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This thread refers to the various Marriott brands within a specific geographic area. Marriott Bonvoy hotels in XX usually have posts asking which property is better, etc. Trip reports are usually better suited in the property specific threads.

Below is a list of hotels Marriott has listed for San Francisco. Where there is a specific "Master" threads for a hotel, the name is a link to that thread:

Luxury:
St Regis San Francisco
Ritz Carlton San Francisco

Full Service:
W Hotel San Francisco
JW Marriott Union Square San Francisco
San Francisco Marriott Union Square
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
San Francisco Marriott Fisherman's Wharf
Marriott SoMA Mission Bay [San Francisco]
[GONE] Park Central (was Westin Market Street) San Francisco (rebranded as Hyatt)
Westin St. Francis, San Francisco
Westin SFO San Francisco Airport
Palace Hotel, San Francisco
Le Meridien Hotel San Francisco
San Francisco Proper, Design Hotel
Adagio Hotel, Autograph Collection (San Francisco, CA)
[GONE] Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco (re-branded as Riu Plaza San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf as of 12NOV19 - see post 134 in thread)
AC Hotel San Francisco Airport/Oyster Point Waterfront

Limited Service:
Courtyard San Francisco Downtown/Van Ness Ave
Courtyard San Francisco Union Square
Courtyard San Francisco Airport/Oyster Point Waterfront
Courtyard San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf
Courtyard San Francisco Downtown
Four Points by Sheraton SFO San Francisco Airport
aloft San Francisco Airport (Millbrae) SFO

Extended Stay:
Residence Inn San Francisco Airport/Oyster Point Waterfront

Timeshare:
Marriott Vacation Club Pulse, San Francisco

Marriott Bonvoy hotels in San Francisco

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Jul 25, 2018, 10:27 am

#721

jbandy10

Join Date: Jul 2018

Location: MSP

Posts: 475

San Francisco 5 nights with wife and Gold Status?

I'll be in SF for 5 nights next summer 2019 with my wife. Very touristy trip. We have 200K points and are looking to do a 5th night free redemption. Also am gold status with Amex Plat. What would you do? Free breakfast with Gold would be a top priority. Mostly just looking for the best overall experience that 200K can get.

Jul 25, 2018, 10:43 am

#722

UpgradeMe

Join Date: Jul 1999

Location: Land of 10,000 Upgrades

Posts: 9,465

There are plenty of existing reviews of SF properties.

And you will not be receiving free breakfast with MR Gold after next month.

Jul 25, 2018, 10:45 am

#723

nequine

Join Date: Apr 2014

Location: Aberdeen, Scotland

Programs: BA Bronze, Emirates Silver, Virgin Silver, Marriott Titanium

Posts: 1,403

We loved the JW Marriott in SF. If you book a club room you will get access to the lounge and thus breakfast.

Jul 25, 2018, 10:55 am

#724

jbandy10

Join Date: Jul 2018

Location: MSP

Posts: 475

Quote:

Originally Posted by UpgradeMe

There are plenty of existing reviews of SF properties.

And you will not be receiving free breakfast with MR Gold after next month.

Is this post-SPG merger? I didn't realize they were taking that away.

Jul 25, 2018, 10:57 am

#725

UpgradeMe

Join Date: Jul 1999

Location: Land of 10,000 Upgrades

Posts: 9,465

Quote:

Originally Posted by nequine

We loved the JW Marriott in SF. If you book a club room you will get access to the lounge and thus breakfast.

OP intends to use points. A club room booking is unlikely.

Jul 25, 2018, 11:00 am

#726

joshua362

Join Date: Oct 2001

Programs: LTP, PP

Posts: 8,700

Quote:

Originally Posted by nequine

We loved the JW Marriott in SF. If you book a club room you will get access to the lounge and thus breakfast.

Not over a weekend though, I got burned that way last year, new. Stayed there twice, 5 nights each and was not impressed. As a PLT premier no less.

