@redpat you want to do this the hard way? Let's see who wins each itinerary. 
A - Tsaghkadzor, Armenia | Tbilisi, Georgia | Sochi, Russian Federation
B - Santa Cruz, Bolivia | Curaçao, Curaçao | Frigate Bay, St. Kitts and Nevis | Port-au-Prince, Haiti
C - Copenhagen, Denmark | Leipzig, Germany | Sarajevo, BiH
iced, I get upgrades all the time even if it's just to the concierge floor, a corner room, or a larger room (the size of my last corner room was ridiculous due to the building layout; I've been in smaller nightclubs), but I've definitely had full suite upgrades as Gold (pre-merger), Platinum, and Titanium. No problems using my SNAs.
By suite, I mean two couches in a living room, a dining table with seating for 12, a separate kitchen, two bathrooms and a half bath, separate bedroom, etc. Marriott and Sheraton can be oh so kind at times.
IIRC you and I are two different types of travelers. Mine is 100% leisure, whereas I believe yours is mostly business, so when and where I am staying sometimes lends itself to easy upgrades. Marriott and Sheraton are going to have those rooms available much more readily over the weekend than if I were flying in on a Tuesday for the convention next door.
No, I have not stayed at the AC. I was just taking the mickey out of Hilton with a bunch of cities or entire countries where they have no presence. 😛
@K-in-Boston wrote:@redpat you want to do this the hard way? Let's see who wins each itinerary.
A - Tsaghkadzor, Armenia Pass | Tbilisi, Georgia Pass | Sochi, Russian Federation Pass
B - Santa Cruz, Bolivia Never would go| Curaçao, Curaçao I'll stick w/ Grand Cyman | Frigate Bay, St. Kitts and Nevis Ok | Port-au-Prince, Haiti Never would go!
C - Copenhagen, Denmark Ok | Leipzig, Germany Ok| Sarajevo, BiH Never would go
Lol! See in red, many places I wouldn't even what to go no matter the redemption. Lol, is this how you get these redemptions, you couldn't pay me enough to go to Haiti. I'll go to work on some, TBC.
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@K-in-Boston wrote:By suite, I mean two couches in a living room, a dining table with seating for 12, a separate kitchen, two bathrooms and a half bath, separate bedroom, etc. Marriott and Sheraton can be oh so kind at times.
IIRC you and I are two different types of travelers. Mine is 100% leisure, whereas I believe yours is mostly business, so when and where I am staying sometimes lends itself to easy upgrades. Marriott and Sheraton are going to have those rooms available much more readily over the weekend than if I were flying in on a Tuesday for the convention next door.
No, I have not stayed at the AC. I was just taking the mickey out of Hilton with a bunch of cities or entire countries where they have no presence. 😛
By nights, I'm actually about 60/40 leisure to business. If we're going by spend, I'm probably closer to 80/20 leisure/business. When I'm on OPM, it's SpringHill Suites or Fairfields for me; when I'm on leisure, it's usually Autograph Collection, followed closely by JWs and Marriotts. While I almost never break $150/night on business, I've broken $1,000/night out of pocket on leisure more than once. I'm about to go somewhere warmer to the tune of almost $800/night in two weeks (a Marriott, if you care to guess where). I'll let you know if they upgrade me; I doubt it even though it's a very small property as I'm sure someone else spent $2,000/night on the top-tier options.
On leisure, I don't see those kind of suites but once every few years unless I pay cash for them. I'm probably either staying at properties that are too popular with people willing to pay cash for those suites or I keep losing out to the Ambassadors staying at the same time. About a third the time I'll get the bigger corner room or the one with a bedroom, but they're usually in less-interesting locales like Atlanta or Baltimore. When I'm staying in the San Franciscos, NYCs, Dubais, or Hong Kongs of the world, I don't get the nice suites though I do usually at least get a high floor.
I won't tell redpat about Helsinki or a few other cities I've been to where there's no Marriott option but there are Hiltons then. 
@iced wrote:
@K-in-Boston wrote:By suite, I mean two couches in a living room, a dining table with seating for 12, a separate kitchen, two bathrooms and a half bath, separate bedroom, etc. Marriott and Sheraton can be oh so kind at times.
IIRC you and I are two different types of travelers. Mine is 100% leisure, whereas I believe yours is mostly business, so when and where I am staying sometimes lends itself to easy upgrades. Marriott and Sheraton are going to have those rooms available much more readily over the weekend than if I were flying in on a Tuesday for the convention next door.
No, I have not stayed at the AC. I was just taking the mickey out of Hilton with a bunch of cities or entire countries where they have no presence. 😛
By nights, I'm actually about 60/40 leisure to business. If we're going by spend, I'm probably closer to 80/20 leisure/business. When I'm on OPM, it's SpringHill Suites or Fairfields for me; when I'm on leisure, it's usually Autograph Collection, followed closely by JWs and Marriotts. While I almost never break $150/night on business, I've broken $1,000/night out of pocket on leisure more than once. I'm about to go somewhere warmer to the tune of almost $800/night in two weeks (a Marriott, if you care to guess where). I'll let you know if they upgrade me; I doubt it even though it's a very small property as I'm sure someone else spent $2,000/night on the top-tier options.
On leisure, I don't see those kind of suites but once every few years unless I pay cash for them. I'm probably either staying at properties that are too popular with people willing to pay cash for those suites or I keep losing out to the Ambassadors staying at the same time. About a third the time I'll get the bigger corner room or the one with a bedroom, but they're usually in less-interesting locales like Atlanta or Baltimore. When I'm staying in the San Franciscos, NYCs, Dubais, or Hong Kongs of the world, I don't get the nice suites though I do usually at least get a high floor.
I won't tell redpat about Helsinki or a few other cities I've been to where there's no Marriott option but there are Hiltons then.
I would go to Denmark, please tell......Thanks iced, winner, winner.......
@redpat If you're going to Denmark, go in summer, because you're not finding a Hilton. You passed on some beautiful destinations.
@iced There are three Marriott properties in Helsinki, Finland. Design Hotels, Autograph Collection, and Tribute Portfolio properties. I know there are locations where it's true that there are Hiltons and no Marriotts, I was just exaggerating the point that it's one of the reasons I choose Marriott.