Originally Posted by
sawtooth
Is Hilton becoming to hotel chains what Delta is to airlines?
It's appearing this way with things like this, giving away gold status for just having a signature visa card (even though their cobranded card is Am Ex), NOR-1 (similar to Deltas FCM), etc.
This has me reconsidering as well. That was one of the best benefits along with lounge access, and last week I was told as a dimaond I couldn't have lounge access in Chicago unless I was on the exec floor even though the HH T&C's state differently.