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Old May 21, 2003, 8:35 am
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Kitty Hawk
 
Join Date: Sep 1999
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Don't think it's gonna happen anytime soon. Two reasons:

1. Hiltons are moving (or have moved, I can't recall) to rules under which a HHonors member gets points only for a direct booking or a booking done through a very few select partners. If they already have you captive, why give you more points?

2. I don't think Hilton care about reponse times unless it gets to the point that there are a lot of hang-ups because of the lengthy wait times. And even then, I doubt it will make too much of a difference. I imagine they're ready to eat a certain number of hang-ups (presumed to equal lost bookings in only a certan percentage of cases) to balance out a smaller phone staff.
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