What are your favorite benefits (as a platinum)?
Aug 22, 2018, 12:22 pm
#16
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: lounge next door
Programs: *A Gold / ST Elite+ / OWS / EK G / HH Diam. / MR Tit / Hyatt GLOB / IHG Diam. / SL Jade / GHA Tit.
Posts: 1,527
For me, it's easy:
1. Ambassador status and Ambassador contact--too many Marriott people too often dismiss what having the Ambassador STATUS does to elevate your hotel experiences, let alone whatever your Ambassador can do to make your stays and follow up easier or better)
2. Suite upgrades--when traveling with my husband, there's almost nothing better than getting upgraded to a lovely suite, and often a speciality suite that really makes the stay more special; when traveling alone for work, this is often wasted on me except for certain hotels that know me well, upgrading me to a suite they know has excellent air con or that has blackout shades or less street noise. ALSO, I like my bedroom to be COLD (less than 66 F/19 C), so having a warmer living room for my husband is very helpful!
3. Better VIP treatment throughout hotel stay--this may be because I'm Plat100 Ambassador level, so unsure how this continues via Marriott
4. 4 pm checkout--I use this as much as possible.
5. Your24--I love when I can check in early and still leave at 4 pm. I feel like I get much more value from my stay dollar/points. I hope the new Your24 as an Ambassador only perk means that it gets applied even more often for me.
6. Breakfast--when traveling with my husband, he prefers to dine in the restaurant (or lounge); I always prefer room service, so I don't always get the benefit even where it's offered; but I love the hotels that (rarely) allow me to use room service for this benefit!
7. Lounge--I could care less about a lounge, but my husband loves them.
8. Points bonus--it's nice, but I earn so many points anyway, this isn't a massive draw, though it's nice to convert into air miles to premium class awards!
1. Ambassador status and Ambassador contact--too many Marriott people too often dismiss what having the Ambassador STATUS does to elevate your hotel experiences, let alone whatever your Ambassador can do to make your stays and follow up easier or better)
2. Suite upgrades--when traveling with my husband, there's almost nothing better than getting upgraded to a lovely suite, and often a speciality suite that really makes the stay more special; when traveling alone for work, this is often wasted on me except for certain hotels that know me well, upgrading me to a suite they know has excellent air con or that has blackout shades or less street noise. ALSO, I like my bedroom to be COLD (less than 66 F/19 C), so having a warmer living room for my husband is very helpful!
3. Better VIP treatment throughout hotel stay--this may be because I'm Plat100 Ambassador level, so unsure how this continues via Marriott
4. 4 pm checkout--I use this as much as possible.
5. Your24--I love when I can check in early and still leave at 4 pm. I feel like I get much more value from my stay dollar/points. I hope the new Your24 as an Ambassador only perk means that it gets applied even more often for me.
6. Breakfast--when traveling with my husband, he prefers to dine in the restaurant (or lounge); I always prefer room service, so I don't always get the benefit even where it's offered; but I love the hotels that (rarely) allow me to use room service for this benefit!
7. Lounge--I could care less about a lounge, but my husband loves them.
8. Points bonus--it's nice, but I earn so many points anyway, this isn't a massive draw, though it's nice to convert into air miles to premium class awards!
Aug 22, 2018, 12:27 pm
#17
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Southern California, USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador and LTT, UA Plat/LT Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 8,764
No, but he sometimes jokes that he might.
He always brings a jacket/sweater and even cashmere when we visit the tropics since he knows I'll have the air con cranked to as low as I can get it in the bedroom (and we compromise on 20-21 C in the living room, depending on the outside temp). Fortunately, I'm a furnace in the bedroom.
Aug 22, 2018, 1:49 pm
#18
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: lounge next door
Programs: *A Gold / ST Elite+ / OWS / EK G / HH Diam. / MR Tit / Hyatt GLOB / IHG Diam. / SL Jade / GHA Tit.
Posts: 1,527
For me, it's easy:
1. Ambassador status and Ambassador contact--too many Marriott people too often dismiss what having the Ambassador STATUS does to elevate your hotel experiences, let alone whatever your Ambassador can do to make your stays and follow up easier or better)
2. Suite upgrades--when traveling with my husband, there's almost nothing better than getting upgraded to a lovely suite, and often a speciality suite that really makes the stay more special; when traveling alone for work, this is often wasted on me except for certain hotels that know me well, upgrading me to a suite they know has excellent air con or that has blackout shades or less street noise. ALSO, I like my bedroom to be COLD (less than 66 F/19 C), so having a warmer living room for my husband is very helpful!
3. Better VIP treatment throughout hotel stay--this may be because I'm Plat100 Ambassador level, so unsure how this continues via Marriott
4. 4 pm checkout--I use this as much as possible.
5. Your24--I love when I can check in early and still leave at 4 pm. I feel like I get much more value from my stay dollar/points. I hope the new Your24 as an Ambassador only perk means that it gets applied even more often for me.
6. Breakfast--when traveling with my husband, he prefers to dine in the restaurant (or lounge); I always prefer room service, so I don't always get the benefit even where it's offered; but I love the hotels that (rarely) allow me to use room service for this benefit!
7. Lounge--I could care less about a lounge, but my husband loves them.
8. Points bonus--it's nice, but I earn so many points anyway, this isn't a massive draw, though it's nice to convert into air miles to premium class awards!
1. Ambassador status and Ambassador contact--too many Marriott people too often dismiss what having the Ambassador STATUS does to elevate your hotel experiences, let alone whatever your Ambassador can do to make your stays and follow up easier or better)
2. Suite upgrades--when traveling with my husband, there's almost nothing better than getting upgraded to a lovely suite, and often a speciality suite that really makes the stay more special; when traveling alone for work, this is often wasted on me except for certain hotels that know me well, upgrading me to a suite they know has excellent air con or that has blackout shades or less street noise. ALSO, I like my bedroom to be COLD (less than 66 F/19 C), so having a warmer living room for my husband is very helpful!
3. Better VIP treatment throughout hotel stay--this may be because I'm Plat100 Ambassador level, so unsure how this continues via Marriott
4. 4 pm checkout--I use this as much as possible.
5. Your24--I love when I can check in early and still leave at 4 pm. I feel like I get much more value from my stay dollar/points. I hope the new Your24 as an Ambassador only perk means that it gets applied even more often for me.
6. Breakfast--when traveling with my husband, he prefers to dine in the restaurant (or lounge); I always prefer room service, so I don't always get the benefit even where it's offered; but I love the hotels that (rarely) allow me to use room service for this benefit!
7. Lounge--I could care less about a lounge, but my husband loves them.
8. Points bonus--it's nice, but I earn so many points anyway, this isn't a massive draw, though it's nice to convert into air miles to premium class awards!
No, but he sometimes jokes that he might.
He always brings a jacket/sweater and even cashmere when we visit the tropics since he knows I'll have the air con cranked to as low as I can get it in the bedroom (and we compromise on 20-21 C in the living room, depending on the outside temp). Fortunately, I'm a furnace in the bedroom.
Sometimes she even change the air con temperature and it's the beginning of an argument )))