Hilton HHonors - How Quickly Does Hilton Upgrade Your Elite Level?

I was just curious. I am currently Gold Level, but as of the end of my stay (checking out July 1) I will be Diamond. I have another stay starting on July 3.

Best I can tell, there's no difference in the upgrade benefits between Gold and Diamond, so my guess is that you are probably just more likely to get the upgrade as a Diamond. Is it likely that my account will be updated to Diamond before my July 3 stay, or is there something I should do to get the Diamond benefits for that stay?

TIA for any help.

Status updates, IIRC, as soon as the stay that passes the threshold posts. Therefore, as long as that stay posts on the Monday, your account will show Diamond.

With regard to the July 3 stay, status posting to your HHonors account may not be reflected by the hotel on the same day, so you might have to be proactive in getting that hotel to recognize the new status. And if that first stay doesn't post on the 3rd, then I think you're out of luck.

Mike

My last stay for the Fast Track promo had posted, but no points, and status still showed as Gold.

I called Hilton (might have been the Diamond desk, don't remember), and the CSR looked up the folio, adjusted the points, and then noticed that I had qualified for Diamond. I refreshed the account screen, and I was now a Diamond! So, if they do it manually, the change is instantaneous.

So the moral of the story is, call them on July 2, or early July 3 (before checking in) and see if they can either update your account and/or notify the hotel that you will be a Diamond before you actually check in and they assign a room.