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Post your results for upgrades, etc
Property:
Dates:
Award stay:
Room type booked:
Room type received:
Elite Level:
Plat Arrival Gift:
Other Gift of Benefit:
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.
Property:
Dates:
Award stay:
Room type booked:
Room type received:
Elite Level:
Plat Arrival Gift:
Other Gift of Benefit:
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
#76
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: California
Programs: Marriott Gold (1st choice) BW Diamond (2nd)
Posts: 299
It helps if you have a specific room number or "similar to it" that you can request at check in.
PS. can someone message me a direct link to the marriott marquis in sf thread. Im having a hard time finding it with the search function, almost every topic shows up.
PS. can someone message me a direct link to the marriott marquis in sf thread. Im having a hard time finding it with the search function, almost every topic shows up.
#77
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: IAD
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Rewards - LTPP
Posts: 4,240
I find using google to search is sometimes better:
flyertalk marriott marquis san francisco site:www.flyertalk.com
flyertalk marriott marquis san francisco site:www.flyertalk.com
#78
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: UK
Programs: Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium Elite, UA 1K
Posts: 822
Questions about getting upgraded
Tale of woe...
Marriott York (UK)
Stayed Saturday night (points), with Mrs W
On the Tuesday prior, received the VC email
"£50 to upgrade to a balcony suite"
Thought, well the room is "free" - why not, Mrs W will appreciate a good room
Checked reservation - already upgraded to a GrandStand Suite - "result"!!
You can guess what happened upon check in...
No upgrade, bog standard room (the one I paid for)
Spoke with the duty manager (out of earshot of Mrs W) "I'm sorry we took your upgrade away, but someone PAID for the room"
Marriott York (UK)
Stayed Saturday night (points), with Mrs W
On the Tuesday prior, received the VC email
"£50 to upgrade to a balcony suite"
Thought, well the room is "free" - why not, Mrs W will appreciate a good room
Checked reservation - already upgraded to a GrandStand Suite - "result"!!
You can guess what happened upon check in...
No upgrade, bog standard room (the one I paid for)
Spoke with the duty manager (out of earshot of Mrs W) "I'm sorry we took your upgrade away, but someone PAID for the room"
#79
Moderator, Marriott Bonvoy & FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: McKinney, TX, USA
Programs: United Silver; AA Plat/2MM; Marriott LT Titanium; Hilton Gold
Posts: 11,727
#80
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 827
since you had accepted the properties offer to upgrade, they breached the agreement offered and accepted.
IMO they are in breach of Marriott guarantee and you should be entitled to P claim for not getting the upgraded room paid for.
IMO they are in breach of Marriott guarantee and you should be entitled to P claim for not getting the upgraded room paid for.
Tale of woe...
Marriott York (UK)
Stayed Saturday night (points), with Mrs W
On the Tuesday prior, received the VC email
"£50 to upgrade to a balcony suite"
Thought, well the room is "free" - why not, Mrs W will appreciate a good room
Checked reservation - already upgraded to a GrandStand Suite - "result"!!
You can guess what happened upon check in...
No upgrade, bog standard room (the one I paid for)
Spoke with the duty manager (out of earshot of Mrs W) "I'm sorry we took your upgrade away, but someone PAID for the room"
Marriott York (UK)
Stayed Saturday night (points), with Mrs W
On the Tuesday prior, received the VC email
"£50 to upgrade to a balcony suite"
Thought, well the room is "free" - why not, Mrs W will appreciate a good room
Checked reservation - already upgraded to a GrandStand Suite - "result"!!
You can guess what happened upon check in...
No upgrade, bog standard room (the one I paid for)
Spoke with the duty manager (out of earshot of Mrs W) "I'm sorry we took your upgrade away, but someone PAID for the room"
#81
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Silicon Valley
Programs: Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 1,243
Tale of woe...
Marriott York (UK)
Stayed Saturday night (points), with Mrs W
On the Tuesday prior, received the VC email
"£50 to upgrade to a balcony suite"
Thought, well the room is "free" - why not, Mrs W will appreciate a good room
Checked reservation - already upgraded to a GrandStand Suite - "result"!!
You can guess what happened upon check in...
No upgrade, bog standard room (the one I paid for)
Spoke with the duty manager (out of earshot of Mrs W) "I'm sorry we took your upgrade away, but someone PAID for the room"
Marriott York (UK)
Stayed Saturday night (points), with Mrs W
On the Tuesday prior, received the VC email
"£50 to upgrade to a balcony suite"
Thought, well the room is "free" - why not, Mrs W will appreciate a good room
Checked reservation - already upgraded to a GrandStand Suite - "result"!!
