Ok. I'm going to ask the obvious ?. I've heard of many people double-booking two hotels and then selecting the nicer one after checking them out - but apparently you have
paid for two rooms for the same nite.
I could see this as a Mattress Run late in the year to maintain status, but in March??
Perhaps you are some kind of hotel/travel critic and you get paid to do this?
Just curious
Originally Posted by StarpointsSlave
I did not receive a Platinum upgrade of any kind -- suite, larger room or higher floor (received a standard room on the 6th floor of this 19-floor hotel) -- although I inquired about one. Given that I was checking in on a Saturday and this is primarily a business hotel, I felt the young woman who checked me in was being less than truthful when she said that no suite was available. I did not let my completely non-upgraded room bother me, however, as I had a competing reservation at the Hyatt Bellevue across the street. After checking out my Westin room and being underwhelmed (yes, it was new and modern, but it looked like just about every other cramped, overfurnished (for the room size) room offered up by the new Westins being built), I headed across the street to the Hyatt ... and slept there.
The staff at the Hyatt was warm and welcoming, I was given a room on the 20-something floor, and the room itself was more spacious than the room at the Westin and had been fully and pleasingly renovated in warm browns and reds.
For those who hold top-tier status in both SPG and Gold Passport, I would recommend the Hyatt over the Westin.
Oh, and when I checked out of the Westin the next morning, there was an in-room dining charge on my folio. I explained to the front-desk clerk that this was impossible as I had never even used the room. At this point I would have expected the young clerk to ask me why not and whether there was something wrong with my stay, but nothing.