+1 :D

Ill add that LT Plats should get a free cat 1-7 hotel night for every 25 nights stayed.

free parking??
 

Since a lot of downtown facilities charge for parking, how about free parking for top level elites. If there is no fee maybe reserved spaces close to the door. It really bugs me to have to walk a hundred yards to the door when some kids attending a high school prom have taken all the spaces near the door.

Property: BWI Baltimore Marriot
Length of stay (repeat stays?): one night
Greeting: Welcome... thanks for being a marriott rewards
Room upgrade: Put on CL floor. Had a connecting room with a group of teens next door. Loud until 2.room
Suite upgrade: no
Special requests filled: No
Other:

Property: New York Marquis NYC
Length of stay (repeat stays?): two nights
Greeting: Welcome... thanks for being a a platnium
Room upgrade: Standard room 45th floor. 5-8 minute elevator ride each way
Suite upgrade: no
Special requests filled: No
Other:

Property: Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hote
Length of stay (repeat stays?): one night
Greeting: Welcome... thanks for being a platnium.
Room upgrade: No put on the 6th floor
Suite upgrade: no
Special requests filled: No
Other: Said he could not find a king a room. I said ok i will take my 100 dollars for the room guarantee. he said what are you referring to. Then he goes oh i have one on 6th floor.

Out of 40 stays at FS marriotts i have been told thanks for being premier one time.

Property: Renissance Austin, TX
Length of stay: 4 nights (stayed for a total of 12 nights on 3 occassions)
Greeting: Welcome...thank you for being a Premier member, and welcome back Mr. ****
Room upgrade: booked a standard 1 King (at Per Diem Rate)
Suite Upgrade: 1st trip - Concierge level Deluxe 1K 2nd and 3rd trips - Presidential Suite
Special Requests filled: yes..House keeping done around 1am (I work midnight - 8am when there).
Other: Free roomservice for duration of stays

Property: Marriott Meon Valley, UK
Length of stay: 2/3/3 nights (currently on 3rd stay); booked there for next 8 weeks, 3 nights per week
Greeting: No. In fact on the first stay, the clerk asked me what a Plat Prem was (or an X4 as I was flagged!). This week, no arrival gift offered.
Room upgrade: Yes on 1st and 3rd stays
Suite Upgrade: Yes on 1st and 3rd stays
Special Requests filled: Got a quiet room 1st stay, noisy room 2nd stay, relatively quiet 3rd stay (although the resident of 639 is going to get me all Ezekiel 25:17 if he/she has his TV on at hotel-shaking volume at 6am tomorrow, as he or she did this morning)
Other: Great gym

Really? I've been staying in this hotel for almost a year now and I've never gotten the Pres suite or free room service.

And I order room service a lot. You said your room rate was the "per diem" rate. Is this the rack rate, which is usually $229/night? If so, you probably paid for that "free" room service since this property has some very highly discounted corporate rates.

plat at courtyard in pensacola. item from 'store' plus a cert for a free drink at their bar. Got this both times I checked in (3 nights each)

The federal per diem rate for hotels in Austin is $108. I don't know the OP, but when folks refer to per diem rate, this is what they generally mean.

Wow ... Presidential Suite and "free room service" on a government rate ? Unbelievable !! I have never heard of free room service let alone experienced it !!

Well again, what does free room service mean: That the order is free or that the normal extra charge for room service is comped but you still pay for the meal?

Ohmark ... I must not be getting it ? I have never seem a rate offered where "room service is included" ? I get the theory/practice that they can pack in parking or a bottle a champagne but room service ? If you can, point me an example of one of those rates.

I'm not saying I'm familiar with what the OP is talking about, but he appears to be asserting that room service "for the duration of stays" is a perk he received, not that there was a rate that included it. As indicated above, I'm not sure what the OP means by free room service.

I have seen variations on this theme.

The Cleveland Renaissance has consistently comped my parking and let me take room service breakfast on weekdays rather than use the club, and the Boston Ritz has offered me a complimentary breakfast and club access as I tend to arrive early in the morning while I wait for my room to be prepared. The JW Marriott DC gave me a 'green room' and a lunch coupon while I waited for my suite as well. They also allowed a buffet-breakfast inclusive rate to be transferred to (basically whatever I wanted) room service without any hassle.

Properties allowing room service for otherwise comped breakfast I've seen occasionally. Being comped to a drink or sandwich while waiting for a room to be available I've also seen occasionally. I don't think the OP was alluding to either of these. But, who knows? Maybe the OP will enlighten us as to what he meant.