You can guess what happened upon check in...
No upgrade, bog standard room (the one I paid for)
Spoke with the duty manager (out of earshot of Mrs W) "I'm sorry we took your upgrade away, but someone PAID for the room"
#82
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: SNA
Posts: 18,240
He was thinking of taking the paid offer but checked his room and had already been upgraded for free. Then didn't get it.
#83
Join Date: Feb 2006
Programs: HH Silver, MR Plat Prem & LT Plat, Hyatt Plat,SPG Plat, Hertz PC, National EE, UA 1K
Posts: 3,407
I am here now. Going to update the main thread, but platinum benefits have gone way down! Did get upgraded to a nice room though. I called in advance, spoke to front desk manager.
#85
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Silicon Valley
Programs: Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 1,243
If Vicki is accurate (And that's my take as well) it would appear there is a failure of consideration which prevents the formation of an enforceable contract, i.e. the upgrade can be taken away with abandon.
#86
Moderator, Marriott Bonvoy & FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: McKinney, TX, USA
Programs: United Silver; AA Plat/2MM; Marriott LT Titanium; Hilton Gold
Posts: 11,727
#87
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 827
I would agree except that I read Wickersleys post as the property offered him a 50 pound upgrade which he agreed to pay and the hotel then upgraded his reservation but upon arrival denied the agreed paid upgrade.
Only after Wickersleys clarified his initial post, via Vicky did I follow the scenario.
Only after Wickersleys clarified his initial post, via Vicky did I follow the scenario.
#88
Join Date: May 2014
Programs: DL DM 360, Qatar Plat, Etihad Silver, MR Plat
Posts: 149
That would have pissed me off enough to take them up on the offer. It's a bluff, they would block your room off for your entire stay. What would they do, call you at 12pm and make you move? What if you were unavailable until the evening? I had the JW NYC tell me we are only offering those for sale.
That said, I did talk to the manager at check out after they said I couldn't have a check out later than 12 and then charged me $3 a bag to check them. She apologized for the lack of late check out, but said they were booked. I pulled out my phone and showed her that I could still book three types of rooms, including the one I was in. I told her that was the second time in two days her hotel had tried to keep from honoring the MR benefits so she said, "oh I'm sorry I'll refund you the $6" and told the desk to give me $6. I was going to write to Marriott but they tend to send it to the hotel and if that's the manager's take, not much else I can do.
#89
Join Date: Jan 2015
Programs: Marriott Titanium and LTP, Hilton Gold, United Silver
Posts: 786
I did comment that basically what they were saying was that a platinum member should only stay for one night at a time in order to be upgraded, which was not part of the T&Cs. The clerk smiled and said nothing, wasn't worth pushing it since the wife was with me and we were trying to get to a friend's house.
That said, I did talk to the manager at check out after they said I couldn't have a check out later than 12 and then charged me $3 a bag to check them. She apologized for the lack of late check out, but said they were booked. I pulled out my phone and showed her that I could still book three types of rooms, including the one I was in. I told her that was the second time in two days her hotel had tried to keep from honoring the MR benefits so she said, "oh I'm sorry I'll refund you the $6" and told the desk to give me $6. I was going to write to Marriott but they tend to send it to the hotel and if that's the manager's take, not much else I can do.
That said, I did talk to the manager at check out after they said I couldn't have a check out later than 12 and then charged me $3 a bag to check them. She apologized for the lack of late check out, but said they were booked. I pulled out my phone and showed her that I could still book three types of rooms, including the one I was in. I told her that was the second time in two days her hotel had tried to keep from honoring the MR benefits so she said, "oh I'm sorry I'll refund you the $6" and told the desk to give me $6. I was going to write to Marriott but they tend to send it to the hotel and if that's the manager's take, not much else I can do.
#90
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: DCA
Programs: MR Plat; AA Gold; UA Silver
Posts: 352
I just completed a 1 night stay at the Annapolis Waterfront Hotel. I booked a city view room for $101 on my govt rate when rooms were going for $350+. At check in I asked if there were any bay view rooms with balconies available for a Plat upgrade, pretty please? Sure enough there was! Plus they sent up a bottle of prosecco for being a Plat.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Just ask nicely
The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Just ask nicely