Join Date: May 2001
Location: Portland, OR, USA
Programs: UA 1K 3 Million/ex-many year GS, AA PLT/2 Mil, AS MVPG, HH Dia, Starwood Life Plat, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,401
1000 nights does seem a bit high. It would have been nice for there have been a stay hurdle as an alternative. As someone who was diamond for a dozen or more years mainly on stays - typically 1 nighters in expensive city downtown hotels - this seems to miss a sizable set of deserving folks. I did drop an email to HH and had a response within an hour with my numbers. Not surprisingly my stays aren't all that different from my nights given my travel pattern. As someone now retired and traveling for leisure I don't see getting to 1000 nights so I guess this isn't relevant to me although I have been a legacy diamond of some sort that retained diamond status beyond when I was explicitly earning it so I don't know how that plays into this.