Originally Posted by hhoope01

My personal experience has been that I am more likely to receive a suite upgrade in the following situations:

1. Traveling with family for vacation. I have a much higher suite upgrade % on my family vacations than I do with normal business travel. This may have to do with the hotels I travel to for vacation versus work. It may also have to do with the front desk person seeing me come in with my family. Who knows.

2. Non-NA properties. I have received some pretty nice upgrades to suites in China, Malaysia, Singapore, etc.

3. Shorter stays. When I'm staying at a hotel for a week or more, it rarely happens. But those 1-3 night stays? I'm more likely to be able to receive one.

4. CYs. Most of the above discussion centers around my FS Marriott upgrades. But when I stay at CYs, even in the US, I ask and more often than not get a King suite room. ^