I took it as "Marriott gives us EEO's so we shouldn't worry about the fact that we don't get breakfast." That's how I interpreted the HH and SPG references.

My point was that it's not like Marriott has a policy in place that says "No breakfast when Plats/Golds are using EEO's." The two are unrelated.

I like the EEO program - I think it at least partially makes up for the fact that Marriott runs much smaller and less frequent points-based promos. EEO's sort of fly under the radar when people are comparing the three big programs because HH and SPG are always out front with big points bonuses. EEO's are nice in that they are instant gratification, easily usable, and valuable to people who already have a large stash of points.

So I'm not whinging about EEO's - I'm just saying that they shouldn't be held up as a reason why Golds/Plats should receive less benefits at certain properties or on certain days of the week.

Maybe not a reason for less benefits, but possibly it shows that Marriott management thinks different benefits/promos/coupons/etc are more (or less) beneficial on weekends versus weekdays.

OK, my head is spinning trying to make sense of all this, my question is

'does the JW Marriott Spa & Resort in Phuket give breakfast to a Platinum on a reward stay'?

I am not really happy with Marriott lately and I have moved all my stays to Hilton, the service has been going down hill for some time and they do not care.

I'm at the Irvine, CA FS Marriott tonight and, of course, the Concierge Lounge is not open. And I'm not surprised as the hotel is like a ghost town this weekend.

But what did surprise me was the lack of free breakfast for Platinums over the weekend. I never realized the T&C's stated just Free Healthy Start breakfast Monday-Friday only as every FS Marriott or Renaissance I've stayed at this year has offered a full hot breakfast on weekends. And we stay at Marriott quite frequently.

Guess we've just lucked out in the past. The front desk manager mumbled something about Marriott corporate changing the policy.

I thought this might be something new but then I noticed this rather old thread and this has been going on for some time.

Again, I guess it's hit or miss with more misses than hits.

It's no biggie in this particular case as we'll probably hit the road before breakfast anyway. But it's a valuable bennie most times.

And we don't have an exceptionally low rate this weekend. But this property is a nice one IMO and very close to where we need to be tonight.

You've been unusually lucky, because honestly no breakfast/lounge on weekends is what I've run into at most business area Marriotts for a long time.

Guess so.

But we stay at few business area Marriott's nowadays as we're retired. Our stays are usually in resort areas or out in the boonies somewhere.

This is an exception for us as we're attending a dinner just a half-mile away.