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Post your results for upgrades, etc
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Award stay:
Room type booked:
Room type received:
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Plat Arrival Gift:
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Comments:
If you were made aware of an upgrade in advance, such as through e-mail or a preassigned upgrade in your reservation, put it in the comments.
Questions about getting upgraded
#346
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Programs: MR LT Titanium, IHG Plat.,UA Premier Silver, & PA/OH Turnpike Million Miler
Posts: 2,320
The issue is Marriott does not own/operate most of the properties. Giving away an upgrade they think they can sell is a tough decision for the franchisee. Knowing what is being "sold" as a benefit by corporate may not be communicated all the way down to the lowly FDCs.
--Jon
#347
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SNA
Programs: Bonvoy LTTE/AMB, AmEx Plat, National EE, WN A-List, CLEAR+, Covid-19
Posts: 4,967
The Marriott brand is pretty blah in comparison to other hotels at similar price point.
#348
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Chicago
Programs: UA GS 1MM, CM PP
Posts: 689
Not sure if I'm getting what you say here but when I was looking for long-term stays a few years back, the Marriott brand had the best prices and locations of any 1st-tier chain (at least in California), hands down- it's why I've (personally) spent tens of thousands of $$ with them.
#349
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: BDU
Programs: DL:MM, Marriott:LTT
Posts: 8,779
But for my domestic US stays, I wouldn't choose Marriott. There are better chains for Asian and other global stays. It that's your norm, Marriott shouldn't be your choice. Marriott obviously see little advantage to going out of the way for someone like you while other chains do.
For those of us who may be in Kuala Lumpur one day and Altoona PA the next, Marriott makes more sense than Hyatt, ShangriLa or even SPG. And remember, many of us made the choice 15-20 years ago when the choices were more starkly different and are well towards or at LT status.
#350
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: SLC/HEL/Anywhere with a Beach
Programs: Marriott Ambassador; AA EXP 3MM; AS MVP, Hilton Gold, CH-47/UH-60/C-23/C-130 VET
Posts: 5,234
https://www.marriott.com/hotel-promo...ite-upgrade.mi
Your experiences in Asia seem unusual but perhaps they were busier than it appeared. The JW Marriott in Hong Kong normally upgrades to suites. I'm almost always upgraded internationally.
In the US, its hit or miss. I'm a Plat Premier with over 2000 LT nights. Some GM's of properties I visit often are proactive and regularly upgrade upfront before I arrive. (Shoutout to JW Marriotts in Miami, Beverly Hills Marriott, Waikiki Marriott, Mayflower Autograph). Others never upgrade despite dozens of stays (Shoutdown Denver Marriott City Center, Stamford Marriott). In many US Marriott properties, there aren't that many upgrades available beyond a higher floor. With 20-30 stays at SPG properties, I don't have a better upgrade rate with them. One difference is that at some SPG properties, they believe they are required to upgrade to a suite when available. I never see that attitude at Marriotts. Most, however, are the same as Marriott.
As for the right chain, I don't know. As others have said, some of us made decisions regarding brand loyalty many years ago. While I mostly travel on other people's money, they expect me to treat comply with travel policies so that rules out suites at the Four Seasons or Mandarin Oriental. As another poster noted, I could be in Singapore or Pensacola so the options are really IHG, Hilton, or Marriott.
Marriott mostly does what it promises for elites, although it sometimes takes asking. AA almost always does what it promises without asking, and will often go beyond when asking. In contrast, Hertz almost never does what it promises and doesn't seem to care ... but that's another thread
#351
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
I moved to Marriott Gold from Silver last year and I've had about a dozen stays since. So far only one "upgraded" room and that was at a CY where I got a seating area. I don't count "upgrades" to the Club Floor that I'm entitled to.
#352
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
Programs: AA LTG (EXP), Hilton Silver (Dia), Marriott LTP (PP), SPG LTG (P) > MPG LTPP
Posts: 11,329
I'm pretty sure Marriott properties do consider moving you to the Club Floor as an upgrade, even for Plats even if on a weekend when the CL is closed. Unless you booked a CL room in the first place, it would be an upgrade.