they would get upgraded to one of the hotel's top suites. Suite upgrades are not a benefit of Marriott elite status, much less Gold elite status.

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