KRSW

I've had good luck with getting late checkouts, with or without status, by asking the front desk nicely ahead of time. As long as the hotel's not full, 2pm is usually easy to get. 4pm's a bit more difficult, especially at the limited service properties, as this means that room most likely will get pulled out of inventory and won't get cleaned until the following day.

Also, I believe there's some sort of status match going on right now. Might be worth seeing if you can get that. There's a mention of it here: https://thepointsguy.com/news/marrio...hallenge-2018/ and probably some chatter in the forum here as well.

Remember, there's no harm in asking politely and treating staff well. It got me a lot of benefits when I didn't have status.

evergrn

My two likely ski stays will both be SPG properties (Westin, Tribute). But things may have become different post-merger. You seem to paint a Hilton-type picture for SPG/Marriott's late checkout situation. So I guess maybe it's not worth trying to get Silver then.


You're very right about that. As for the status match, I appreciate the info. But there's no way I could do 8 nights in 3 months. I'm only slated to do 5 nights over the next 3 months at SPG. And other than that, I've got almost everything else planned at Hilton or Hyatt.

JBord

80% of my experience is with legacy Marriott hotels. I don't think late checkouts are different since the merger. I've always had excellent success in getting late checkouts with Marriott. As others have said, it doesn't hurt to ask nicely, as I've done that at non-Marriott hotels and had success too. But Marriott is generally very good at late checkouts. What we're all saying here is two things:

1. It's not guaranteed for Silvers
2. Resorts follow different rules than normal Marriott hotels

So the bottom line is we're saying getting the credit card for the purpose of late checkout at resort hotels is a risk. Your chances may be slightly better than if you had no status, but the odds are likely not in your favor. Personally, given those odds, I'd skip the card and just be super friendly and polite at the front desk when you ask.

Kacee

I agree a ski resort is most unlikely to give a Silver a 3 pm check-out based on status. I don't think OP's proposed strategy is realistic. He's more likely to get late checkout by pleading for mercy than based on more or less meaningless bottom tier status.
No, you are just misreading everyone's comments.

We think your strategy is not going to work. Not because Marriott doesn't give guaranteed late checkout to elites per its rules, but because (i) Silver doesn't get guaranteed late check-out, and (ii) Resorts are not required to give late check-out (though many will if you have meaningful status, which Silver is not).

evergrn

Alright. With this, I'm now unlikely to get the card then. Thanks for all the advice.