Originally Posted by
SanDiego1K
I am titanium. My husband is gold. We stayed at Vespera a month or two back on a credit card free night from his account. I spoke to the hotel in advance. They kindly upgraded the room due to my status but otherwise gave no benefits (nor did I expect them). The upgrade was important to me as I wanted an ocean view. I was appreciative that they went this far for us. The booking had to stay in his name.
Ah, so the hotel doesn't need to give elite benefit when the room is in the spouse's name. Some of us did get lucky then.