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Nov 6, 2009 | 9:47 am

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Originally Posted by CAlex

Unfortunately another promotion ignoring European HHonors members, who might even be spending more in average as a US-based colleague.

I find it apalling that this was limited to US bookings, I hope you change your mind in 1 week...

This gets brought up over and over and over (often in the whiniest possible tone). I believe there are LEGAL reasons why these kinds of sweepstakes are limited in this manner. I.e., Hilton's legal department has to make sure they comply with the laws of each country (& jurisdictions within each country, such as the states of the U.S.) regarding contests/sweepstakes.

I'm sure it isn't just a matter of Hilton sort of casually "changing its mind" and saying, "Hey, wait a minute! Let's just include another ~199 countries in the mix! No problem!!!

I never understand why people get so offended and upset over these types of things, as if they are being "left out" and personally slighted.

And I'm sure someone's post is going to rant about how they are going to immediately cancel all their bookings, burn their HHonors points, and stomp off to another program just to get "revenge."

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