Hilton HHonors - Hmm, stayed 1 nt and got 12 nts on account

Stayed at a property that shall remain nameless (of a brand that has a reputation for tardy posting.) At any rate, a 1-nt stay at the beginning of the month just posted and yielded 12 status nights instead of 1. Just wondering if it's worth going after the National Car rental bonus points or would the 11 extra nights come in handy for requalification? As the account holder requalifies by stays and not nights (and definitely not points), it's pretty much a toss up between nights and stays right now.

As the account holder requalifies by stays and not nights (and definitely not points)

actually status can be made/requalified by stay, number of nights, or by points (gold and diamond).

http://hhonors.hilton.com/en/hhonors/benefits/levels.jhtml

Silver VIP Membership

To Qualify: During any consecutive 12-month period you'll need a minimum of four qualifying* stays or 10 qualifying* nights at participating HHonors hotels.

Gold VIP Membership

To Qualify: During any consecutive 12-month period you'll need 16 qualifying* stays or 36 qualifying* nights at participating HHonors hotels.

HHonors Base points will help qualify you for VIP status. You'll earn Gold VIP status after earning 60,000 Base points in any consecutive 12-month period. Of course, you can still qualify based on your number of qualifying stays or nights.

Diamond VIP Membership

To Qualify: During any consecutive 12-month period you'll need to complete 28 qualifying* stays or 60 qualifying* nights at participating HHonors hotels. You'll earn Diamond VIP status after earning 100,000 Base points in any consecutive 12-month period. Of course, you can still qualify based on your number of qualifying stays or nights.

Stayed at a property that shall remain nameless (of a brand that has a reputation for tardy posting.) At any rate, a 1-nt stay at the beginning of the month just posted and yielded 12 status nights instead of 1. Just wondering if it's worth going after the National Car rental bonus points or would the 11 extra nights come in handy for requalification? As the account holder requalifies by stays and not nights (and definitely not points), it's pretty much a toss up between nights and stays right now.

I have a question, are you going to call HHonors and notify them of this mistake? The only reason I ask is, we often complain about problems during a stay, non posting or improper posting of points/stay credit, staff member issues, additional charges on the bill when you check out or additional charge posted to your method of payment after checkout. Most people would be on here looking for a way to fix the problem.

Now the the situation is flipped, why not tell HHonors there has been a mistake in which you benefited but shouldn't have. I'm not even sure they do this but, what's to say that the hotel won't reconcile what they sent to HHonoros/audit your account later and realize the mistake?

I have also received a very large number of points for an award stay for the room charges that the hotel bills to Hilton. So, yes, Hilton does make mistakes in the guest's favor, too.

Stayed at a property that shall remain nameless (of a brand that has a reputation for tardy posting.) At any rate, a 1-nt stay at the beginning of the month just posted and yielded 12 status nights instead of 1. Just wondering if it's worth going after the National Car rental bonus points or would the 11 extra nights come in handy for requalification? As the account holder requalifies by stays and not nights (and definitely not points), it's pretty much a toss up between nights and stays right now.

I think you will have up to 12 months to dispute the record. So why not wait & see if you can requalify by stays this year, if not, then the extra nights might help you to requalify by nights. Otherwise, call HH once you are requalified by stays, and ask them to fix the record & credit you the car rental bonus points.

Yeah Right

I have a question, are you going to call HHonors and notify them of this mistake? The only reason I ask is, we often complain about problems during a stay, non posting or improper posting of points/stay credit, staff member issues, additional charges on the bill when you check out or additional charge posted to your method of payment after checkout. Most people would be on here looking for a way to fix the problem.

Now the the situation is flipped, why not tell HHonors there has been a mistake in which you benefited but shouldn't have. I'm not even sure they do this but, what's to say that the hotel won't reconcile what they sent to HHonoros/audit your account later and realize the mistake?