You got the room you paid for. You´re basically jealous because your friends won the lottery. I just wonder at what time of the day did you check in... Forget the whole issue and go for those extra 9 nights,
Originally Posted by
SkiAdcock
And while Silver is like candy (ie, the Visa gets it for you), Marriott's # of nights required to get to Gold & Platinum is the toughest in the industry so a lot of folk are Silver who do stay at Marriotts (and might not have a M-Visa) who can't quite hit the Gold mark. Doesn't mean they're chopped liver.
I fully agree specially if you don´t live in the US so you can´t get the VISA and, in my case, I have no Marriotts to use during my domestic trips. Reaching Gold status is really hard.