Originally Posted by
r22r44bell47
I'm too new to the Marriott scheme to know, but I guess something similar occurs - I certainly got the upgrade last week. Only got the Gold Marriott card thanks to that nice Mr Branson's outfit offering it without even setting foot in a Marriott - promply changed my rewards preference to BA miles

I'm also new to Marriott gold (by virtue of BA

) and tested it out last week. I did get an upgrade on both occasions, and access to the 'concierge lounge' which did mean free breakfast basically. In Victoria (BC, Canada) I had to remind the check-in agent about the lounge access though, as she hadn't enabled that on my room key