Suite Night Award options in Doha?

[Adil]

Hi,

Looking to book 5 nights from 27th Dec – 1st in Doha and trying to make use of my Suite Night Awards but seems none of the reservations I’ve tried to make as eligible.

Aware Ritz are excluded but I’ve tried booking the standard flexible rate at St Regis, JW Marriott, Le Meridien and Sheraton and none were eligible. Do none of the Doha properties participate or is there a black out date issue? Anyone had any success redeeming SNAs in Doha before?

[bungalow]

You don’t say what status you have with Marriott, but for what it’s worth I stayed at Sheraton Doha last month as Platinum. I booked an entry level room for 5 nights (points 5for4), and whilst they didn’t upgrade me to a suite, I was given a room one category below a Junior Suite, resort/sea view side of the pyramid (best), lounge access, and an excellent full breakfast at the main buffet. I usually prefer a suite myself as the wife is a light sleeper and is prone to making coffee early in the morning, but this room was quite large, especially as the sitting/coffee area is down a few stairs “below” the main bedroom level with direct access to the balcony.
Quirky, but worked well for us. Personally I would be very happy to take the same room again and save my suite nights for somewhere else.