Originally Posted by
msmont
I called and as of Monday June 26 they are no longer a Hilton Garden Inn. They added my points manually though.
For those looking for options there is a Hilton near the Milan Central Station, you can probably catch the train in the morning and catch a flight back to the US pretty easily. The train takes about an hour. That Hilton can be quite expensive on the weekdays, however. There is a brand new Sheraton connected to the airport that I am probably going to try next, seems to run about 100 Euros a night. I have tried the IC, which is about a 5 minute shuttle ride as well and that is okay.
There is also a much cheaper and quite new Doubletree Hotel in Milan. Is not centrally located but very convenient with the public transportation (with tram 12 you reach Piazza Duomo in about 20-25 minutes). It is also very close (5 minutes walk) to the Milano Certosa railway station. Unfortunately there are not direct trains to Malpensa (I suppose they don't stop at this station because is mainly used for suburb and commuter trains) but you can reach the airport in 75 minutes with a single train change. The hotel is largely used by aircrew and there is also a crew lounge. Starting mid july weekday rates from € 69.