Empress, I have 15 HHonors stays so far this year, and I DID receive the e-mail this past week. My 16th stay for 2003 Gold will be next week. And the promotion will make sure that I make the rest of my 2001 stays and 1st quarter 2002 stays with the Hilton family..
So they are sending the e-mail to those who are on the brink of making Gold the hard way..