Originally Posted by
stevendorechester
I've been a Gold member for three years and never have I gotten a 14:00 checkout. I have gotten some upgrades and the opportunity to checkin early ( nothing like being allowed to checking a 6 a.m. after a redeye, grabbing a shower and a couple of hours sleep).
It's worth noting that for Golds, late checkout actually
is always subject to availability.
Still, it's ridiculous that they'd so consistently deny a Gold elite member something as small as a 2 pm checkout.
Hell, I had a one-night stay at a Courtyard in 2017, back when I had
no elite status with Marriott
at all. Called down to the desk the morning of checkout and asked about a late checkout (they had an indoor pool and hot tub I wanted to enjoy before I left), and the cheerful front desk lady
proactively offered me
3 pm. Only recently have I started to realize what an anomaly that was.