Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: A festering pit; a pustule of a fistula set athwart the miasmic swamps of the armpit of the Gulf of Mexico - a Godforsaken wart upon a dark crevasse of the World. (IAH)
Programs: UA Lifetime Gold, BA Silver, Marriott Lifetime Plat, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold
Posts: 31,403
For SPG Golds, Upgrades generally mean to a dedicated SPG floor (in hotels that have them). The rooms are no different than regular rooms. All you get is a free bottle of water, a bathrobe, and a USA Today that they still charge you .30 for. Every once in awhile a gold will get an u/g to a club floor or suite of some sort...but this is very rare in the U.S. Best bet for a true upgrade as a Gold is overseas, in Asia or Europe. I have only received one true upgrade in the two years I've been gold...at the Westin Rotterdam from a standard to executive room.