Courtyard South Las Vegas
 

Property: Courtyard South Las Vegas
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 2 nights on points
Greeting: Welcome and thank you for being a platinum premier member
Room upgrade:
Suite upgrade: Yes - nice suite
Special requests filled:
Other: Staff was very nice

George..

the "per diem" rate is the government rate that is agreed to by the government and the hotels. In Austin it is $108/night. That is all i paid! I love this hotel. I love to be able to go down to atrium and have a few drinks at the bar, especially when some kind of function is going on.

Marriott Wardman, Washington D.C.
Length of stay 5 days (multiple times)
Booked Standard Room
Upgraded to luxurious suite each time with large balcony looking at capitol.
Welcomed as Platnium member
Excellent!

Old Town Alexandria, Residence Inn
Length of stay 6 days
Booked studio
Upgraded to 1 bedroom
Forgot Platnium gift

Courtyard, Saratoga Springs
Lenghth of stay 4 days
booked standard room
Rude at front desk, stated they don't need platnium members.

Residence Inn, Waynesboro, Va
Length of stay 2 days
Booked 1 bedroom
Told plenty of 2 bedrooms available (place was empty), but would not upgrade for platnium.

Niagara Falls, Ontario Marriott Gateway to the Falls
Booked high floor room
Length of stay 2 days
Upgraded to Jr. Presidential Suite without asking
Given 4 breakfast vouchers on a weekend...great, great service

Niagara Falls, Ontario Marriott Fallsview Marriott
Length of stay (2 days), then 3 days, then 2 days
Booked Family Suite
Would not upgrade to a regular suite even though many available, rude service, placed in room overlooking side parking.
Very happy new Marriott opened across the street, will never stay at Marriott Fallsview again. Help is not helpful..must be the management.

Marriott Curacao
Length of stay 8 days
Booked standard room
Upgraded to ocean front during busy season

This is kind of curious. How did they come to tell you that they don't need platinum members. I'd be interested in knowing more.

DillMan,
At check-in I asked if there was an upgrade available. The attendant said I would get the room I paid for. My comment was that we only stay at Marriotts, not for business, since we're retired, but for the patronage and that gave us platnium status. He said, they don't need platniums for their business." I did call customer service when we came home.

That's terrible. I hope you had some satisfaction from corporate. I rarely complain but this would tick me off enough to do so.

Omaha FS Marriott

Greeted as "premier" (not PP) and handed a generic room key.

Asked if they were out of elite keys, and replied, you're premier, not elite...

Didn't get the 500 points, had to call Marriott CS to get.

Maybe new FD person

Property: Marriott Grosvenor Square London
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 1 night/3rd stay; always on redemption
Greeting: Was met at check in by the new Guest Relations manager who had previously worked at check in at another Marriott I have stayed in many times; she took me up to the room and showed me around
Room upgrade: Yes, corner suite overlooking the Barley Mow pub
Suite upgrade: Yes
Special requests filled: Room was quiet, which is all I ever ask
Other: Great hotel, great staff, wish I could stay there more often

I would vote this hotel, hands down, as the best "spirit" for MR. I've never been disappointed over dozens of stays there and they always go the extra miles without even being asked.

Also they have some FANTASTIC upgraded rooms if you are lucky enough to get one.

When will I know if I am PP
 

Looks like some folks are starting to get there 2012 cards.

I did 153 nights, so wondering if I made the magic PP threshold.

Anyone know when they let you know?

I would guess that it is when your account resets. PP is based on the top 3%, so they should have had to wait until 1/1 to perform that analysis.

Any idea when accounts are updated? Mine still shows the same statistics as last year.

Should be within the next week based upon last year's timing.

Just got my Platinum kit in the mail today -- guess I didn't make PP :-/

Judyt to give people a data point, when my job ramped up travel, I went from an end of year silver, next year just missed the 75 nights for play, and year three I had 175 ish nights and still did not get PP.

It was the following year where I stayed 150 nights that I got it.

Honestly, I'd rather just have regular plat as I'm convinced the PP designation has front desk agents scratching their head about what it is and the benefits for it are essentially nil.

Also, my primary hotels are Renaissance and occasional JW or international Courtyard.