Jul 25, 2018, 11:00 am

#727

cruisr

Join Date: Dec 2004

Programs: UA-1K, MM, Hilton-Diamond, Marriott-Titanium

Posts: 4,432

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbandy10

Is this post-SPG merger? I didn't realize they were taking that away.

Gold Elite will become dirt elite after August 1. You will have to be Platinum or above to get lounge acess and breakfast.

Jul 25, 2018, 11:02 am

#728

uibd

Join Date: Mar 2005

Location: MLI

Programs: UA Silver, MR Ambassador, HH Gold

Posts: 255

If you are gold right now from nights, not cc, then you will be platinum.

Jul 25, 2018, 11:45 am

#729

cruisr

Join Date: Dec 2004

Programs: UA-1K, MM, Hilton-Diamond, Marriott-Titanium

Posts: 4,432

Quote:

Originally Posted by uibd

If you are gold right now from nights, not cc, then you will be platinum.

Good point.

Jul 25, 2018, 12:08 pm

#730

Ultraboost

Join Date: Jan 2013

Location: USA

Posts: 78

Quote:

Originally Posted by uibd

If you are gold right now from nights, not cc, then you will be platinum.

Unless you hold the Ritz card right (first year)?

Jul 25, 2018, 12:17 pm

#731

scubadu

Join Date: Sep 2008

Location: AUS

Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat

Posts: 7,043

Quote:

Originally Posted by uibd

If you are gold right now from nights, not cc, then you will be platinum.

The fact that the OP said this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbandy10

Also am gold status with Amex Plat.

would imply they are not Gold from nights.

Regards

Jul 25, 2018, 12:38 pm

#732

UA-NYC

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Apr 2008

Location: LGA/JFK/EWR

Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC

Posts: 21,172

Quote:

Originally Posted by cruisr

Gold Elite will become dirt elite after August 1. You will have to be Platinum or above to get lounge acess and breakfast.

what does that make Silver then?

Jul 25, 2018, 12:42 pm

#733

pinniped

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Join Date: Jul 2002

Location: MCI

Programs: AA Gold 1MM, AS MVP, UA Silver, WN A-List, Marriott LT Titanium, HH Diamond

Posts: 52,575

Two things have to happen:

(1) You're going to need Marriott Platinum in the post-merger world. If you have earned Gold this year via hotel stays, then you are Platinum in the post-merger world. If you only have it via the Amex Platinum, then you aren't automatically Platinum in the new world, although it's possible that Amex and Marriott will reach an agreement to update that CC's benefits to include Platinum in the future. Marriott has stated that, for now, you don't automatically get it.

(2) You need to pick a hotel that doesn't opt-out of elite benefits on the weekends. As of today, I *think* only the JW Marriott Union Square is on this list (among SF hotels). But this list has grown, and hotels in cities like Chicago, NYC, and SF are prime targets to get added. I'm just guessing that your five-nighter includes two weekend nights. (I believe this page includes the latest list of opt-out hotels. Scroll down a bit or search on Union Square.) Hard to tell whether heritage-Starwood hotels will get added to this list - or if Marriott will go the other way and make these hotels honor elite benefits after the merger.

If you don't have other paths to post-merger Plat, then a new Ritz or Marriott credit card might be in your future. Sign-up bonuses should mitigate first-year sign-up bonus sting. Then you can decide whether the card is useful to you beyond that.

Jul 25, 2018, 12:53 pm

#734

vishalgupta22

Join Date: Mar 2011

Location: BOS

Programs: BA Gold, AA Platinum, SQ Gold, Marriott Titanium

Posts: 1,582

Quote:

Originally Posted by UA-NYC

what does that make Silver then?

My 5 yesr daughter keeps watching Peppa pig, so I will call silver post merger as Muddy Puddle elite

Jul 25, 2018, 1:15 pm

#735

jbandy10

Join Date: Jul 2018

Location: MSP

Posts: 475

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinniped

If you don't have other paths to post-merger Plat, then a new Ritz or Marriott credit card might be in your future. Sign-up bonuses should mitigate first-year sign-up bonus sting. Then you can decide whether the card is useful to you beyond that.

Isn't 75K spend required for Platinum on those cards though?