<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by pinniped:
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Hilton used to give away Gold with 0 stays, but I do not think they are giving away either Silver or Gold for 0 stays right now.</font>
Yes, and sometimes this ws because Hilton had an association/relationship with certain companies and if you were an employee of one of them, you got it automatically. I don't know if that is still around, either; probably not.