fieldeng

Property: Sheraton ATL Perimeter North
Date(s): Mon-Friday Sept 2013
Room booked: Flexible Rate King Standard
Room received: Suite on the 3rd floor
Award stay: No
BRG stay: No
SNA requested: No
Comments:

meremale

If budget is no constrain, I would prefer the Keraton which is a newer property and adjacent to the Grand Indonesia Mall, which is very a convenient central location. Could be quite bad traffic but this is Jakarta after all

Le Meridien isn't that bad. Old but still maintains its certain charm. Club lounge is nice and free wifi for everyone throughout the hotel.

Here are the pics of the Le Meridien room :
http://meremalearoundtheworld.blogsp...akarta_20.html

jmgriffin

Thanks, I believe we'll opt for the Keraton!

jchiguy1

Property: Westin Snowmass
Dates: 9/21-24
Room Booked: Pinnacle Deluxe
Room Received: Pinnacle 1BR Suite
Award Stay: No
BRG Stay: No
SNA Requested: No*
Comments: Suite was wonderful; spacious and comfortable with a small pantry kitchen and 1.5 baths as well as three terraces with fabulous views. I had tried to use my SNAs (for Junior Suite upgrade) but was pre-upgraded to full suite so I canceled the SNAs in advance.

travelswithmyself

Hahaha, maybe they upgraded you to the full suite because they saw you applied the SNAs... they might be saying "darn it!" :P

jchiguy1

LOL...It's not the first time this has happened to me this year. I'm chalking it up to my Ambassador but who knows? I was nervous about canceling the SNA request the first time I was pre-upgraded (at the Dip) but it worked fine. My only regret is that I still have 10 left to use this year but really who cares as long I get a suite.

cfpmcleo

Property: Westin Georgetown, Washington DC
Date(s): August 2013
Room booked: Flexible Rate King Standard
Room received: Junior Suite
Award stay: No
BRG stay: No
SNA requested: Yes
Comments: It was okay. Furnishings a bit worn.

ac777

Where: Sheraton Burlington
Room booked: None. I walked in, showed my card and asked for a rate.
Upgraded to: Presidential suite
very friendly staff. No parking fees. What more can you want?

travelswithmyself

Out of interest, how did the walk-in rate compare with the online rate? Or did you not check?

ac777

I did not check the online rate as I was not planning to look for the Sheraton. I do get different discount rates and the one I got was similar to the rate at the Holiday Inn on line rate.

jmgriffin

Property: Sheraton Roanoke Hotel & Conference Center - Roanoke, Virginia
Date(s): August 6-8, 2013
Room booked: Traditional, 2 Queens
Room received: Club Floor, 2 Queens
Award stay: No
BRG stay: No
SNA requested: No
Comments: Really only an upgrade by name only. Other than free bottled water, it means nothing at all.

Property: Sheraton Roanoke Hotel & Conference Center - Roanoke, Virginia
Date(s): September 3-4, 2013
Room booked: Traditional King
Room received: ”Accessible suite: King Bed, Non-smoking, 714 sq ft / 66 m˛.”
Award stay: No
BRG stay: No
SNA requested: No
Comments: Booked Traditional King and asked for a Suite at check-in and was initially told that they didn”t have any, but was then told that it was being cleaned and that I could try back around 4pm if I wanted to wait. I was in no hurry so I said that was fine. Received an ”Accessible suite: King Bed, Non-smoking, 714 sq ft / 66 m˛.”

Full hotel review/trip report with photos of property here.

uxb

Property: Sheraton Cleveland Airport
Date(s): 27 Sept - 29 Sept
Room booked: Traditional room
Room received: Club room
Award stay: yes, C+P
BRG stay: no
SNA requested: no
Comments: The building is falling apart on the outside. Quite stunning.

Property: Sheraton Washington North
Date(s): 30 Sept - 1 Oct
Room booked: Traditional room
Room received: Executive Corner room
Award stay: yes, C+P
BRG stay: no
SNA requested: no
Comments: Lobby had a flood. Always wanted to canoe my way to the front desk. Fortunately, the room was quite nice despite the TV not working.

taylorc418

Property: Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Chicago
Date(s): September, 2012
Room booked: Standard Double (with points)
Room received: Burnham Suite
Award stay: Yes
BRG stay: No
SNA requested: Yes
Comments: Huge 2 room corner suite overlooking both the river and lake. 2 bathrooms and 8 person dining table with living room area. Kitchen area but no fridge (had to call down to get one delivered). Was counted as 2 rooms when we checked in, and then got charged on checkout, but a quick chat with the FDM cleared that up. Also booked a second room on points that got upgraded to an Illinois Suite.

remymartin

Property: Le Royal Méridien Abu Dhabi
Date(s): 1 nt in October
Room booked: Deluxe king, smoking
Room received: Deluxe suite, smoking
Award stay: No
BRG stay: No
SNA requested: No
Comments: This is actually an oversized corner room with a "fake" wall built with cabinets and a curtain. I think it's quite well designed.

ecosse3

Was wondering if anyone else was seeing less upgrades, but based on the few messages I read in this thread, I guess not:

ITC Delhi-booked standard room, stayed in standard room
Le Meridien Fishermans Cove Seychelles-booked standard room but suite night requested and was confirmed into Jr. Suite beach access-was "upgraded" but really downgraded into the full suite, but far from beach and couldn't even see beach since view was blocked by another property
Sheraton Abu Dhabi-upgrade to Jr. Suite
Four Points Kuwait-changed to Sheraton due to construction-standard room
Four Points Dubai-upgrade
Sheraton Singapore-never have gotten an upgrade here and this was no different
Le Meridien Jakarta-have never NOT gotten an upgrade here-until now-standard room
Le Meridien KL-also have never NOT gotten an upgrade here and am currently in the smallest room I've ever had as an SPG Plat.

All in all, strange month of few upgrades.