Marriott Suite Upgrade Policy (New)
 

Is there a thread about this yet? https://onemileatatime.com/marriott-...pgrade-policy/

RIP Starwood. Looks like our SNAs have just become more valuable.

RIP SPG... I have renewed ambassador last month and plan to get back to Hyatt and renew diamond hilton.
Hyatt as a back up and hilton because I got the status for years (need 10 stays to renew).
I left Hyatt after the new program (was diamond) and think that it's the best back up now regarding how things are going with marriott and their mindset.

New T&C: RIP SPG

Complimentary Enhanced Room Upgrade for Platinum Elite Members. Based on room availability at check-in and limited to a Member’s personal guest room at no additional charge. Enhanced rooms may include rooms with desirable views, rooms on high floors, corner rooms, rooms with special amenities, rooms on Executive Floors, or suites. At The Ritz-Carlton, suites are only included for Platinum Premier Members and rooms with direct Club access are excluded. Enhanced Room Upgrades are subject to availability and are identified by each Participating Property. The Complimentary Enhanced Room Upgrade for Platinum Elite Members is available at all Participating Brands except at Marriott Vacation Club, Marriott Grand Residence Club, Aloft, Element and participating Vistana properties


So every GM can do what he wants. The new SPG Plat is nothing else then the old Marriott Gold. It is really bad.

Relax, everyone: Marriott intends for new suite upgrade policy to be just like SPG's
 

An update for those biting at every snippet and suggestion coming down the pike:

https://onemileatatime.com/marriott-...omment-3992792

It seems that Marriott does intend for its suite upgrade benefit to be guaranteed based on availability--exactly like happened with SPG. It just needs to clarify that in writing.

I have confidence that Marriott does intend for the new room/suite upgrade policy to mimic that of SPG. It's just fumbled the communication about that in the interim. What actually matters is the execution in practice when the time comes.

Marriott is a big beast, and its right hand and left hand don't always seem to know what each other is doing or saying. So its communications sometimes reflect a bit of confusion. Go figure with a portfolio and undertaking as massive as this!

So everyone can relax and take a breath. Give Marriott a little time to get its "stuff" together, already.

2 years... is not enough time?

My feeling with Marriot and I hate this kind of mindset : we push the worst, we see the reaction, based on that we change.
They did it in the past and they continue to do it.
It's just a poor mindset (and applies to almost everything with them)

My point is that someone at Marriott probably read their terms as being equivalent to SPG's. And groupthink led everyone else at Marriott corporate to think the same thing, never realizing that some people would read it differently.

This isn't about having 2 years to get it right, though it's sure to be a case study in public relations/corporate communications on how to avoid ruffling feathers for no reason! This is about Marriott not appropriately getting the audience's reaction and Marriott not recognizing how slightly different wording might be ripped apart and interpreted differently.

So now Marriott sees the different read and interpretation and tries to correct it. And still people are crying conspiracy, when it was nothing more than a simple difference in interpretation and wording that Marriott never intended.

This is about Marriott not quite realizing how particular their SPG audience was for interpreting the description of benefits they cherish. Marriott screwed the pooch, of course, but the end result is that it quickly will be remedied. And all will be fine.

Except the conspiracy seekers will still see conspiracy when it turns out there never was a conspiracy. Just a bad read.

This should be a sticky...and I'm not a big fan of stickies.

The site isn't finish updating yet and we're already jumping into doomsday talk. We should just wait till the site finish updating and final version of the terms and agreements out before we conclude things gotten better or change for the worse...

I have the new T&C pulled up directly from the Marriott page from 2 hours ago - before the site went completely dark. There is no change in the upgrade wording from what was leaked.

This tells me you got the terms and conditions while the site is updating and changing so it's equally possible that it is a draft or one of the final versions. So we should all just wait till at least the site is up and stable to say those are really final drafts.

Even if it is the official version of Day 1 launch, it can still be changed in the days and weeks ahead as we make our feedback heard.

Do you have any links to where Marriott confirmed this (what blogs) ?