<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ormsby2003:
What are you saying here? If I use a Hilton Credit card and spend a certain amount I will be given elite status? At this point buy EVERYTHING on my Starwood Am Express card....I might keep $20 in my wallet for fast food emergencies (ya know they happen from time to time). Of course the Starwood Am Express gives me points, but I could spend $50G on my card and not have my status upgraded at all. If that IS the case with Hilton, I really need to know. Anyone? Please email me at [email protected]
This could be valuable information.....
Thanking you in advance for your advice.</font>
You are confusing spending at Hilton vs. spending on a Hilton-branded AmEx card. You can qualify for Gold (or Diamond) with HH by earning 60,000 HH
base points for Gold (or 100,000 for Diamond), essentially spending $6,000 or $10,000 respectively at HH properties. Amount spent elsewhere on your HH-branded AmEx does not earn you status.
It's been my understanding so far (to which
wschild's post contradicts) that SPG, unlike HH, did not have an option of qualifying for status solely based on the amount spent at Starwood properties.