Originally Posted by
GJS - yow
You are missing my point... They actually provide a definition for a "stay" in the T&Cs as regards tier status, but they do not DEFINE what is meant by "nights" with respect to tier status. It can be INFERRED from the phrase you are quoting, but nowhere is the nights that count towards tier status defined.
For instance, the T&Cs do NOT state that "For purposes of obtaining tier status, a Member may receive night credits on one room only." Further, the T&Cs do NOT state that "Night Credits" are defined as the total number of consecutive nights spent at the same hotel."
As I stated previously, it is likely that you are correct, but there is nothing specifically defining what nights count towards tier status in terms of obtaining status based on the number of nights. That much is clear.
In relation to the part I have bolded
red, there are actual definitions of a 'night' directly in relation to a 'stay'.
This appears three times in the T&C's - whether they were there before the recent changes or not I am not sure.
Hilton HHonors Membership Tiers
A "night" is a night that is part of a "stay," as that term is defined herein.
So if accommodation does not come under the auspices of a 'stay' then no 'nights' (toward status) may be earned.
To put it another way: if a 'stay' can only earned for the one room then only the 'nights' that are part of that 'stay' for that one room would count toward tier status.