Cathay Dragon 666

Stayed at Fairfield Allentown West. Asked for 4 p.m. late check-out because my work needed me (I'm Titanium). Was told by manager on duty the best she can do is 2:30 p.m. because her house keeping staff doesn't work after 4 p.m., and they are fully-booked the next day and needed every room. I asked they should honor all benefits, and she just brushed me off. I've only stayed because it's pre-paid and my past complaints about other Marriott properties not honoring benefits or been treated in a wrongful matter has gotten nothing but a token "thanks for contacting, we will investigate", and follow up emails are promptly ignored, i.e., good luck trying to get my money back. Seems like Marriott corporate pretty much is letting the hotels get away with any and all things short of murder. This would of never happened in the old SPG days. I can trust them to handle any and all complaints with satisfactory resolutions and if warranted, proper compensation.

As great as SPG has treated me in the past, it's really disappointing under the Marriott banner. Benefits are not being honored, wrongful treatments getting no resolutions. Seriously thinking about just taking my business to Hyatt (I'm already Hilton Diamond, I was going to move some of my Hilton spending to Marriott to try for Ambassador, so glad I didn't). Also my $200,000+ annual AMEX Bonvoy spending to equivalent Hyatt credit card.

SHLTP

I have stayed one night in a Marriott since April 6... And 30 nights in Hyatt since then vs 0 all of last year.

I've had to be fair fabulous experiences on marriott properties since merger but horrible customer support and IT. Just horrible.

Hyatt program is great but there are too few properties. I've stayed at them in Qatar, HK, Thailand last few months and enjoyed program immensely.

It is going to take Arne or someone of a similar level to sit down with me to make me try to be loyal again to Marriott. I'll stay but never be loyal or go out of my way unless something massive changes

KathyWdrf

[Never mind.]

TGLoyalty

est-gratuite

I think there is no cash compensation like the other guaranteed benefits.
The lack of late check-out benefts being honoured is mostly a USA problem mostly cause they limit the hours their maids/cleaners work.

Dr. HFH

Yes. If we don't tell them, how can we expect them to know that a) it's happening, and b) we don't like it.

junglematt

Yes, definitely tell them.

I had that issue at a Springhill Suites location. I got offered 12:30 as a Titanium member even after politely mentioning Marriott's policy. It was also very obvious that the lady at the front desk got up on the wrong side of the bed for the past two days as she was quite grumpy every time I spoke with her during my stay.

I called corporate and mentioned the issue to them and I was compensated with some points and I recieved a call from the hotel manager within the hour.

rylan

Marriott has a partial out in their T&Cs for the 'guarantee late checkout...
In typical Marriott fashion there is no indication of what counts as a 'convention' or 'resort' hotel.

Yes I would submit a complaint. Many hotels get away with not honoring benefits with no or an invalid reason. Time to start holding them to it.

JBord

That seems like a pretty clear out for those properties actually. I think most of them will have "resort" or "convention center" in the name, although I'm sure there are some exceptions. But I don't believe a FI, as in the OP's case, should ever fall under one of those categories.

I actually had the opposite experience at a FI in San Antonio. I politely requested a late checkout, later in the day after I had checked in. The FDC said "let me see if we can do anything". She pulled up my reservation and said (paraphrased) "oh, with your status you don't need to ask, just let us know what time".

IMO, Marriott's biggest advantage, especially for business travelers, is the consistency we can expect. So if a property isn't following a rule, I'd definitely let them know, and I'd very nicely put it in terms of what I value as a business traveler and how that impacts where I decide to stay.

carrotjuice

swag

Similar for me at Springhill Suites Navarre Beach. On a stay last year, would only give 1:30. On a stay this year, eventually did get 4 pm, but it took several visits to the front desk, with multiple staff there telling be that late checkout was based on availability.

After the stay, I contacted the lurkers. They just forwarded the complaint to the hotel. The front desk manager replied to me that "Our hotel does honor 4pm checkouts, when available. This is not based on housekeeping, but on our occupancy levels." I passed that reply back to the lurkers, who sent it to the "Loyalty Performance" team. But that was about three weeks ago, and silence since.

I'm not looking for compensation; I just want confidence that if I return in the future, I'll be able to get a 4 pm checkout without a hassle. When I stay there, it's on a reward stay (so no elite bonus points earned), the hotel is usually sold out (so no upgrade), and as a SH, everyone gets breakfast anyway. So the late checkout is pretty much the only elite benefit available. And on a weekend stay, a 4pm checkout is the difference between getting two days on the beach or only just one.

Kacee

Not unless you count the Marriott webpage listing them

Marriott Convention & Resort Network

swag

Worth noting that every hotel listed there is a brand in the Luxury, Premium, or Collections category. No Select or Longer Stay properties are included. There's no such thing as a Springhill Resort or a Courtyard Convention hotel.

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cmd320

Absolutely complain about this. I've had this same issue a number of times, most often in small select service properties as you mention in more suburban/rural areas. When I point out that 4pm check-out should be guaranteed for Plat+, I'm usually escalated to the manager on duty. On only one occasion, I was still declined and immediately called the platinum line and explained the situation. They put me on hold and contacted the property directly, after about a 5 minute hold the agent came back and confirmed they had arranged for a 4pm check out. Since then, that is my usual process for handling this sort of nonsense.