Originally Posted by
ohmark
Marriott website info on how to request connecting/adjoining rooms:
How Do I Request Connecting or Adjoining Rooms? (marriott.com)
Also says: "
Is my request for Connecting Rooms Guaranteed? Connecting rooms are based on availability."
"Requests for Adjoining or Connecting Rooms are subject to available inventory at the time of Check-In and
cannot be guaranteed in advance"
(underlining and bolding contained in original)
Maybe Ambassador should have advised OP of this, assuming he/she didn't?
I get that is true as a blanket policy, but I have had many many individual properties guarantee me connecting rooms when requested in advance after making the reservation. So it is certainly something some properties can and will do.